Gun Control & RKBA

Atypical Liberal

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17. What has happened is that finally someone really "knew what they were doing".

Fri Dec 14, 2012, 07:43 PM

Dec 2012

And I don't mean that in a good way.

I was just saying last week after the mall shooting that it was a miracle that this guy went into a mall with an AR15, fired off 18 rounds, and only killed 4 people. It tells me that they either aren't very good shooters to begin with or they were unable to really kill when it came down to it.

What happened here is what I have been dreading for years. Someone took an assault rifle (and I am not interested in the semantics of what an AR15 .223 Bushmaster is) and, in a confined room or two, blew away children.

In short, he couldn't, and didn't, miss. And he knew how to use his guns so they worked flawlessly for him.

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Why were there no wounded? [View all] oldhippie Dec 2012 OP

i've heard varying report, but i believe the latest number of wounded is 9. unblock Dec 2012 #1

I just watched the press conference by law enforcement officials AldoLeopold Dec 2012 #5

1 We don't know that yet. trof Dec 2012 #2

We know there was only 1 wounded AldoLeopold Dec 2012 #4

Sadly true. oldhippie Dec 2012 #7

The little piece on my brain is 20 dead elementary school children. Agnosticsherbet Dec 2012 #3

Some of us are not quivering masses of emotion incapable of ....... oldhippie Dec 2012 #6

Some of us have a sense of common decency, some concern for the dead. Agnosticsherbet Dec 2012 #8

That's ridiculous AldoLeopold Dec 2012 #9

the o.p. acknowledged the emotion and the tragedy. unblock Dec 2012 #10

Take your attitude somewhere else, please... tortoise1956 Dec 2012 #11

x2 AnotherMcIntosh Dec 2012 #51

I am very happy for your decency and concern ... oldhippie Dec 2012 #13

What gives you the right to question someone else's Eleanors38 Dec 2012 #19

Did you read the OP... Agnosticsherbet Dec 2012 #27

it is about putting the blame on the proper shoulders gejohnston Dec 2012 #28

There's more than one way to address a tragedy. Glaug-Eldare Dec 2012 #30

You led off with disrespect and expect to gain some high ground? Eleanors38 Dec 2012 #35

There were wounded. yellerpup Dec 2012 #12

I wasn't aware of that oldhippie Dec 2012 #14

I know. Just kills me. n/t yellerpup Dec 2012 #31

One might reason AldoLeopold Dec 2012 #15

I read that in the NY Post. yellerpup Dec 2012 #32

The vice principal was shot in the foot LiberalEsto Dec 2012 #16

What has happened is that finally someone really "knew what they were doing". Atypical Liberal Dec 2012 #17

Other reports are that it was pistol only ProgressiveProfessor Dec 2012 #23

He left his "assault rifle" in his car rl6214 Dec 2012 #47

Not according to the news accounts I've seen today (Sunday): thucythucy Dec 2012 #64

"Someone took an assault rifle ...and ... blew away ..." Does it matter to you if he didn't? AnotherMcIntosh Dec 2012 #52

It remains to be seen. Atypical Liberal Dec 2012 #53

"Either way, the weapon is irrelevant." That's not what you said. AnotherMcIntosh Dec 2012 #54

The qustion is "Why were there no wounded". And yes, the weapon is irrelevant. Atypical Liberal Dec 2012 #55

not really gejohnston Dec 2012 #56

Like homicide investigators... sarisataka Dec 2012 #18

Large caliber, small children. DollarBillHines Dec 2012 #20

Because gun control means hitting your target jpak Dec 2012 #21

If I thought it would do any good, tortoise1956 Dec 2012 #22

I am starting to believe sarisataka Dec 2012 #24

We all know the typical characters that do rl6214 Dec 2012 #48

Next time you are at a gun show jpak Dec 2012 #59

strange, I never saw any of that stuff at the ones I go to. gejohnston Dec 2012 #60

That is despicable. jeepnstein Dec 2012 #26

He's fed up AldoLeopold Dec 2012 #33

disgusting. Tuesday Afternoon Dec 2012 #29

This is a bumper sticker ALWAYS on sale any ANY gun show in the US jpak Dec 2012 #57

Hey Jpak CokeMachine Dec 2012 #37

The blood is on the hands of the GOP gun nuts that let the AW ban lapse jpak Dec 2012 #58

I don't know but CokeMachine Dec 2012 #62

I'll try and answer it as best I can ProgressiveProfessor Dec 2012 #25

Younger victims are also less like to react by running or fighting back. NYC_SKP Dec 2012 #34

Higher surface area to volume ratio AldoLeopold Dec 2012 #36

That is one way to look at it ProgressiveProfessor Dec 2012 #38

The rifle wasn't used rl6214 Dec 2012 #49

Actually, latest reports say thucythucy Dec 2012 #63

Academic? ellisonz Dec 2012 #40

It was a technical answer to what I took as an honest question ProgressiveProfessor Dec 2012 #41

I wouldn't describe that so much as "academic" or "technical" ellisonz Dec 2012 #42

if we are going to speculate gejohnston Dec 2012 #43

You might want to talk to someone you know with a forensics background ProgressiveProfessor Dec 2012 #44

That's probably still ellisonz Dec 2012 #45

Tap tapping away rl6214 Dec 2012 #50

Here's my theory. Dr_Scholl Dec 2012 #39

May well be some merit to the theory Kennah Dec 2012 #46

Medical examiner pointed out that each victim was shot an absolute minimum of three times, and some mbperrin Dec 2012 #61