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Mass Shooting Allen, TX Outlet Mall - May 6, 2023

Discussion in 'Too Hot for Swamp Gas' started by murphree_hall, May 6, 2023.

  1. Swamplizard

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    That is disturbing to say the least how do people like that slip through the system it isn't like he hid any of it
     
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  2. tampajack1

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    It’s a good idea, but I would ban the public carry of guns and have a 5 year sentence for the first offense. That should eliminate most guns from the streets.
     
  3. ursidman

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    Yeah, I just read through that and he was a sick POS. Apparently started down this road back in HS. Hated diversity, black people , Jews, PC people among other hates. Said the Nashville shooter had a decent body count for a female. Announced his intentions online.
     
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  4. mdgator05

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    Because the system is designed for people like this to slip through so that it is convenient for gun owners. It isn't really designed to catch people like this. Again, we could make a psych exam a pre-requisite for gun ownership. We choose not to do so.
     
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  5. jjgator55

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    He didn’t slip through the system because the system wasn't there. Jimmy Carter made mental health a priority but starting with Reagan dumping the mentally ill out into the streets, republicans continued to cut and reduced mental health care funding.
    How Trump's Budget Will Affect People with Mental Health Conditions
     
  6. GatorNorth

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  7. tigator2019

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    In my head--- UF
    Are you telling me/us that NO ONE who was in his orbit saw this coming?
    No one picked up a phone and called police?
    No one?

    Wait a week, people will be coming out of the woodwork, they need to go to jail as well

    Sickening
     
  8. Sohogator

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    Ya know if we’re going to ban tik tok why are GOP’s calling for the ban of right wing hate sites with an ru address? Or any right wing hate site for that matter?
     
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  9. demosthenes

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    Haha, you have no idea. My brother has an attachment for his AR-15 that allows you to launch beer cans like an RPG. I have to admit it’s quite fun.
     
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  10. mikemcd810

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    Just like the founding fathers intended

    (Does sound fun though)
     
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  11. GatorNorth

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    Here’s your guy.

     
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  12. orangeblue_coop

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    Interesting RWDS (Right Wing Death Squad) patch on his body armor. Very interesting.
     
  13. okeechobee

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    Congrats on not bringing up racism in your reply to me.
     
  14. orangeblue_coop

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    Your beloved right-wing mass shooter was an open, proud racist. Oops I brought up racism.
     
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  15. BigCypressGator1981

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    Not sure any of what he said was illegal. Any idea how we keep weapons out of the hands of people like that?
     
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  16. BigCypressGator1981

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    @gatormonk hey bud you still thinking that was a cartel tattoo?
     
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  17. mrhansduck

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    Good questions.

    I’m wondering why he was apparently using a Russian social media site and whether that site or others had a role in his radicalization. Even parts of Twitter seem more and more like the chan and stormfront boards with tons of openly racist and misogynistic memes.

    Grown men trolling and bullying people and lashing out at the world. There are some mean women too, but they are less inclined to mass murder. I wonder if there were lots of Muslim posters praising Al Qaeda whether the response would be different. I think so.

    This isn’t entirely new but these guys now have broader reach than ever. I fear this is going to get much worse before it gets better.
     
  18. PITBOSS

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    Be more viligent if you live in a red state. Higher rates of gun violence

    Once at site, scroll midway down for all states. Data is from 2018.


    Gun Violence by State 2023
     
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  19. gatormonk

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    I never said it was. :)
     
  20. l_boy

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    Just heard that two of the kids killed were kids of a customer of my wife’s company who they knew well. The customers wife went to hospital.

    One of my wife’s fellow employees was at the mall an hour before.
     
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