NYC Subway Shooting

[Pakuni]

Did anyone catch the description of the suspect?

Has Chicos entered the chat?

[jesmu84]

Has Chicos entered the chat?

That guy is UNHINGED on twitter

[Pakuni]

That guy is UNHINGED on twitter

You should see him on Scoop.

[Lennys Tap]

Rise in violent crime? Covid.

Skyrocketing Inflation? Transitory.

Gas prices? Putin.

Washington? Nothing to see here, folks.

[JWags85]

That guy is UNHINGED on twitter

Twitter is such an amazing place to see a side of people you'd NEVER expect.  The quiet coworker who is an unhinged lunatic.  The seemingly normal friend of a friend who tweets terrible crap at players or other fans.  The husband and father, with his family in his avatar picture, who is either a total misogynist weirdo or a leering creep begging to drink bathwater.

At least Chicos is consistent

[Merit Matters]

Rise in violent crime? Covid.

Skyrocketing Inflation? Transitory.

Gas prices? Putin.

Washington? Nothing to see here, folks.

Bingo

[Pakuni]

Rise in violent crime? Covid.

Skyrocketing Inflation? Transitory.

Gas prices? Putin.

Washington? Nothing to see here, folks.

Oh, good, Lenny has arrived to be not at all political (because he doesn't do that, he can assure you).
At least you've got Cheeks agreeing with you.

JWags, a scolding is in order.

[Vander Blue Man Group]

Rise in violent crime? Covid.

Skyrocketing Inflation? Transitory.

Gas prices? Putin.

Washington? Nothing to see here, folks.

Weird.

https://news.yahoo.com/republican-controlled-states-have-higher-murder-rates-than-democratic-ones-study-212137750.html

Surely you can't be so stupid to blame gas prices solely on Biden, right?

[Lennys Tap]

Surely you can't be so stupid to blame gas prices solely on Biden, right?

It's all on Putin. My President told me so. Right?

[Vander Blue Man Group]

It's all on Putin. My President told me so. Right?

Strange you didn't respond regarding murder rates. Doesn't fit your narrative?

As for gas prices, also interesting you're so focused on what "your President" said as opposed to the steady stream of bullsh*t the right has been spouting.

Imagine if people actually understood and accepted the truth. Unfortunately that's not possible these days.

[Jockey]

Rise in violent crime? Covid.

Skyrocketing Inflation? Transitory.

Gas prices? Putin.

Washington? Nothing to see here, folks.

Attempted coup? Just loving tourists.

[4everwarriors]

Da gun made da mofo due it. Sew glad dis bored izant political, aina?

[Uncle Rico]

That guy is UNHINGED on twitter

It's amazing, really.  Someone needs to do an intervention

[Pakuni]

Da gun made da mofo due it. Sew glad dis bored izant political, aina?

Mods should ban the guy who injected inflation, gas prices and Washington, DC into a discussion about a mass shooting in NYC, wouldn't you agree?

[tower912]

Keep your eyes on Grand Rapids today.

[TSmith34, Inc.]

Dumbass.  The law abiding gun owners would have their firearms locked and inaccessible per NYC regulations.

Once again:
Criminals don't care about laws.  They are criminals.

Once again, your brilliant logic is we shouldn't have laws because criminals ignore them.

One would think at some point you'd learn something, but I guess that's beyond you.

[rocket surgeon]

they paid this dude $7500 weeks before he shot up 6 people because he had his feelings hurt while he was in jail.  i'm pretty sure he shouldn't have had a gun being a previous felon, but what the hey, it's california, new york, what's the difference??  oh yeah, that damn putin again

https://www.foxnews.com/us/sacramento-mass-shooting-suspect-paid-thousands-county

[Pakuni]

they paid this dude $7500 weeks before he shot up 6 people because he had his feelings hurt while he was in jail.  i'm pretty sure he shouldn't have had a gun being a previous felon, but what the hey, it's california, new york, what's the difference??  oh yeah, that damn putin again

https://www.foxnews.com/us/sacramento-mass-shooting-suspect-paid-thousands-county

What's your solution, rocket?

And I, for one, am glad that mass shootings never occur in places like Texas and Florida.
Wait, what? Six of the 10 deadliest mass shootings in American history took place in Texas and Florida? NM

[Uncle Rico]

they paid this dude $7500 weeks before he shot up 6 people because he had his feelings hurt while he was in jail.  i'm pretty sure he shouldn't have had a gun being a previous felon, but what the hey, it's california, new york, what's the difference??  oh yeah, that damn putin again

https://www.foxnews.com/us/sacramento-mass-shooting-suspect-paid-thousands-county

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Didn't resort to name calling and the use of ellipses is lacking.  Like the addition of Putin and look forward to his name being dropped by you in discussions and not pertaining to the topic at hand.

[wadesworld]

Guns aren't the issue.  Bad people are the issue.

I guess bad people just don't exist in developed countries throughout the world outside of the USA.

[brewcity77]

Every illegal gun was once a legal gun. Which means legal gun owners allowing those guns to become illegal guns is the real problem. Until we fix that, we're just tilting at windmills.

[wadesworld]

What's your solution, rocket?

And I, for one, am glad that mass shootings never occur in places like Texas and Florida.
Wait, what? Six of the 10 deadliest mass shootings in American history took place in Texas and Florida? NM

Certainly the solution could not be putting into place some common sense gun laws that would make it more difficult for the bad guys to get guns in their hands.  Don't touch my Second Amendment rights!

[MUBurrow]

Every illegal gun was once a legal gun.

Yes, this.  The cognitive dissonance between objective probability of more guns = more guns death vs. normative but low probabilty counterfactuals (good guy with a gun) really can't result in anything but what we're seeing.

[Vander Blue Man Group]

Still waiting on an answer why America is the only developed nation where mass shootings happen so frequently.

What could it be? 

I guess other developed nations don't have mental illness, poverty, bad guys, etc. That all must be specific to America.

[MuggsyB]

This is not a constructive discussion at all.  Every time something terrible like this happens the general narrative is one side states "we have to do something about this and guns" while the other side apparently believes guns and gun violence aren't a problem and the government will take away your rights.  Neither are true and the conversation serves no purpose..  And the fact is we're not getting rid of the 2nd amendment nor should we. 

So, what should be discussed is how can we calibrate laws to get guns out of the hands of murderers and criminals and how is it so easy to acquire a weapon either illegally or legally.  It's also worth noting that women owns guns as well and their numbers are increasing.  Yet, it's very rare that a mass shooting or horrific violence is committed by a woman.

As for the policy prescriptions it seems to me we should be able to come up with common sense solutions without politicizing every incident and villifying responsible gun owners.