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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsUpdate CNN: AT LEAST 16 DEAD (likely more and there are many injured). AR-15 type of weapon.
Another tragic school shooting by a guy who had pictures of guns on his cell phone, which he proudly showed another student and that student felt this student was dangerous...sigh. Marco Rubio was just on Fox saying we shouldnt talk about guns/gun laws until we have waited a few days and know everything.
On cnn they are noting that this is a military level weapon and accurate. It is an expensive gun (1,000 to 2,500). ATF will be tracing the ownership of the gun.
NutmegYankee
(16,199 posts)At clearing the halls of schools.
The next person who tells me they need one because they might need to hunt a pack of wild boars can just fuck right off and die.
anneboleyn
(5,611 posts)BumRushDaShow
(129,055 posts)By AUDRA D. S. BURCH and PATRICIA MAZZEI FEB. 14, 2018
PARKLAND, Fla. More than a dozen people were killed in a shooting on Wednesday afternoon at a high school about an hour northwest of Miami, a law enforcement official said.
The Broward County Public Schools confirmed fatalities, but would not say how many.
Broward County Sheriff Scott Israel said the suspect is in custody.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/14/us/parkland-school-shooting.html
anneboleyn
(5,611 posts)a hallway and that was just one group of students. Sigh.
BumRushDaShow
(129,055 posts)How would they know the downed students were "dead" unless they could medically confirm that (unless there were severe head injuries....)?
Will have to wait to hear the official report (including from a coroner ).
haele
(12,659 posts)I shot a M-16 in semi-automatic mode a couple times in the Navy - and I was a slow, meticulous shooter. Even though I'd get off one shot at a time, the chamber was reset quickly enough I could easily get off two or three rounds in a second, and the target always ended up torn apart after three seconds or so.
So, most likely, if the student saw a five kids down in a hallway, s/he didn't see five kids each with only one or two bullet holes in them. Would have been more like a butcher shop...
Haele
BumRushDaShow
(129,055 posts)Thrill
(19,178 posts)anneboleyn
(5,611 posts)Will Trump ignore this shooting, as he ignores all violence unless it's committed by minorities?
lunasun
(21,646 posts)Drahthaardogs
(6,843 posts)Just crazy