Gun rampage in Nebraska shopping mall.

Jeanie

Cosmo wrote:

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And seriously... do we want Mall Security Guards to have guns?

I bet the families of the people that died in Nebraska wish mall security had had guns. Hell I bet the people that were shot dead wished mall security had had guns and used them. I sure as hell know that if I was there and some nutcase was taking pot shots at me while I shopped that I'd want someone, ANYONE that could shoot straight and had a clear shot of the nut job to shoot him.

onelongsong

dunkman wrote:

listen man i couldnt give a fuck for all your macho gun talk shite... what age are you? 55 or something? grow fucking up... anyway you'd be to busy trying to empty your colostomy bag and hunting your glucosamine tablets before you wheezed your way to a gun...

i'm faster with a knife. besides; if you drew back on 1 resident; a dozen residents would be emptying their mags into you.

Cosmo

Jeanie wrote:

I bet the families of the people that died in Nebraska wish mall security had had guns. Hell I bet the people that were shot dead wished mall security had had guns and used them. I sure as hell know that if I was there and some nutcase was taking pot shots at me while I shopped that I'd want someone, ANYONE that could shoot straight and had a clear shot of the nut job to shoot him.

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Go to the mall... look at the security guards and get back to me.
Mall Security Guards are more likely to shoot a 9 year old for 'stealing a lollipop from the Gummy Bears Shoppe than take out an armed gunman.

Cosmo

onelongsong wrote:

i'm faster with a knife. besides; if you drew back on 1 resident; a dozen residents would be emptying their mags into you.

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Again with a weapon. Are you are too wussie to fight. Wht do you need a weapon?
That's the same mentality as Gang Bangers here in L.A. They are all tough guys when they have guns and out number you, 3 to 1. but, catch one alone and unarmed and they are pussies. Pussies whose hands are only used to pull a trigger or wank their needle dicks.

Jeanie

Cosmo wrote:

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Go to the mall... look at the security guards and get back to me.
Mall Security Guards are more likely to shoot a 9 year old for 'stealing a lollipop from the Gummy Bears Shoppe than take out an armed gunman.

Yeah, if I was shopping at the mall and a gunman opened fire that's what I'd be worrying about. :rolleyes:

onelongsong

Cosmo wrote:

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And yet.. you do NOTHING about it.
I mean, you see yourself as a sharp shooting hero of the mall that could have killed that kid on the 3rd level balcony, even if that kid was the size of a match stick... yet, you personally know of child slavery and what do you do?
NOTHING.
Some Hero.

i photograph every instance of abuse and i report them to the state. at least once a month. the state replies that they cannot get enough families willing to take special needs kids so the state does nothing. i do all i can including buying those kids decent presents.

Jeanie

soulsinging wrote:

what do i win jeanie?

Dunk.

I know you'll be very happy together.

Cosmo

Jeanie wrote:

Yeah, if I was shopping at the mall and a gunman opened fire that's what I'd be worrying about. :rolleyes:

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Boy... you just don't get it, do you?
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Here... let me spell it out.
Job requirement for Mall security Guard... the ability to fill out a job application... or access to someone who can fill out a job application for you.
High School graduate? Nope. Not required.
Minimum I.Q? Anything over 0 will do.
Previous Experience? Does hanging out at the mall all day count?
Picked on as a kid? On a daily basis.
Salary requirement? As little as you want.
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You're hired. Now... go out there for minimum wage and beat the shit out of those pre-teens stealing candy.
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You may want a minimum wage, uneducated, inexperienced person walking around YOUR malls with a loaded gun... we don't.

Jeanie

Cosmo wrote:

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Boy... you just don't get it, do you?
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Here... let me spell it out.
Job requirement for Mall security Guard... the ability to fill out a job application... or access to someone who can fill out a job application for you.
High School graduate? Nope. Not required.
Minimum I.Q? Anything over 0 will do.
Previous Experience? Does hanging out at the mall all day count?
Picked on as a kid? On a daily basis.
Salary requirement? As little as you want.
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You're hired. Now... go out there for minimum wage and beat the shit out of those pre-teens stealing candy.
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You may want a minimum wage, uneducated, inexperienced person walking around YOUR malls with a loaded gun... we don't.

Yeah, I get the generalizations you're making about all mall security. I wanna know how come you think you'd be ok with going to the mall and getting shot by a nutjob but you'd be selective about who would save you? Coz that's what you're saying.
I get it. Cosmo: "It's a great day to die today. I'm not afraid to die because I'd PREFER to die than be saved by someone with an IQ lower than me"

Cosmo

onelongsong wrote:

i photograph every instance of abuse and i report them to the state. at least once a month. the state replies that they cannot get enough families willing to take special needs kids so the state does nothing. i do all i can including buying those kids decent presents.

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Yeah... yeah... yeah. I help... me charity... me good... i report... state does nothing... bull... blah.... blah.
And... That's only one of the MANY cases you see (personally know about).
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I live in a big... no, huge fucking city... I know most of my neighbors and hundreds of others and personally know of ZERO cases of welfare abuse. And if a case is reported to the local and state childhood and/or welfare services... those cases are investigated and those kids are removed for their own safety. What third world, low rent state comes up with that low rent excuse? "We can't find families willing to take special needs kids... so we hand them over to abusive people ands pay them $2,400.00 a month... to boot." What fucking asshole said that... and if they did.. you accepted it???
What kind of fucked up place do you live in?

Jeanie

Cosmo wrote:

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Yeah... yeah... yeah. I help... me charity... me good... i report... state does nothing... bull... blah.... blah.
And... That's only one of the MANY cases you see (personally know about).
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I live in a big... no, huge fucking city... I know most of my neighbors and hundreds of others and personally know of ZERO cases of welfare abuse. And if a case is reported to the local and state childhood and/or welfare services... those cases are investigated and those kids are removed for their own safety. What third world, low rent state comes up with that low rent excuse? "We can't find families willing to take special needs kids... so we hand them over to abusive people ands pay them $2,400.00 a month... to boot." What fucking asshole said that... and if they did.. you accepted it???
What kind of fucked up place do you live in?

Welcome to Australia, we hope you enjoy your stay.

Cosmo

Jeanie wrote:

Yeah, I get the generalizations you're making about all mall security. I wanna know how come you think you'd be ok with going to the mall and getting shot by a nutjob but you'd be selective about who would save you? Coz that's what you're saying.
I get it. Cosmo: "It's a great day to die today. I'm not afraid to die because I'd PREFER to die than be saved by someone with an IQ lower than me"

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You just like to argue, don't you?
Now, let's see... how many days went by in that mall where a gunman didn't open fire on holiday shoppers... let's see... 1 plus 22... carry the 9... oh, yeah... NONE OF THEM.
So, you think it is good to have an inexperienced, uneducated person getting minimum wage to carry a gun for how many days... let's see... what was that number again? Oh, yeah... ALL OF THEM MINUS ONE days. Great. More guns... and in the hands of people who really shouldn't be handling them... great.

soulsinging

Jeanie wrote:

Yeah, I get the generalizations you're making about all mall security. I wanna know how come you think you'd be ok with going to the mall and getting shot by a nutjob but you'd be selective about who would save you? Coz that's what you're saying.
I get it. Cosmo: "It's a great day to die today. I'm not afraid to die because I'd PREFER to die than be saved by someone with an IQ lower than me"

i think his point is that mall security guy wouldn't be saving him. the mall security would be ducking behind the nearest barrier pissing himself if someone opened fire. he's not qualified or trained to deal with a situation like that and is more likely to kill another mall shopper than the gunman. hell i had friends in HIGH SCHOOL working mall security. they're not even deemed old enough to smoke or drink, but they're old enough to carry a loaded gun with no training and to use it?

Cosmo

Jeanie wrote:

Welcome to Australia, we hope you enjoy your stay.

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Note to self: Austrailia... not a good place for children with special needs.. BUT, Great place to open 24/7 child labor sweat shop.
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Funny.. I always thought austrailia was a nice place with pleasant people. Learn something new every day, i suppose.

dunkman

onelongsong wrote:

i'm faster with a knife. besides; if you drew back on 1 resident; a dozen residents would be emptying their mags into you.

why are you constantly telling me i'm going to get killed in some squatshit town where the buffalo roam?

ok, you keep insisting i'll die via gunshot, multiple gunshots, now its stabbings...why the need to hide behind a weapon.. are you a fucking pussy who got picked on all your life... if so i'm phoning the FBI as you've just scored 93% on their "nutters likely to kill innocent scottish families on vacation" chart

no weapons, mano e mano... now thats fighting

soulsinging

dunkman wrote:

why are you constantly telling me i'm going to get killed in some squatshit town where the buffalo roam?

ok, you keep insisting i'll die via gunshot, multiple gunshots, now its stabbings...why the need to hide behind a weapon.. are you a fucking pussy who got picked on all your life... if so i'm phoning the FBI as you've just scored 93% on their "nutters likely to kill innocent scottish families on vacation" chart

no weapons, mano et mano... now thats fighting

don't expect that from him. he only fight matchsticks, remember? if you've got real muscles, he prefers the duck and cover and hope his neighbors shoot you for him tactic.

Jeanie

Cosmo wrote:

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You just like to argue, don't you?
Now, let's see... how many days went by in that mall where a gunman didn't open fire on holiday shoppers... let's see... 1 plus 22... carry the 9... oh, yeah... NONE OF THEM.
So, you think it is good to have an inexperienced, uneducated person getting minimum wage to carry a gun for... let's see... what was that number again? Oh, yeah... ALL OF THEM MINUS ONE days. Great. More guns... and in the hands of people who really shouldn't be handling them... great.

I'm not the one that's been banging on for pages in this thread arguing away and completely forgetting that 9 people lost their lives going Christmas shopping. Where did I say that it's a good thing for a person inexperienced in handling guns to be racing around a shopping mall? All I said was if it was YOU that was there and you were being shot at I doubt VERY MUCH that you'd be wanting to put someone through rigorous IQ testing before you'd allow them to save you. If someone was shooting at me to kill me all I'd want to do is LIVE and I couldn't give a rats arse if it was a security guard on minimum wage with a low IQ that saved me or a bloody rocket scientist. I'd just want to live. I'd bet any money that the people that died in Nebraska wish that someone, ANYONE had saved them.

soulsinging

onelongsong wrote:

i can give you a list of people working the system. i've got these neighbours that take in abused kids as foster parents. gread deed right? they use the kids as slave labour but they get $2400/month PER BLOODY CHILD. they don't work at all. recently they sent a girl back and traded her for 2 brothers. the brothers can stay in the same room and they needed to increase their income. these children get nothing from them. 1 new outfit for school. last year i spent more for the gifts i gave those children than they did. i later found out that after the neighbourhood christmas; they returned the kids presents. except the ones for their own daughter. she got a phone and a laptop. and 2 months ago their daughter got a brand new pick up truck for her 15th birthday. there's no law here so people don't worry about drivers licenses or things like that.
these are the kinds of things i see.

slave labour? weren't you just bragging about sweeping floors for pennies as a child?

do you know anything about raising a kid with special needs? i worked in the system, it's not easy. those kids need serious structure as they come from broken homes. if they can even get them to work, that's a small victory right there. and as for "Trading in", sometimes those placements don't work out and things have to change. unless they told you why, you're assuming exactly what you want to believe here.

soulsinging

Jeanie wrote:

I'm not the one that's been banging on for pages in this thread arguing away and completely forgetting that 9 people lost their lives going Christmas shopping. Where did I say that it's a good thing for a person inexperienced in handling guns to be racing around a shopping mall? All I said was if it was YOU that was there and you were being shot at I doubt VERY MUCH that you'd be wanting to put someone through rigorous IQ testing before you'd allow them to save you. If someone was shooting at me to kill me all I'd want to do is LIVE and I couldn't give a rats arse if it was a security guard on minimum wage with a low IQ that saved me or a bloody rocket scientist. I'd just want to live. I'd bet any money that the people that died in Nebraska wish that someone, ANYONE had saved them.

undoubtedly. but his point is, arming mall security is not the way to have saved these people. mall security is a shit paying job and the people doing it are not particularly qualified or trained. instead of one psycho once every 10 years pulling a stunt like this, you'd have dozens of shootings in malls all over the country becos mall security carrying guns fucked up and thought the guy pulling out his wallet was trying to rob the jewelry store.

Jeanie

soulsinging wrote:

i think his point is that mall security guy wouldn't be saving him. the mall security would be ducking behind the nearest barrier pissing himself if someone opened fire. he's not qualified or trained to deal with a situation like that and is more likely to kill another mall shopper than the gunman. hell i had friends in HIGH SCHOOL working mall security. they're not even deemed old enough to smoke or drink, but they're old enough to carry a loaded gun with no training and to use it?

But how do we know that? How do we know that mall security would be ducking behind a barrier and pissing himself? We don't. But I reckon you've got a better chance of survival in that kind of situation if someone besides the nutjob has a gun. Seems the nutjob isn't exactly brimming with rational thought or trained and qualified to be handling a gun but they are aren't they?
Last person I know of that tried to stop a gunman with his bare hands is dead now and what he did was amazing and selfless and incredibly heroic. Saved several people's lives. Including that of the gunman. But not his own. If he'd had a gun, EVEN if he didn't know how to use it I reckon he'd probably be better off than he is now.
And as far as I can see, if you're gonna continue having the right to bear arms there AND the nutjobs are gonna keep shooting people on random rampages then surely the thing to do IS to train your security guards to do their job properly. Or are we saying that we'll just let the nuts and the criminals have the guns, and everyone else should be defenseless sitting ducks that can die knowing that we had the most altruistic of motives in not protecting them?