re: Shooting In Broward County High School

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You could easily do it in a place like a school with a couple of pistols and a handful of magazines.

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Yeah, you could. It's been done before. I question the idea of a bolt action rifle killing 17 in the hands of a teenager, but a couple pistols and magazines is a different story.

Prior to the instagram being taken down, people were posting on his various photos saying what a pos he is. Seems like quite a few people thought it was him, and if it isn’t, why would the profile be taken down?

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hope this isn’t true...but if it is, it means society and decision makers haven’t learned a damn thing since Columbine. That’s been 20 years ago. The difference now, is social media makes it easier to spot these ill people.

Is there nobody filtering this shite?

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To be honest though, who would've imagined he would go back to his old high school and do this?

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I'm a parent and can't imagine anything worse if you haven't heard from your child yet.

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Same, it would be devastating and heartbreaking.

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Think about what you’re saying, though. It isn’t illegal to be a weirdo on social media and it shouldn’t be. We can’t monitor people all day every day.

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You can monitor any damn thing you want if it’s posted on a public forum. Sounds like a great opportunity to create jobs. Hell, computer software can detect this shite.

I’m not saying it should be illegal to pose with guns. But why can’t you flag people that do, check their post history, and begin to dig a little bit?

If there’s nothing else to suggest how screwed up someone is, then fine, no harm no foul.

Just as teachers and administrators at schools can talk to a kid who does this on social media, authorities should be able to as well.

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An 18 year old novice probably doesnt even know how to load a magazine properly if hes a novice.

And no. An 18 year old not knowing how to shoot, is not better than myself with my knowledge and shooting history

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I wasn't trying to insinuate a novice is better than you, simply that a relative novice with an AR-15 is more deadly than a novice with a bolt action rifle. I'd take both over a novice with an AA12 (ignoring the cost and regulations you'd have to overcome).

Your point is the weapon used or the capacity used is simply a tool. My point is there are a few tools that are incredibly efficient in this role, so to ignore them is wrong IMO.

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Your point is the weapon used or the capacity used is simply a tool. My point is there are a few tools that are incredibly efficient in this role, so to ignore them is wrong IMO.

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Ok, you're right. An AR has a higher rate of fire than a bolt action.

Ill argue that even a solid platform like a AR, a Bolt action is more accurate.

They both can shoot more than 1 round per minute so what are you getting at? The AR is a better tool? Of course it is. More modern, more intimidating (to some) yet, if not know how to be used properly, it is no more effective than a bolt action.

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To be fair, the whole “break down of the traditional family unit” argument is just as flawed as the “ban guns” argument.

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I agree 100%.
I know several people with broken families, who are great human beings because they don't want to end up like their parent(s).
And just as many people with strict, dedicated and well off parents, who are nothing more than dope addicts or rebellious frick ups.
The problem is indeed the parents... and not for "lack of discipline", for being poor examples themselves.
Yelling at retail employees, road rage, alcohol abuse, spousal abuse, preaching hate and intolerance for those who are "different" or "below" them,
lack of self awareness and inability to control their own temper...
Do as I say and not as I do, is just passing on the same bullshite over generations.

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To be honest though, who would've imagined he would go back to his old high school and do this?

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One of the kids interviewed that ran to the neighboring Wal-Mart said that if there was a kid that would shoot up a school, he's the first that came to mind.

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I’m not saying it should be illegal to pose with guns. But why can’t you flag people that do, check their post history, and begin to dig a little bit?

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So because I have pictures of me with guns and animals I hunt I should be monitored?

frick that