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    Seven killed at US party shooting

    Seven people have died in a shooting at a party in Seattle in the western US state of Washington, police say.

    Officers arrived at the house in the eastern district of Capitol Hill early on Saturday morning. The gunman is said to have shot himself when confronted. Another three people were taken to hospital with gunshot wounds, a police spokesman said.

    "It's one of the largest crime scenes the city has ever had," Seattle police chief Gil Kerlikowske said.

    The dead were all believed to be in their early 20s. It is not thought the gunman lived in the area. Mr Kerlikowske said an officer in the neighbourhood heard shots fired at just after 0700 local time (1500 GMT). When he went to investigate, he found one person staggering out of the house with a bullet wound.

    The officer confronted another man with a shotgun, who turned it on himself after being told several times to put it down, Mr Kerlikowske said.

  • #2
    blame the violent rap music

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    • #3
      Well, nothing is known for sure so far...

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      • #4
        I know for sure it isn't the fault of violent rap music
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        • #5
          I guess that the shooter surprised people so they didn't have a chance to draw their own weapons. Probqbly a good thing - many more would have been dead if several persons started to shoot wildly.
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          • #6
            Happy Hardcore party. I didnt know anyone there, but i know where it was. on another board im at NWtekno.org theres a thread about it.
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            • #7
              Originally posted by BlackCat
              I guess that the shooter surprised people so they didn't have a chance to draw their own weapons. Probqbly a good thing - many more would have been dead if several persons started to shoot wildly.
              Not all Americans have weapons. And since this took place in Seattle, highly doubtful any of them had weapons.
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              • #8
                Originally posted by The Emperor Fabulous


                Not all Americans have weapons. And since this took place in Seattle, highly doubtful any of them had weapons.
                Well, that might be the real problem - either all are heavily armed or noone is
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                • #9
                  On top of that, the man had a shotgun — a weapon that wouldn't likely be targeted by any sort of gun-control legislation in the U.S. After all, it's mainly used for hunting pheasants, quail and whatnot. Unlike, say, automatic weapons, which are designed to kill other people.

                  So a straight up "if you only had gun control!" argument here doesn't cut the mustard.

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                  • #10
                    Originally posted by Gatekeeper
                    On top of that, the man had a shotgun — a weapon that wouldn't likely be targeted by any sort of gun-control legislation in the U.S. After all, it's mainly used for hunting pheasants, quail and whatnot. Unlike, say, automatic weapons, which are designed to kill other people.

                    So a straight up "if you only had gun control!" argument here doesn't cut the mustard.

                    Gatekeeper
                    I have acually the funny feeling that it's harder to own a hunting weapon than a standard "human killing" gun since you have to take a test to get a hunting licence. Have I misunderstood something such as "you can have all the hunting guns you want" despite your failure to pass the test to get a hunting licence ?
                    With or without religion, you would have good people doing good things and evil people doing evil things. But for good people to do evil things, that takes religion.

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                    • #11
                      It would solve a lot of problems if people in their early 20's were preemptively locked up.

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                      • #12
                        Originally posted by Winston
                        It would solve a lot of problems if people in their early 20's were preemptively locked up.
                        Nah, they should just be allowed to drink a beer or two
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                        • #13
                          Blackcat:

                          I have hunters in my family and, while I'm not overly familiar with the ins and outs of it (not being a hunter myself), I believe one needs to show familiarity with the weapon in question and (of course) hunting rules before one is issued any sort of license.

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                          • #14
                            Yeah, but that's to hunt, not to own the gun, AFAIK.
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                            • #15
                              only poly would turn this into a gun control thread
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