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louis c

(8,652 posts) Mon Oct 2, 2017, 04:00 PM Oct 2017

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"All You Need to Stop a Bad Guy with an Automatic Rifle, Shooting from the 32nd Floor into a Crowd..

...is a good guy with a surface to air missile."

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"All You Need to Stop a Bad Guy with an Automatic Rifle, Shooting from the 32nd Floor into a Crowd.. (Original Post) louis c Oct 2017 OP

I haven't heard anything since very early this morning lunatica Oct 2017 #1

One good tactical nuke will do the job, too Wednesdays Oct 2017 #2

These guys aren't going to go to a shooting range to do a mass killing. The_Casual_Observer Oct 2017 #3

To be fair, a rocket launcher would probably also do the trick al bupp Oct 2017 #4

Not from 400 yards and no way to know exactly what window the shooter is at louis c Oct 2017 #5

lunatica

(53,410 posts)

1. I haven't heard anything since very early this morning

Reply to louis c (Original post)

Mon Oct 2, 2017, 04:02 PM

Oct 2017

Has trump come out defending the guns yet?

Wednesdays

(17,341 posts)

2. One good tactical nuke will do the job, too

Reply to louis c (Original post)

Mon Oct 2, 2017, 04:04 PM

Oct 2017

Hundreds dead, but hey, at least you took out the bad guy!

The_Casual_Observer

(27,742 posts)

3. These guys aren't going to go to a shooting range to do a mass killing.

Reply to louis c (Original post)

Mon Oct 2, 2017, 04:11 PM

Oct 2017

This was planned to do the most damage for the longest amount of time.
No silent prayers or thoughts or vigilante actions are going to stop this kind of shit.

al bupp

(2,175 posts)

4. To be fair, a rocket launcher would probably also do the trick

Reply to louis c (Original post)

Mon Oct 2, 2017, 04:19 PM

Oct 2017

Well, that and a willingness to take much of the building.

louis c

(8,652 posts)

5. Not from 400 yards and no way to know exactly what window the shooter is at

Reply to al bupp (Reply #4)

Mon Oct 2, 2017, 04:32 PM

Oct 2017

but, if you take out the whole side of the building, I bet the shooting will stop.

(Sarcasm Intended).

You see, my point is, the only way to prevent this kind of shooting is to take the fucking gun away from the shooter.

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