News: 71 wounded, 12 killed in midnight showing of The Dark Knight Rises

I don't count firearms as a basic right for everyone to purchase. Then again, I'm not an American.

Scarebaby

Again, I think people should be free to own WHATEVER they want, no matter where in the world they live, so long as they have the means and the purpose for it. Obviously, we can take this to hypothetical extremes to the point of absurdity (i.e. civilians acquiring nuclear armaments legally) and argue for several pages, but I'm not into that sort of thing.

I'll just say that I respect your right to your perspective, and you can choose whether or not my view is respectable and that can be that.:)

Aah...admit which bit?Iszdope

When I said to expect this movie to make a killing opening week I didn't mean this.SteverXIII

A child is dead.

[QUOTE="bnarmz"][QUOTE="l4dak47"] QQl4dak47

Tell me, how is a gun used gun correctly? To kill people? To frighten them? To keep them in order?

Scarebaby

Do we know the identity of the shooter yet ?. i will find it hilarious if this guy was a christian or white and then the media will portray him as mentally challenged but yet if he was Muslim or of a Arab decent he will be labed as a terroriest act. ALA Norway bomber.Allthishate

Do we know the identity of the shooter yet ?. i will find it hilarious if this guy was a christian or white and then the media will portray him as mentally challenged but yet if he was Muslim or of a Arab decent he will be labed as a terroriest act. ALA Norway bomber.Allthishate

[QUOTE="Ravensmash"][QUOTE="LJS9502_basic"] The US has gun regulations. You don't just walk in and grab guns. LJS9502_basic

"Those who want to commit heinous crimes will find a way to obtain the weapon. IN ANY COUNTRY."

That's what I initially responded to, and simply said that it's easier to obtain in a country with few regulations than one with strict anti-gun laws. That makes sense to me, no? I wasn't referring to legal or illegal weapons, but merely ease of obtainment.

[QUOTE="LJS9502_basic"]You're giving him the attention he craves. Ignore him.Sunsha

[QUOTE="Allthishate"]Do we know the identity of the shooter yet ?. i will find it hilarious if this guy was a christian or white and then the media will portray him as mentally challenged but yet if he was Muslim or of a Arab decent he will be labed as a terroriest act. ALA Norway bomber.almasdeathchild

*shrugs* Makes no difference to me. LJS9502_basic

[QUOTE="Allthishate"]Do we know the identity of the shooter yet ?. i will find it hilarious if this guy was a christian or white and then the media will portray him as mentally challenged but yet if he was Muslim or of a Arab decent he will be labed as a terroriest act. ALA Norway bomber.JustPlainLucas

Do we know the identity of the shooter yet ?. i will find it hilarious if this guy was a christian or white and then the media will portray him as mentally challenged but yet if he was Muslim or of a Arab decent he will be labed as a terroriest act. ALA Norway bomber.Allthishate

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[QUOTE="Allthishate"]Do we know the identity of the shooter yet ?. i will find it hilarious if this guy was a christian or white and then the media will portray him as mentally challenged but yet if he was Muslim or of a Arab decent he will be labed as a terroriest act. ALA Norway bomber.Allthishate

[QUOTE="Allthishate"]Do we know the identity of the shooter yet ?. i will find it hilarious if this guy was a christian or white and then the media will portray him as mentally challenged but yet if he was Muslim or of a Arab decent he will be labed as a terroriest act. ALA Norway bomber.LJS9502_basic

[QUOTE="LJS9502_basic"]*shrugs* Makes no difference to me. Sunsha

[QUOTE="Lethalhazard"]That is A LOOOOOOOOOOOOT of people injured and dead from one civilian shooting. How f*cking ridiculous is that. RIP for the victims and hope their families can ride it out. Really feel sorry for the people having their entire lives ruined by some random psycho. Iszdope

It's a tad worse than "f*cking ridiculous".

Do you recognise the word 'empathy'?

Damned pony boys.

[QUOTE="LJS9502_basic"][QUOTE="Allthishate"]Do we know the identity of the shooter yet ?. i will find it hilarious if this guy was a christian or white and then the media will portray him as mentally challenged but yet if he was Muslim or of a Arab decent he will be labed as a terroriest act. ALA Norway bomber.Allthishate

[QUOTE="LJS9502_basic"][QUOTE="Allthishate"]Do we know the identity of the shooter yet ?. i will find it hilarious if this guy was a christian or white and then the media will portray him as mentally challenged but yet if he was Muslim or of a Arab decent he will be labed as a terroriest act. ALA Norway bomber.Allthishate

there's a dead child and you don't even wait till his bodies cold to mock him?

sick

[QUOTE="Scarebaby"]

Tell me, how is a gun used gun correctly? To kill people? To frighten them? To keep them in order?

Omni-Slash

Personal protection, yes! Of course you'd need a gun to protect yourself since... everybody else has a gun. The only way to make sure someone doesn't shoot you is to shoot them first. If you lived further outside the borders of the US you'd probably be able to see it.

Also, if you're going to resort to insulting me just because you don't agree with me I think this discussion ends here.

[QUOTE="Omni-Slash"][QUOTE="Scarebaby"]

Tell me, how is a gun used gun correctly? To kill people? To frighten them? To keep them in order?

Scarebaby

Personal protection, yes! Of course you'd need a gun to protect yourself since... everybody else has a gun. The only way to make sure someone doesn't shoot you is to shoot them first. If you lived further outside the borders of the US you'd probably be able to see it.

Also, if you're going to resort to insulting me just because you don't agree with me I think this discussion ends here.

How awful is this? Kids were in that theater. Can you imagine how excited they were to be able to see there favorite super hero and then suddenly real life gun fire and killing. Traumatizing. I can't believe it.

Yes your incomprehensible off topic ramblings with izdope are certainly key to the discussion at hand. Thanks for enlightening us.LJS9502_basic

In the "not-how-to-respond-to-a-crisis" department:

http://thinkprogress.org/politics/2012/07/20/554761/tea-party-congressman-links-colorado-shooting-to-attacks-on-christianity/

Not only did Rep. Gohmert think that this was an attack on "Judeo-Christian" beliefs, but he also though the tradgedy could have been averted if people in the movie audience had guns and shot back.

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[QUOTE="kuraimen"] Wrong. Japan banned firearms and it's one of the safest countries on Earth. Of course not all countries are going to be the same but that's not true that countries with banned firearms are more violent.kuraimen

japan.. safe LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL

japan has a huge problem with reporting crime so the statistic is much higher. there are also many areas in japan were crimes go on with no involvement of the police or government.

the yakuza is scary as all hell. they have an EXTREMELY apathetic government that couldn't care less about health regulations. they have a biased legal system which targets immigrants. they dont keep violent criminals locked very long and the entire country is being slowly destabilized by their already unstable government.

i have been to japan, Tokyo and the country side is fine any other big city just doesn't seem to give a fuk whether you get murdered or not.

ps i was mugged there twice in okinowa. both by what i assume were yakuza or some other gang.

pps dont get me started on the roaming biker gangs that go around breaking things and beating people up.