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louisiana theatre mass shooting breaking news (Original Post) elehhhhna Jul 2015 OP
Not again!! haikugal Jul 2015 #1
Periscope reporting teach1st Jul 2015 #2
I'll turn on CNN... Catherine Vincent Jul 2015 #3
Good effin grief - not again malaise Jul 2015 #4
6 shot + shooter dead. link elehhhhna Jul 2015 #5
Older male malaise Jul 2015 #10
MSNBC says 2 people dead and 8 injured Catherine Vincent Jul 2015 #6
Lafayette...my birthplace Catherine Vincent Jul 2015 #7
It is like now they are almost weekly nadinbrzezinski Jul 2015 #8
We love our guns more than our citizens gratuitous Jul 2015 #9
Slightly disagree nadinbrzezinski Jul 2015 #11
Guns are more important and human lives malaise Jul 2015 #12
It's now everyday life in America sub.theory Jul 2015 #14
It will not be... sadly nadinbrzezinski Jul 2015 #16
Reports say it was an "older white male" Solly Mack Jul 2015 #13
The usual BS discussion malaise Jul 2015 #20
MSNBC is now saying it was a white man. Solly Mack Jul 2015 #22
Always written off as crazy sub.theory Jul 2015 #23
MSNBC "expert" is talking about the "psychological edge" & what sends a person over now. Solly Mack Jul 2015 #25
M$NBComcast were so busy chatting BS that they missed malaise Jul 2015 #30
Worst coverage ever! GreatCaesarsGhost Jul 2015 #31
Yep. I'm watching local news. Solly Mack Jul 2015 #37
Gov. Jindal is on his way to Lafayette Catherine Vincent Jul 2015 #15
says we must pray for victims malaise Jul 2015 #17
I wonder if there is any significance to the fact that it was a screening of "Trainwreck". SolutionisSolidarity Jul 2015 #18
Is Louisiana an Open Carry state? Capn Sunshine Jul 2015 #19
Yeah but the theater has a gun free zone policy nadinbrzezinski Jul 2015 #27
As if gun enthusiasts ever obey those policies and notices. LonePirate Jul 2015 #34
Well the boasting at RW sites tells me that at least they claim they don't nadinbrzezinski Jul 2015 #35
Or murderers, they are not going to obey the laws either n/t udbcrzy2 Jul 2015 #39
Yes, LA is an open carry ChazII Jul 2015 #28
Just your everyday good guy with a gun. RandySF Jul 2015 #21
3 now dead. Solly Mack Jul 2015 #24
Drip, drip drip malaise Jul 2015 #29
Well I went to places that most sane people stay away nadinbrzezinski Jul 2015 #26
I'll never get it. lpbk2713 Jul 2015 #32
How long will it be until mass shooting don't even make the news because Binkie The Clown Jul 2015 #33
I asked my husband nadinbrzezinski Jul 2015 #36
HAZMAT on scene now. Solly Mack Jul 2015 #38
Hmm... nadinbrzezinski Jul 2015 #40
Hazmat would come in for blood as well. Solly Mack Jul 2015 #41
They actually brought EOD, bomb squad. nadinbrzezinski Jul 2015 #42

gratuitous

(82,849 posts)
9. We love our guns more than our citizens
Thu Jul 23, 2015, 10:09 PM
Jul 2015

If 20 dead children in Sandy Hook (plus another eight adults) didn't move the needle on our Second Amendment dementia, another movie theater shooting gallery isn't going to do it, either. More human sacrifices for the greater glory of the NRA and its bloodthirsty members.

 

nadinbrzezinski

(154,021 posts)
11. Slightly disagree
Thu Jul 23, 2015, 10:11 PM
Jul 2015

the people wanted something done.... but our Congress is filled with cowards that did not want to take on the NRA... and in this case... bipartisan

Remember where the polls were? It was yet another piece of evidence as to how much we are an oligarchy.

sub.theory

(652 posts)
14. It's now everyday life in America
Thu Jul 23, 2015, 10:17 PM
Jul 2015

It's just another news story anymore. Sad to say, but this won't be the last. We have a serious problem.

Solly Mack

(90,779 posts)
13. Reports say it was an "older white male"
Thu Jul 23, 2015, 10:14 PM
Jul 2015
According to multiple reports, the man–described as an “older white male”– stood up about 20 minutes into the screening and started firing at the audience. Witnesses say the man later shot and killed himself.

sub.theory

(652 posts)
23. Always written off as crazy
Thu Jul 23, 2015, 10:34 PM
Jul 2015

Yep, this always happens. They are conveniently written off as lunatics and that way everyone can just go back to business as usual. No need to examine anything like gun regulation. After all, just some crazy.

malaise

(269,147 posts)
30. M$NBComcast were so busy chatting BS that they missed
Thu Jul 23, 2015, 11:03 PM
Jul 2015

the entire press conference that was on CNN

malaise

(269,147 posts)
17. says we must pray for victims
Thu Jul 23, 2015, 10:20 PM
Jul 2015

I'm not praying - I want a change in gun policy.

Shooter apparently committed suicide.

18. I wonder if there is any significance to the fact that it was a screening of "Trainwreck".
Thu Jul 23, 2015, 10:22 PM
Jul 2015

Lots of misogynists hate Amy Schumer; maybe he was targeting her fans.

Edit: Posted in the wrong place

 

nadinbrzezinski

(154,021 posts)
26. Well I went to places that most sane people stay away
Thu Jul 23, 2015, 10:52 PM
Jul 2015

to find out what they are saying (Stormfront and FR) Will not quote their drippings of wisdom directly, but definitely they are into hug your guns, they want to take them away from us. This is war against whites and the update from the MK ultra trigger. It is no longer your dental fillings, but your wi fi network. I love it when CT theories get updated.

The first place did note quickly that media is talking about a white person... and this is part of the war on whites... and sooner or later they will find a confederate flag. And of course, this must be a conspiracy... government plot.

There is a certain sense of desperation and anger...

And yes one call for revolution... and this will continue to happen as long as... the you know what is in the WH. No, their language is just fit for not quoting...

These days I just open those windows and take a stroll. They are a tad more riled up than they were after that leftist communist Dylann Roof did that shooting at the church (Yes, they called him that way). And this is also an evolution form one of us to one of them. For the record, so was Lee Harvey Oswald (they might have a point) and James Earl Ray.

lpbk2713

(42,766 posts)
32. I'll never get it.
Thu Jul 23, 2015, 11:07 PM
Jul 2015



If some troubled individual wants to end it all why does he have to take several people he doesn't even know with him? My sympathies to all of the families involved.

Binkie The Clown

(7,911 posts)
33. How long will it be until mass shooting don't even make the news because
Thu Jul 23, 2015, 11:09 PM
Jul 2015

they are so commonplace they're not considered newsworthy?

 

nadinbrzezinski

(154,021 posts)
36. I asked my husband
Thu Jul 23, 2015, 11:17 PM
Jul 2015

how soon until we are outside a (movie theater, restaurant. school, university) waiting for the PD spokesperson with a camera and a scanner, recorder and notepad? And of course given what it is some of our more heavy gear?

Solly Mack

(90,779 posts)
41. Hazmat would come in for blood as well.
Fri Jul 24, 2015, 12:35 AM
Jul 2015

While I don't know what has been found, precautions would be taken. There are reports of suspicious packages, which would also bring out HazMat. But as well all know, someone's harmless backpack is considered suspicious until verified. The state police said they found something that looked suspicious in the shooter's vehicle as well.

But HazMat does come out for blood.

And before anyone tells me I'm wrong about blood, my US Army retired husband is certified in Hazmat and blood is one of their areas of expertise.

 

nadinbrzezinski

(154,021 posts)
42. They actually brought EOD, bomb squad.
Fri Jul 24, 2015, 06:20 AM
Jul 2015

From the latter presser. But many press cannot tell them apart a big truck must always be hazmat.

In San Diego at times they go together...but not that often. When they do the mis-identification is just grand.

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