Taft school shooting today

usamamasan1usamamasan1 Posts: 4,695
edited January 2013 in A Moving Train
Kudos to the teacher who could very well have saved many lives with his actions.
Prayers for the victims.
A shotgun was used.

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2 ... rents.html
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  • JimmyVJimmyV Boston's MetroWest Posts: 19,183
    Thoughts and prayers to the victims and their families. We are doing this too often.
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  • usamamasan1usamamasan1 Posts: 4,695
    There was training at the school this morning at 7:30.
    They discussed lockdown process and other topics. This may have helped keep the situation from getting even worse.
    20 rounds in his pocket. May have been a target of bullying.
  • usamamasan1usamamasan1 Posts: 4,695
    Also, shooter was using bird shot and apparently not slugs...
  • The new headline down there is going to scream "NO SHOOTINGS ANYWHERE IN THE USA TODAY", and the nation will be proud for a day.

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  • Better DanBetter Dan Posts: 5,684
    The new headline down there is going to scream "NO SHOOTINGS ANYWHERE IN THE USA TODAY", and the nation will be proud for a day.


    And the NRA will say "See. there's no problem with guns" :fp:
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  • JonnyPistachioJonnyPistachio Florida Posts: 10,219
    The new headline down there is going to scream "NO SHOOTINGS ANYWHERE IN THE USA TODAY", and the nation will be proud for a day.

    That's exactly what I was thinking. good grief.
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  • The new headline down there is going to scream "NO SHOOTINGS ANYWHERE IN THE USA TODAY", and the nation will be proud for a day.

    That's exactly what I was thinking. good grief.


    flags flying at full mast is going to be the exception soon.........
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  • I ain't touching this one.

    I'm all gunned out
  • JimmyVJimmyV Boston's MetroWest Posts: 19,183
    I ain't touching this one.

    I'm all gunned out

    The NRA will be in touch soon to give you a pep talk.
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  • redrockredrock Posts: 18,341
    An unarmed teacher and an unarmed campus supervisor, untrained negotiators, when confronted with an armed man engaged the gunman and managed to get him to put his gun down.

    No need for a gun, even when faced with one. No doubt saving lives.

    No one dead this time.

    Would it have been different if it had been a nervous, twitchy 'packing' teacher?

    Oh... the school's resource officer (or armed police guard...) - oops... he wasn't there.

    I commend these people. Lots of wit about them.

    This will be my only comment on yet another shooting thread.
  • CosmoCosmo Posts: 12,225
    redrock wrote:
    An unarmed teacher and an unarmed campus supervisor, untrained negotiators, when confronted with an armed man engaged the gunman and managed to get him to put his gun down.
    No need for a gun, even when faced with one. No doubt saving lives.
    No one dead this time.
    Would it have been different if it had been a nervous, twitchy 'packing' teacher?
    Oh... the school's resource officer (or armed police guard...) - oops... he wasn't there.
    I commend these people. Lots of wit about them.
    This will be my only comment on yet another shooting thread.
    ...
    I was able to talk a guy down who was pointing a gun in my face because I was with his ex-girlfriend (a co-worker of mine), at her house, watching T.V.
    I was just blabbering out a bunch of stuff about murder and cops and prison, all while working my way towards the kitchen door and ran out... pretty much screaming like a little school girl. I was able to have a stranger a few doors down call 9-1-1 to get the cops because i didn't know if he was going to murder/homicide them.
    When the cops got there, I showed them where she lived and after just a few minutes, they lead the guy out in handcuffs.
    Sad part... me and the gal weren't doing anything... we were just co-worker/friends, watching some T.V. after work. Nothing going on between us.
    ...
    It turned out, he was charged with felony kidnapping and plead out... serving a couple of years in jail and several years of probation. He wasn't a bad guy... just love sick and in possession of terribly poor decision making skills.
    And yes... the gun was legally purchased and owned.
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  • josevolutionjosevolution Posts: 29,618
    What else can be said that hasn't allready been said ......
    jesus greets me looks just like me ....
  • usamamasan1usamamasan1 Posts: 4,695
    Ban shotguns?
  • MoonpigMoonpig Posts: 659
    Ban shotguns?

    See, this sort of trollish stupidity makes me think it's not actually about the guns. It was clear the thread was winding down and you said this, really classy man, and given the subject matter and all, you really hold yourself in an esteemed light.
  • usamamasan1usamamasan1 Posts: 4,695
    Charges should be filed against shooters parents or his older brother if the firearm used wasn't locked, I believe that's the law here in California right?
  • Charges should be filed against shooters parents or his older brother if the firearm used wasn't locked, I believe that's the law here in California right?

    as a gun owner, shouldn't you know the law if you were a responsible gun owner? and you have already admitted you don't keep it locked. what would happen if someone broke in, stole your gun, and shot someone? would you be charged with a crime? is that why you don't want guns registered? so it can't be traced back to you if this happens?
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  • What else can be said that hasn't allready been said ......
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  • usamamasan1usamamasan1 Posts: 4,695
    Charges should be filed against shooters parents or his older brother if the firearm used wasn't locked, I believe that's the law here in California right?

    as a gun owner, shouldn't you know the law if you were a responsible gun owner? and you have already admitted you don't keep it locked. what would happen if someone broke in, stole your gun, and shot someone? would you be charged with a crime? is that why you don't want guns registered? so it can't be traced back to you if this happens?

    I have never said I don't keep them locked.
    Get with the program.
    Try to keep up.
  • so,no one get killed..great..ill save my tears for the next one...will not take long i guess..
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  • gimmesometruth27gimmesometruth27 St. Fuckin Louis Posts: 23,303
    you know you have a gun problem when a news channel giving a report about biden's meeting with the nra breaks in with breaking news of ANOTHER school shooting :fp: :fp: :fp:


    this happenend in my office on cnn.
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  • usamamasan1usamamasan1 Posts: 4,695
    What to do about it?
    Responsible ownership.
    Lock firearms when children are in the home.

    Also, appears bullying may have played a role (no excuse) but still a problem that needs to be addressed.
  • Charges should be filed against shooters parents or his older brother if the firearm used wasn't locked, I believe that's the law here in California right?

    as a gun owner, shouldn't you know the law if you were a responsible gun owner? and you have already admitted you don't keep it locked. what would happen if someone broke in, stole your gun, and shot someone? would you be charged with a crime? is that why you don't want guns registered? so it can't be traced back to you if this happens?

    I have never said I don't keep them locked.
    Get with the program.
    Try to keep up.

    you know, it IS possible to respond with just the first sentence instead of attempting to look superior when all you are really doing is making yourself look like a jackass.

    I looked back, and it was unsung. my apologies. hard to tell some of you apart in all of this.
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  • usamamasan1usamamasan1 Posts: 4,695
    Just the facts.
    Don't want someone who doesn't even enjoy 2nd amendment rights to mis-represent how I exercise mine.

    Thanks for playing. Glad you got it straight so you don't look misinformed.

    Here to help
  • Just the facts.
    Don't want someone who doesn't even enjoy 2nd amendment rights to mis-represent how I exercise mine.

    Thanks for playing. Glad you got it straight so you don't look misinformed.

    Here to help

    "enjoy" second amendment rights. good god. no, gladly, I will never ENJOY your second amendment rights. a right that allows you to take away the first amendment rights of others.
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  • gimmesometruth27gimmesometruth27 St. Fuckin Louis Posts: 23,303
    Just the facts.
    Don't want someone who doesn't even enjoy 2nd amendment rights to mis-represent how I exercise mine.

    Thanks for playing. Glad you got it straight so you don't look misinformed.

    Here to help

    "enjoy" second amendment rights. good god. no, gladly, I will never ENJOY your second amendment rights. a right that allows you to take away the first amendment rights of others.
    this is true. whenever it is known that people have guns it makes people shut up and much more cautious of what they say.
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  • chadwickchadwick up my ass Posts: 21,157
    i can't keep up. literally
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  • Your 2nd amendment thing is bullshit, right to bear arms

    And the thing I don't get is if the president of the USA who is arguably the most powerful person in the country/world, why can't he just make the laws. Why does it seem that the NRA make the rules for your country.
  • BentleyspopBentleyspop Craft Beer Brewery, Colorado Posts: 10,781
    Your 2nd amendment thing is bullshit, right to bear arms

    And the thing I don't get is if the president of the USA who is arguably the most powerful person in the country/world, why can't he just make the laws. Why does it seem that the NRA make the rules for your country.
    I'll try and be brief...this country is founded on the ideals of not having one despotic ruler like other countries. Like Preident Lincoln said.... of the people, for the people, by the people
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