Terrifying absolutely terrifying. This has to stop.

[Fla Dem]

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I can't even imagine the horror the kids and their parents must have felt.

Police release statement on video of gunfire interrupting youth baseball game in N. Charleston
By Patrick Phillips
Published: Apr. 25, 2022 at 10:08 PM EDT|Updated: 47 minutes ago

https://www.live5news.com/2022/04/26/gunfire-interrupts-youth-baseball-game-north-charleston/

[no_hypocrisy]

1. Here's the thing:

It's not about gun ownership.

It's about using those weapons with impunity.

[Sympthsical]

6. The article says it was fighting groups of teenagers

So, yeah, a good chunk of it is about how they came to possess those guns in the first place.

That said, my initial assumption at first was parents in the stands escalating things. So . . . at least it wasn't that. Copper lining.

[KPN]

17. The path to and reasonable regulation of ownership

is important however and it should absolutely be about that. The same applies to the what of ownership. Ownership of semi-automatic assault capable firearms is difficult to justify in my opinion.

[SCantiGOP]

28. That is the same as saying that

Possession of meth isn’t a problem, it’s just consuming the meth.
Statement is technically true, but totally misses the point and is not even a halfway measure towards solving the problem.

[no_hypocrisy]

33. I'm trying to say that the gun lovers are SAYING that they want their constitutional

right to OWN guns. What they really MEAN is that they want to shoot, maim, and/or murder with those guns WITH IMPUNITY.

[Achilleaze]

2. Republicans own this

This insane gun culture comes out of Republican rule.

[Rebl2]

18. My thought exactly

[XacerbatedDem]

20. Oh, but CRT and trans talk in school is more important. Sick, sick, sick.

[spanone]

3. This is America 2022

[czarjak]

4. Open Season was declared, remember?

[brush]

7. Yep, baseball and gunfire...all that's needed is apple pie.

That's America.

[underpants]

12. 🇺🇸

[IronLionZion]

16. I would avoid the lemonade

especially if it's warm

[mopinko]

8. had a similar incident in a park near me a while back.

few years ago, but someone got killed. same gang still runs that park.

[mopinko]

9. not exactly the same tho, cuz

looks like this is mostly white people.
my hood is def not this place.

[Jerry2144]

10. We need a simple 1 question IQ test to own a gun

That question is:

“Did Joe Biden legitimately win the 2020 election?”

If you fall, you lose all access to firearms. Unfortunately, the activists conservative judges ignore the well regulated militias being necessary clause

[marie999]

13. Commas are very important to understanding a sentence.

According to the Supreme Court, the 2nd Amendment has 2 parts. The first part is about the militia being necessary and the second part is about the rights of the people.

[Walleye]

11. I'd like to see a study,how much taxmoney is spent dealing with these fucking shooters all the time

[LittleGirl]

14. OMG, WTF! So many bullets fired. nt

[PatSeg]

24. I know, it took my breath away

I am still stunned.

[LittleGirl]

34. I really hate to say this

But I am so grateful not to live in the states right now. That’s frightening! Sheesh.

[PatSeg]

35. It really is scary

No place is really safe anymore. It is absolute madness.

[LittleGirl]

37. Switzerland has just as many guns

But they are registered and owners must lock them up. They are forced into training at the gun places to practice, get insurance and certified. Surprise visits to check if they are locked up is also required. Every young man has to spend a year in service and are allowed to keep their guns after serving.

[IronLionZion]

15. Arm the kids!

An armed society is a polite society. South Carolina must be some liberal gun free zone to allow this to happen.

[live love laugh]

21. ✓

[Oliver Bolliver Butt]

19. Apparently police are going to investigate the gun manufacturers.

"North Charleston Police promised to investigate the incident `to the fullest extent of the law and will do everything in their power to locate and arrest the individuals involved in this heinous and reckless act.'"

[greenjar_01]

22. Think about this every time the smug gunners do their smug gunner posts

[Kaleva]

43. There simply aren't enough people interested in enacting gun control to actually get it passed.

When the pro-control people match dollar for dollar to what the pro-gunners contribute to organizations (Brady Campaign compared to NRA) that fight for their cause and use that money to lobby politicians, there may be progress.

When pro-control people become single issue voters like the pro-gunners are and who'll dump any candidate who even hints at straying of the path, progress may be made.

Until then, situations like in the video will remain the norm.

[Scrivener7]

45. Yes. And when the trolls show up to blame it on non-gun-owners who want it stopped. As has

happened in this very thread.

It's evil.

[ripcord]

23. Our legal system is worthless when it comes to enforcing firearms crimes

Most gun crimes are plea bargained down to to something not involving firearms.

[Irish_Dem]

25. GOP uses the gun issue to brainwash people and to fund raise.

They don't care if it causes death and pain to Americans.

[Ferrets are Cool]

26. Repugs are all about saving embryos...not so much children.

[Fla Dem]

32. Yup, have said that all along. The RW only cares for "the Child" until it comes out of the womb.

After that, it's every child for themself.

[ancianita]

27. The way to maintain red state rule --

-- drive conflict issues from national leadership,
-- provide guns & poverty,
-- expose children in scenarios, then
-- excuse the ensuing divisions, conflicts in media with anecdotal evidence of victimization by the state's political opponents want to end the good things of America, and
-- use double standards of law enforcement.

[MagickMuffin]

29. The Enforcers didn't even check on the welfare of the children

Lori Ferguson said police responded to the park to investigate where the shooting occurred, but said officers did not come onto the ball field to check on the families or escort them off the field.

“But nobody ever came and checked like, ‘Hey, are these kids okay?’” she said.

[2Gingersnaps]

31. Readin, writin, rithmatic, dodging bullets.

Just don't say gay or CRT.

[Midnight Writer]

30. The Founding Fathers would shit themselves if they saw guns that could fire like this.

The high capacity semi-automatic weapons of today are being regulated by rules drawn up for single shot muskets.

[steve2470]

36. If the Newtown CT massacre didn't inspire any changes....

what will ? A guy shooting up a neonatal ward with many dead infants on TV ? Will it take something as heinous as that to inspire any real changes ? Not even that might do it.

[AZLD4Candidate]

38. The right to a gun is more important than the right to be alive (collateral damage)

No, this isn't an anti-abortion post. People are replaceable apparently.

[Scrivener7]

48. The "responsible gun owners" have won. They have shown us that there is nothing

we can do that can force them to show actual responsibility.

What that means, though, is that the moral responsibility for all the murders is on their heads.

[rockfordfile]

39. Gun crime in South Carolina at kids baseball game brought to you by NRA

Lori Ferguson said police responded to the park to investigate where the shooting occurred, but said officers did not come onto the ball field to check on the families or escort them off the field.

“But nobody ever came and checked like, ‘Hey, are these kids okay?’” she said.

Police depts are failing. Republicans have fked up, Police depts across the nation

[inthewind21]

41. And you'll hear

The usual "we never dreamed something like this could happen here." Even know I'd bet 90 plus percent of the adults at that very game are against anything that might "infringe" on the rights of those doing the shooting. And they vote that way regularly.

[AZLD4Candidate]

40. A gyopo friend of mine in Korea says it best: Take away the gun and you see who the real man is in

a fight.

[inthewind21]

42. Exactly

[Kaleva]

44. A real man will avoid the fight

Especially since most of us here can't take on a strong, fit, 20-something year old. Male or female.

[Scrivener7]

46. Look for the one who needs to prove he's a real man and you'll definitely not be looking at the real

man.

[WarGamer]

47. Easy answer.

Start throwing away the key when people have repeated firearms violations on their rap sheet.

[Emile]

49. Republican argument is more guns to stop gun violence. If everyone had a gun

no one would get shot.

[Demovictory9]

50. Wow..that was a lot of gunshots

[IcyPeas]

51. more words

from the article:

North Charleston Police say they are actively investigating

Mayor Keith Summey ... was “appalled

Assistant Chief Greg Gomes is shocked

“We will leave no stone unturned in bringing these suspects to justice,” Jacobs said.

Police planned to meet Tuesday morning with city recreation staff to formulate a safety plan

to summarize: blah blah blah blah blah blah

[LuckyCharms]

52. Jesusss Christ!!!

I kept looking at the batter and imagining the thousands of thoughts that must have been running through his head all at once.

This is horrifying.

What has this country become?