Another example of USA Gun Laws (or lack of...)?

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Gary Charpentier Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 25 Dec 00 Posts: 30708 Credit: 53,134,872 RAC: 32	Message 2127516 - Posted: 26 Oct 2023, 1:31:54 UTC Hurry guns urgently needed in Lewiston Maine ID: 2127516 · Reply Quote

betreger Send message Joined: 29 Jun 99 Posts: 11362 Credit: 29,581,041 RAC: 66	Message 2127533 - Posted: 26 Oct 2023, 12:34:52 UTC - in response to Message 2127516. This was the only thing on the evening nstional evening news. ID: 2127533 · Reply Quote

ML1 Volunteer moderator Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 25 Nov 01 Posts: 20413 Credit: 7,508,002 RAC: 20	Message 2127656 - Posted: 28 Oct 2023, 18:29:11 UTC Will this make any positive difference: Maine shootings: Democrat reverses course on assault weapons ban wrote: One of the few remaining Democratic congressman opposed to sweeping gun control measures has abruptly reversed course after a mass shooting in his Maine constituency... ... He represents a largely rural district that twice voted for Donald Trump... ... "The time has now come for me to take responsibility for this failure," he said at a news conference. "Which is why I now call on the United States Congress to ban assault rifles like the one used by the sick perpetrator of this mass killing in my hometown."... For some deadpan yet very good positive comment for what can be done next, see: Stephen Colbert - Mainers Have Moxie Time to take account?... Only in the USA... Martin See new freedom: Mageia Linux Take a look for yourself: Linux Format The Future is what We all make IT (GPLv3) ID: 2127656 · Reply Quote

Wiggo Send message Joined: 24 Jan 00 Posts: 35014 Credit: 261,360,520 RAC: 489	Message 2127727 - Posted: 29 Oct 2023, 21:08:46 UTC 22-year-old charged in Tampa shooting that killed 2 and injured 16. 4 people, including 2 students, shot near Atlanta college campus. ID: 2127727 · Reply Quote

Wiggo Send message Joined: 24 Jan 00 Posts: 35014 Credit: 261,360,520 RAC: 489	Message 2127770 - Posted: 30 Oct 2023, 20:51:53 UTC 581 mass shootings and still counting. Days after a mass shooting rocked Maine, weekend shootings in multiple cities left at least 12 people dead and dozens wounded. Will this madness ever end? ID: 2127770 · Reply Quote

betreger Send message Joined: 29 Jun 99 Posts: 11362 Credit: 29,581,041 RAC: 66	Message 2127771 - Posted: 30 Oct 2023, 21:10:07 UTC - in response to Message 2127770. 581 mass shootings and still counting. Days after a mass shooting rocked Maine, weekend shootings in multiple cities left at least 12 people dead and dozens wounded. Will this madness ever end? No, not as long as the right wing endorses American exceptionalism, ID: 2127771 · Reply Quote

Wiggo Send message Joined: 24 Jan 00 Posts: 35014 Credit: 261,360,520 RAC: 489	Message 2128005 - Posted: 5 Nov 2023, 0:24:58 UTC 11-year-old dead, 5 injured after shooting in Cincinnati. ID: 2128005 · Reply Quote

Dr Who Fan Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 8 Jan 01 Posts: 3238 Credit: 715,342 RAC: 4	Message 2128110 - Posted: 7 Nov 2023, 1:54:38 UTC From the you just can't make it up department... Woman jailed after Rentahitman.com assassin turned out to be – surprise – FBI 18 months in the slammer no laughing matter, but the rest... maybe ID: 2128110 · Reply Quote

Gary Charpentier Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 25 Dec 00 Posts: 30708 Credit: 53,134,872 RAC: 32	Message 2128248 - Posted: 9 Nov 2023, 21:27:26 UTC Close to Victor https://www.vvng.com/breaking-deputy-and-suspect-airlifted-following-shooting-in-front-of-in-shape/ ID: 2128248 · Reply Quote

Wiggo Send message Joined: 24 Jan 00 Posts: 35014 Credit: 261,360,520 RAC: 489	Message 2128362 - Posted: 11 Nov 2023, 9:39:20 UTC 4 people injured in 'shootout' on highway in Birmingham, Alabama. ID: 2128362 · Reply Quote

Wiggo Send message Joined: 24 Jan 00 Posts: 35014 Credit: 261,360,520 RAC: 489	Message 2128385 - Posted: 11 Nov 2023, 20:31:23 UTC Only in the U.S.. US airconditioning company giving away free AR-15s with every purchase. If the aircon goes lame you can shoot it. ID: 2128385 · Reply Quote

ML1 Volunteer moderator Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 25 Nov 01 Posts: 20413 Credit: 7,508,002 RAC: 20	Message 2128386 - Posted: 11 Nov 2023, 20:55:34 UTC - in response to Message 2128385. Or shoot the repair engineer for arriving late?... Only in the USA! Stay safe? Martin See new freedom: Mageia Linux Take a look for yourself: Linux Format The Future is what We all make IT (GPLv3) ID: 2128386 · Reply Quote

Wiggo Send message Joined: 24 Jan 00 Posts: 35014 Credit: 261,360,520 RAC: 489	Message 2128477 - Posted: 13 Nov 2023, 21:31:16 UTC Police are still searching for a mass shooter who brazenly opened fire in a deadly attack at a crowded Texas flea market. ID: 2128477 · Reply Quote

ML1 Volunteer moderator Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 25 Nov 01 Posts: 20413 Credit: 7,508,002 RAC: 20	Message 2128653 - Posted: 17 Nov 2023, 17:20:35 UTC Meanwhile, a deadly story of other extreemists with guns: As the NRA fades, a more zealous US pro-gun group rises as a lobbying power wrote: Gun Owners of America, formed in belief NRA was ‘too liberal’, spent $3.3m lobbying against gun control and boasts 2m members... ... The GOA is an adamant enemy of gun control measures of all stripes, and proudly calls itself the “no compromise” gun lobby. Its surge in lobbying spending reflects one way it has capitalized on the financial and legal problems of the once 5 million-member NRA ... “The GOA was formed in the 1970s because they believed the NRA was too liberal,”... Death by guns in the USA... Stay safe?... Martin See new freedom: Mageia Linux Take a look for yourself: Linux Format The Future is what We all make IT (GPLv3) ID: 2128653 · Reply Quote

Wiggo Send message Joined: 24 Jan 00 Posts: 35014 Credit: 261,360,520 RAC: 489	Message 2128675 - Posted: 17 Nov 2023, 23:24:44 UTC The suspect in a shooting at a New Hampshire psychiatric hospital is dead after one person was shot in the lobby of the facility Friday, a law enforcement source tells CNN. ID: 2128675 · Reply Quote

Wiggo Send message Joined: 24 Jan 00 Posts: 35014 Credit: 261,360,520 RAC: 489	Message 2128797 - Posted: 21 Nov 2023, 8:04:23 UTC Man Dead After Walking Into Ohio Walmart and Shooting Four People. Manhunt underway after Colorado shooting leaves 3 dead, 1 injured. Man Guns Down Wife, Baby and Child in Murder-Suicide. 2-year-old injured after firing gun he pulled from his mother's purse inside Ohio Walmart. ID: 2128797 · Reply Quote

Scrooge McDuck Send message Joined: 26 Nov 99 Posts: 732 Credit: 1,674,173 RAC: 54	Message 2128799 - Posted: 21 Nov 2023, 8:43:06 UTC https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2017/10/2/16399418/america-mass-shooting-gun-violence-statistics-charts wrote: ID: 2128799 · Reply Quote

ML1 Volunteer moderator Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 25 Nov 01 Posts: 20413 Credit: 7,508,002 RAC: 20	Message 2128814 - Posted: 21 Nov 2023, 15:11:46 UTC - in response to Message 2128799. Mmmm... Why is Hawaii an outlier? Due to a more 'relaxed' mañana way of doing things?... Stay safe folks? Martin See new freedom: Mageia Linux Take a look for yourself: Linux Format The Future is what We all make IT (GPLv3) ID: 2128814 · Reply Quote

Wiggo Send message Joined: 24 Jan 00 Posts: 35014 Credit: 261,360,520 RAC: 489	Message 2129342 - Posted: 2 Dec 2023, 5:54:56 UTC 2 dead, 3 injured in Las Vegas shooting of homeless. ID: 2129342 · Reply Quote

Wiggo Send message Joined: 24 Jan 00 Posts: 35014 Credit: 261,360,520 RAC: 489	Message 2129425 - Posted: 4 Dec 2023, 7:24:57 UTC Texas Shooting Leaves 4 Dead, Including 1-Year-Old Boy. ID: 2129425 · Reply Quote

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