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superpatriotman

(6,252 posts)
Wed Jan 23, 2019, 06:00 PM Jan 2019

At least 5 dead after shooting in FL bank

Suspect in custody 21-year-old Zephen Xaper

At least five people were killed after a man opened fire inside a Sebring bank.

Sebring Police Department confirmed the 21-year-old suspect entered the SunTrust bank location in Highlands County before firing his weapon.


https://www.local10.com/news/florida/reports-of-several-down-after-shooting-inside-sebring-bank
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At least 5 dead after shooting in FL bank (Original Post) superpatriotman Jan 2019 OP
I hope he isn't from a South American country nt doc03 Jan 2019 #1
White boy from IN superpatriotman Jan 2019 #2
So in Trump's world he would be the "Good guy with a gun" nt doc03 Jan 2019 #4
White as snow malaise Jan 2019 #3
Hooray guns!!!! Initech Jan 2019 #5
The toll from Gun Violence never stops accumulating maxsolomon Jan 2019 #6
This is awful. musicblind Jan 2019 #7
Oh, what a surprise! Another white, right-wing sicko with a gun he never should have had in smirkymonkey Jan 2019 #8
News Flash: White gun nutter takes bank, kills five people and is arrested without injury. TheBlackAdder Jan 2019 #9
Murderer is not a refugee or person of color DesertRat Jan 2019 #10

maxsolomon

(33,400 posts)
6. The toll from Gun Violence never stops accumulating
Wed Jan 23, 2019, 07:48 PM
Jan 2019

suicides, mass shootings, domestic partner shootings, familycides, suicide-by-cop.

No one event will ever be enough; Newtown wasn't, Pulse wasn't, Las Vegas wasn't. The never-ending drumbeat of death has made us numb to it.

musicblind

(4,484 posts)
7. This is awful.
Wed Jan 23, 2019, 07:50 PM
Jan 2019

Even more awful is how passe this has become. It's barely getting any coverage. It's like we just accept it.

There is this sickness in America. This weird water cycle of violence that wafts through the doors of every gun shop, fogs up the American dream and then evaporates into the sky making it rain thoughts and prayers, and nobody cares, and it just starts all over again.

I'm shopping a book on the topic at the moment, and I did a lot of research while writing it. I noticed this trend of people not really wanting to UNDERSTAND the epidemic. We wouldn't act this way about cancer or HIV. Why do we act this way about guns?

Last year, six times as many Americans died from gun violence than died from HIV. More than the Korean War. In line with Vietnam and car crashes. And you know what? This is a lot like watching a slow-moving car crash. Our country is killing itself and all people can do is stop, stare, and gawk.

 

smirkymonkey

(63,221 posts)
8. Oh, what a surprise! Another white, right-wing sicko with a gun he never should have had in
Wed Jan 23, 2019, 08:10 PM
Jan 2019

the first place. But lets focus on immigrants, because that is so much more productive.

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