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navarth

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8. Anybody remember when this was RARE???

Reply to Omaha Steve (Original post)

Sun Jan 24, 2016, 03:01 PM

Jan 2016

I do. I'm an old enough fart to remember when something like this was absolute, total shock.

Now the newscasters have to work harder and harder to act surprised, or even horrified when they relate these all-too-common stories.

Humans. I don't know what to do, exactly.

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Police charge 17-year-old boy in Canada after 4 shot dead [View all] Omaha Steve Jan 2016 OP

Heartbreaking. Guns ruin everything. AllyCat Jan 2016 #1

The poor families. I hate guns. Hate. phylny Jan 2016 #2

It sounds like the 17-year-old victim and the shooter, also 17, could have been twins LiberalEsto Jan 2016 #3

Thanks for the clarification. n/t phylny Jan 2016 #4

17-year-old with Killing Machine charged with killing 4. valerief Jan 2016 #5

I love that idea renate Jan 2016 #7

Thanks! That's how I see guns. Their only function is to kill. nt valerief Jan 2016 #11

One of those killed was the mayor's daughter, yet he still called for patience and compassion polly7 Jan 2016 #6

Anybody remember when this was RARE??? navarth Jan 2016 #8

Over here (UK,) it's extremely rare. Bad Dog Jan 2016 #9

Agree laundry_queen Jan 2016 #10