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[NICE MOBIUS]

Reporter and cameraman shot dead in Virginia during live broadcast

Gunman kills reporter Alison Parker, 24, cameraman Adam Ward, 27, and injures third person on scene of live TV news segment

Just, wow! Words fail me, America...

[Bereta_Eder]

dammit.
they looked like good people too
a young girl trying to live her dream and become a journalist
and a fatty but perky technician.

jezas

[Sava]

poor taste
poor title

[giblets]

Thanks for sharing

[giblets]

Death can strike at any moment

[NICE MOBIUS]

poor taste
poor title

Sorry, I was just incensed by the sheer senseless waste of it all...

The mods can close this thread now.

[Sava]

mobius

nuderstandable (keeping the typo)

guns are a big problem

but no country is immune to the threat of a personal vendetta

as this appears to be

[NICE MOBIUS]

Indeed. It's just that personal vendettas are easier to carry out in a country awash with legally obtainable guns.

[Sava]

you think this guy would've given up if melee weapons were his only option?

he killed two people and shot a third

on live tv

in broad daylight

at a popular tourist spot

[NICE MOBIUS]

I'm just saying it would have been harder.

[Sava]

yeah, that 6'2'' 200+ pound man would have had to thrust a knife into them instead of pulling a trigger

luckily, nobody ever gets stabbed because IT IS JUST SO HARD OMGASDFKJHFASDLF

[Sava]

if consequences cease to matter, as committing a murder on live tv in public in broad daylight would suggest, a determined, capable individual is not going to be stopped by having to choose a different weapon

would it reduce gun crime overall if they were all banned? yes

but you can't cherry pick individual stories

it doesn't work that way

because

it turns into this discussion

you lose the initiative and control of the narrative

understand?

i know this feels right, but you aren't helping

[giblets]

Knowledge about how to use melee weapons is not as widespread... compare the popularity of hunting and shooting ranges with the popularity of fencing.

[Sava]

whoa, cnn just said the shooter posted a video online

he wore a gopro, apparently

****ED UP