7 including suspect killed in shooting at Colorado Springs birthday party

[JoeOtterbein]

Source: KKTV

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KKTV) - A gunman opened fire during a birthday party early Sunday morning, leaving behind a horrific scene with more than half a dozen dead inside a mobile home.

“Words fall short to describe the tragedy that took place this morning,” said Colorado Springs Police Chief Vince Niski.

The party was being held at a home on Preakness Way inside the Canterbury Manufactured Home Community on the east side of the city. Police say the celebration was still in full swing at 12:40 a.m. when the boyfriend of one of the victims barged in with a gun and started shooting.

“Friends, family, and children were gathered inside the trailer to celebrate when the shooting occurred,” police said.

Read more: https://www.kktv.com/2021/05/09/4-including-suspect-killed-in-shooting-at-colorado-springs-mobile-home-community/

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(tears)

[Mysterian]

1. Just a well regulated militiaman exercising his 2d Amendment rights

using a semi-auto (likely) to show that the right to bear arms is more important than the right to life in the USofNRA.

[OAITW r.2.0]

2. Sure seems that way....nt

[Hassin Bin Sober]

4. An armed society is a polite society

[pazzyanne]

7. They tamed the Wild, Wild West by making people check their guns with law enforcement.

Seems that we need some of that "olde time (gun) religion" now!

[Takket]

5. i don't think we talk nearly enough about how many crimes in this country

are committed by men against women they are/were in a relationship with.

it is a silent crisis that no one seems to talk about.

[billh58]

6. And that is a big reason

that right-wing gunners oppose red flag laws so strongly. If all of the wife beaters and abusers were outed by thorough background checks, there would be far fewer guns in the wrong hands.

[niyad]

9. Bingo!

[wnylib]

11. This could have been me 45 years ago.

When I left my abusive husband, I could never spend any time alone. He stalked me constantly. He had hunting rifles. I moved in with a coworker, but she had to travel sometimes for her job, so then I stayed with my parents until my roommate returned.

One thing worked in my favor. Although he threatened to kill me several times and tried a few times, he was not suicidal and did not want to do time. He often told friends that we were having a friendly divorce, but I made sure that they knew the situation. I told relatives, friends, coworkers, and my lawyer. My divorce hearing got all the threats and abuse on record, despite his attempts to intimidate me from telling it all. He knew there was no way he could get away with it if he harmed me. Plus, my father showed up outside a bar one night when my ex was leaving and told him that if I got so much as a hangnail, my father would blame him for it and kill him.

ON EDIT: I always feared that the ex would just snap some day and come after all of us with one of his guns. Fortunately, he was the type who feared consequences to himself.

[JoeOtterbein]

12. I'm...

...sorry.

[wnylib]

14. Thanks. It was so long ago that I've had

plenty of time to recover. But when I read about things like this OP, I have insights into what was probably going on there. Then I think, "There but for the grace of God, and the help of friends...."

[billh58]

16. Sorry for the hell

you must have gone through, and I'm glad that you're still here to tell us about it. Unfortunately, many wives, girlfriends, and SOs have not been able to survive an armed abuser, so let's offer a silent prayer for all victims of this tragic and preventable state of affairs, and continue the work to change things for the better.

[wnylib]

17. Yes, I'm very much aware that I am

more fortunate than others who have been in similar situations. It's why I spent some time as a volunteer and paid advocate for women and children in abusive relationships.

Some of the situations that I was in make it nearly miraculous that I am still here. I really did have some very good friends who had my back while I was going through it.

[niyad]

8. You are absolutely correct.

[alphafemale]

19. And also men who think they deserve a relationship and don't have one

And blame all women

[niyad]

10. This is the 200th mass shooting so far this year. It is day 129.

[JoeOtterbein]

13. ...

(tears)

[niyad]

15. We're number one!

[bucolic_frolic]

18. Gun Rapture

Blood and guts
Thoughts and prayers
Birth becomes death
Light meets dark
Blood red portraiture

2A Goddess
We love the power
You bring to eternal ever after
Funerals beckon
As undertakers dig

Mourn not the dispatched
Nor the grieving
Lament the delay
Until the next celebration
Of life with massacre

Obviously .......