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anneboleyn

(5,611 posts)
Wed Feb 14, 2018, 07:17 PM Feb 2018

Update 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 shouldn’t 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.

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Update CNN: AT LEAST 16 DEAD (likely more and there are many injured). AR-15 type of weapon. (Original Post) anneboleyn Feb 2018 OP
Boy, that AR-15 sure is handy... NutmegYankee Feb 2018 #1
Seriously. But...the wild boars! anneboleyn Feb 2018 #3
NYT breaking - more than 12 dead BumRushDaShow Feb 2018 #2
CNN and Fox are saying 16 fatalities and probably more. One group of students saw five (dead) in anneboleyn Feb 2018 #5
"One group of students saw five (dead)" BumRushDaShow Feb 2018 #7
Well, an AR-15 with a high capacity clip tends to rip lots of holes into flesh in a short time. haele Feb 2018 #11
Sadly true. BumRushDaShow Feb 2018 #12
His instagram has him in a Trump hat Thrill Feb 2018 #4
Is this true? He seemed to be a gun nut anneboleyn Feb 2018 #6
omg torius Feb 2018 #9
instagram shows lots of guns and knives pic . Said shooting guns was therapy lunasun Feb 2018 #10
This is insanity. Drahthaardogs Feb 2018 #8

NutmegYankee

(16,199 posts)
1. Boy, that AR-15 sure is handy...
Wed Feb 14, 2018, 07:20 PM
Feb 2018

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.

BumRushDaShow

(129,055 posts)
2. NYT breaking - more than 12 dead
Wed Feb 14, 2018, 07:20 PM
Feb 2018
Parkland, Florida, School Shooting: More Than a Dozen Reported Dead

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)
5. CNN and Fox are saying 16 fatalities and probably more. One group of students saw five (dead) in
Wed Feb 14, 2018, 07:24 PM
Feb 2018

a hallway and that was just one group of students. Sigh.

BumRushDaShow

(129,055 posts)
7. "One group of students saw five (dead)"
Wed Feb 14, 2018, 07:28 PM
Feb 2018

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)
11. Well, an AR-15 with a high capacity clip tends to rip lots of holes into flesh in a short time.
Wed Feb 14, 2018, 08:02 PM
Feb 2018

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

torius

(1,652 posts)
9. omg
Wed Feb 14, 2018, 07:31 PM
Feb 2018

Will Trump ignore this shooting, as he ignores all violence unless it's committed by minorities?

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