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Shooting in Highland Park, Illinois. Near July 4th parade. 6 deaths..

Discussion in 'Too Hot for Swamp Gas' started by RayGator, Jul 4, 2022.

  1. RayGator

    RayGator Administrator Emeritus

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    Just being reported that a shooting near a 4th of July parade in Highland Park, Illinois has resulted in 6 deaths. No doubt more info will be coming soon.
     
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  3. DoubleDown11

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    But what about Denmark
     
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  4. WC53

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    Sounds like he fired one magazine from a rooftop and then fled leaving the rifle.
     
  5. ursidman

    ursidman VIP Member

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    When sick people have access to powerful weapons. So many lives lost and ruined in an instant
     
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  6. gatordavisl

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    Seeing reports of a manhunt. No shooter captured yet
     
  7. dangolegators

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    Thanks to the NRA gun nuts mass shootings are as American as apple pie and the Fourth of July.
     
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  8. sierragator

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    Cost of doing business.
     
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  9. channingcrowderhungry

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    'Merica
     
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  10. orangeblue_coop

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    Just another day in gun violent America. Happy 4th.
     
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    This is America
     
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  12. tampagtr

    tampagtr VIP Member

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    Yep. No truer way to celebrate American exceptionalism than a mass shooting
     
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  13. antny1

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    He could have just as well used throwing stars or knives.....
     
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  14. jjgator55

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    But gas prices, emails, Benghazi, and Hunter Biden’s laptop!
     
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  15. channingcrowderhungry

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    The president isn't gonna stop this from happening. It's systemic, cultural and we're going on 20+ years. An entire segment of our population refuses to care.
     
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  16. BigCypressGator1981

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    Oh beautiful for spacious skies…


    T’s & P’s y’all!
     
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  17. antny1

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    As if the country is gonna even flinch. Here come the people quoting statistics claiming this is a relatively rare event and people are just being emotional about it.
     
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  18. channingcrowderhungry

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    Some guy with a spork probably stabbed someone to death in Uzbekistan.
     
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  19. lacuna

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    It certainly makes me emotional. We lived in Highland Park from 1974 - 1976. Lovely lakeside small town on Chicago's northside. We attended that annual July 4 parade twice - in 1974 and 1975.
     
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  20. antny1

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    Oh I'm being facetious. We have been told here that in the grand scheme of things the random shootings and deaths are very rare and we are just being emotional because the shootings involve kids. Or grocery stores. Or churches. Or movie theaters. Or....
     
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