Cumbria Shootings

Hub.Hub. Posts: 1,990
edited June 2010 in A Moving Train

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  • They think they've discovered the body of the guy who did the shootings. Looks like he killed himself...
  • dunkmandunkman Posts: 19,646
    They think they've discovered the body of the guy who did the shootings. Looks like he killed himself...

    shame he didnt just try that last bit of your post first.

    There are a few from Cumbria on here.... Dave Grolsch is another... I'm sure they will be perfectly fine.

    It's only about 70 miles away from me! :shock:
    oh scary... 40000 morbidly obese christians wearing fanny packs invading europe is probably the least scariest thing since I watched an edited version of The Care Bears movie in an extremely brightly lit cinema.
  • ClaireackClaireack Posts: 13,561
    All OK my side of the County, although at work (NHS) we kept getting emails saying don't go over there and if you were over there to keep indoors and don't go out. Did make a rapid call to my hubby at about 12.30 when I heard about it as he's often in West Cumbria with work, fortunately he was miles away today.

    Dave Grolsch is a lot closer than me. So hopefully all ok with him.
    They think they've discovered the body of the guy who did the shootings. Looks like he killed himself...

    Yes I heard that too, presumably he shot himself.
  • Hub.Hub. Posts: 1,990
    Yep! Saw that on a special report on the bbc, earlier.

    EDIT: apparently, there are now 12 people killed. :shock:
  • gimmesometruth27gimmesometruth27 St. Fuckin Louis Posts: 23,303
    how tragic. i am sorry for all of the victims....i am glad that all on the board that reside near there are ok. sounds like the guy had a sniper rifle...i didn't know those could be freely obtained on your side of the atlantic?
    "You can tell the greatness of a man by what makes him angry."  - Lincoln

    "Well, you tell him that I don't talk to suckas."
  • dunkmandunkman Posts: 19,646
    how tragic. i am sorry for all of the victims....i am glad that all on the board that reside near there are ok. sounds like the guy had a sniper rifle...i didn't know those could be freely obtained on your side of the atlantic?

    no guns can be freely obtained. but he didnt have a sniper rifle... reports here are that he had a shotgun. These are legally controlled, unlike sniper rifles which are simply illegal, by means of a permit, licence, etc... It's a vast rural region and has a lot of farmers on it who are allowed shotguns. He may have obtained it via those means... he would have known farmers.
    oh scary... 40000 morbidly obese christians wearing fanny packs invading europe is probably the least scariest thing since I watched an edited version of The Care Bears movie in an extremely brightly lit cinema.
  • redrockredrock Posts: 18,341
    Shocking. I wonder what set the guy off.
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