Colorado Shooting

Devrim said:
This is why america needs more strict gun laws.
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If some lunatic wants to get his hands on a gun and do this, he's going to get a gun, lawful or not. Frankly it's a travesty, disgusting but to be just 100% honest at the risk of sounding like someone who is a heartless bastard, I've really stopped caring...there's only so many times I can hear the same few idiots on the news tell me he was imitating the joker with his red (lol) hair. The video games and movies got blamed next, the fact was the guy is fucking unbalanced. People particularly those unaffected and living in different states should really stop talking about this. I'm fine with 2 days of coverage, now I'm just fucking sick of hearing about it.
 
Dave the Manly said:
The only argument that needs to be made against someone saying murder is reason to make more laws against guns, knives, and all the sort.
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It's just my belief that harsher gun control only hurts people who are lawfully trying to protect themselves/family/home, whereas a criminal doesn't give two shits if it's against the law.

If I was a criminal, I'd be fearful if gun control laws were lax (to a reasonable degree that is) Never knowing which motherfucker has a gun before I start trespassing in people's houses.
 
If he didn't use a gun, he would have used explosives, he obviously had this shit planned for a while. People like this are going to find a way to maximise damage with whatever tools they have at their disposal.
A gun never pulls it's own trigger.
 
OakyTree said:
This is why Washington D.C and the UK have high crime rates involving guns.
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The UK? we don't have high crime rates involving guns, getting a gun in the UK is highly restricted, you can't even buy an airsoft gun without paperwork.
Knife crimes are in focus here, I am not allowed to carry anything more than a penknife, which is not capable of locking open, and has a blade less than 3" because people use knives as a weapon instead of a tool.
 
Maddo said:
The UK? we don't have high crime rates involving guns, getting a gun in the UK is highly restricted, you can't even buy an airsoft gun without paperwork.
Knife crimes are in focus here, I am not allowed to carry anything more than a penknife, which is not capable of locking open, and has a blade less than 3" because people use knives as a weapon instead of a tool.
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Phil said:
yeah, thats the sad thing about this story.
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I don't think the sarcasm is really necessary - I'm pretty sure Creeping was merely inferring that rather than stick with the facts they make up their own stupid "insights." It is my main issue with the repeated coverage of the issue, the media is running out of shit to talk about with it, so instead of simply fucking STOPPING, we are now getting comparisons that nobody in their right mind would make.

So yes, the media bastardizing the murder of innocents instead of focusing on facts about the murders, focusing on this uncanny resemblance to the joker(note: he didn't look anything like the joker.) - is the sad part of this story.
 
Antamania said:
I don't think the sarcasm is really necessary - I'm pretty sure Creeping was merely inferring that rather than stick with the facts they make up their own stupid "insights." It is my main issue with the repeated coverage of the issue, the media is running out of shit to talk about with it, so instead of simply fucking STOPPING, we are now getting comparisons that nobody in their right mind would make.

So yes, the media bastardizing the murder of innocents instead of focusing on facts about the murders, focusing on this uncanny resemblance to the joker(note: he didn't look anything like the joker.) - is the sad part of this story.
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yeah i do hate how the media cling to anything they can to publicize a story. although in their defense in this case the guy did (apparently) claim to be the joker, so you cant blame them for trying to find a couple references.... even if in this case theyre incorrect. maybe if he hadnt said anything and the media fabricated that he was dressed as the joker that would be a bit more understandable to get annoyed over.
i was just saying how the thing to take away from this story isnt that the media are generally idiots.
 
Phil said:
yeah i do hate how the media cling to anything they can to publicize a story. although in their defense in this case the guy did (apparently) claim to be the joker, so you cant blame them for trying to find a couple references.... even if in this case theyre incorrect. maybe if he hadnt said anything and the media fabricated that he was dressed as the joker that would be a bit more understandable to get annoyed over.
i was just saying how the thing to take away from this story isnt that the media are generally idiots.
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I don't think it really needs to be stated that the actions that man took were abhorrent. Murder of any innocent is something one should be upset about....he was merely saying the media are fucking idiots and I'm inclined to agree.
 
Antamania said:
I don't think it really needs to be stated that the actions that man took were abhorrent. Murder of any innocent is something one should be upset about....he was merely saying the media are fucking idiots and I'm inclined to agree.
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as am i, its just i wasnt a fan of the way it was put. just seemed to overlook what happened like it wasnt a big deal. :/
 
Phil said:
as am i, its just i wasnt a fan of the way it was put. just seemed to overlook what happened like it wasnt a big deal. :/
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I don't think anyone was intending to do that, I just think many people (like myself) are desensitized to it after hearing about it for the passed few days, the same exact coverage over and over again. Particularly with uneducated news anchors putting their two cents in and making themselves look like idiots.
 
Antamania said:
I don't think anyone was intending to do that, I just think many people (like myself) are desensitized to it after hearing about it for the passed few days, the same exact coverage over and over again. Particularly with uneducated news anchors putting their two cents in and making themselves look like idiots.
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That happens with every big story. Like a week later they have "Breaking News" OMG A WEEK AGO SOME GUY SHOT PEOPLE IN COLORADO THIS IS CRAZY NEWS!!!!" It's really quite stupid.
 
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Phil said:
as am i, its just i wasnt a fan of the way it was put. just seemed to overlook what happened like it wasnt a big deal. :/
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As somesomebody who can see the NYC skyline from where I can live... Trust me, I don't take tragedies lightly. This is a tragedy and the media is treating it as a ratings bonanza.
 
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