28 dead, including 20 children, in school shooting

[zolayes 14,489]

our society is more violent now .. The world I mean not just UK and USA ... Look at films and TV ,,,so much gratuitous violence ..video games ..drug and alcohol abuse all make their contribution . That and an increasingly easy access to weapons is a recipe for disaster . The problem is only going

to get worse ,, on this issue I find it hard to be optimistic. My thoughts now are for that devastated community.

[Hutcho 8,443]

our society is more violent now .. The world I mean not just UK and USA ... Look at films and TV ,,,so much gratuitous violence ..video games ..drug and alcohol abuse all make their contribution . That and an increasingly easy access to weapons is a recipe for disaster . The problem is only going

to get worse ,, on this issue I find it hard to be optimistic. My thoughts now are for that devastated community.

I know you said it all contributes, but i cannot honestly see the problem being that much worse and i honestly don't think that the blame can fall on films tv and video games etc. If someone decides they want to do something that like that then there is something seriously wrong with them that cannot be blamed on them playing to much Grand theft auto. Maybe the restrictions on these game should be greater and there should be greater limitations on when you can play them, but watching die hard too many times can hardly be blamed for the lunatics running riot in society imo. Alcohol, Drugs and access to weapons are obviously big factors especailly the latter 2, and steps definitely need to be taken. But blaming it on film and TV seems to be an easy way out for a huge problem that is acting like a bit of an elephant in the room.

[Kieran. 6,317]

“Why does a tragedy like 9/11 change everything about air travel, but numerous gun massacres CHANGE NOTHING?”
—Justine Bateman

[manpe 10,861]

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His mother was a teacher at the school,he killed her..... also his brother was found dead in Hoboken, New Jersey.</p></blockquote>

I'm going on a limb and say that he was a mentally disturbed guy.

[Rmpr 8,977]

“Why does a tragedy like 9/11 change everything about air travel, but numerous gun massacres CHANGE NOTHING?”

—Justine Bateman

[Yeboii 1,844]

our society is more violent now .. The world I mean not just UK and USA ... Look at films and TV ,,,so much gratuitous violence ..video games ..drug and alcohol abuse all make their contribution . That and an increasingly easy access to weapons is a recipe for disaster . The problem is only going

to get worse ,, on this issue I find it hard to be optimistic. My thoughts now are for that devastated community.

Blaming mass media is an easy way out. These people are just crazy

[zolayes 14,489]

Blaming mass media is an easy way out. These people are just crazy

I am saying that Films TV video games CONTRIBUTE ....as do drugs and alcohol

[communicate 2,703]

Restricting guns wont solve all the problem. It will certainly help, but the massacres will continue (maybe on a slower pace).

Drugs are illegal and it doesnt stop people from getting to it. Guns are illegal past .40mm in Brazil and a 18 year old boy knows how to get one...

I agree that it will not stop the whole problem but at least it will reduce it. I mean it's just ridiculous to hear that somebody can just buy a gun legally and use it for mass murder

[fAnta 107]

r.i.p

[communicate 2,703]

“Why does a tragedy like 9/11 change everything about air travel, but numerous gun massacres CHANGE NOTHING?”

—Justine Bateman

There are like 7 mass murders this year in US, it is just madness. I have been in US for 2 years now. When the first time I heard that in US you can bear firearm freely because it is written in constitution I thought he was joking.

[Kojo 4,676]

These things are happening all over the world, just some kids die and don't know any better.

[OneMoSalah 8,778]

Seen this earlier, why do people do such things? Sometimes mankind is embarrassing. Shooting 27 innocent people, 18 of of them young children with their whole life ahead of them is sick. RIP.

[Changingman_2000 876]

Absolutely shocking. Terrible, terrible news. The U.S. needs to start having a word with itself and ban all guns, Listening to Obama on the radio now, as much as I rate the bloke, every fucker knows that the U.S. will just shun the subject like they normally do. Sadly pathetic and very, very predictable.

We had the Dunblane massacre 16 years ago, truly shocking. Started off with Sky news breaking the story about a "shooting near Glasgow" (nothing unusual there I hear you say), as the updates got more accurate it was truly, truly shocking. Must admit, I shed a tear that day.

Shows just how fucked up a lot of our society is. Andy Murray was an older pupil at Dunblane primary on the day it happened and used to get messages from keyboard warriors wishing he was one that had got shot, all because some fucking S©um reporter took the piss out of him about Scotland not qualifying for the World Cup. Murray rightly had a jokingly pop back and the rest is history. Wankers that made the comments need Ironed.

Without digressing too much. My 12 year old daughter has her own library card for the local one here in Glasgow, the other week she brought back a game she had rented for a week, fucking "Grand theft auto". 12 year old, I went fucking mental when she showed me. She obviously never got to play it, I took it back to the library and gave them dogs. Fucking students sat there covering the library jobs, telling me not to take games so seriously. Wankers.

Really, really sorry to hear this news. Really sorrowful night.

R.I.P.

[manpe 10,861]

(Not so) fun fact: 5 of the 10 most deadliest mass murders in the US have occured in the last 5 years.

Rising trend.

[Sheva. 5,373]

Lots of sick people in this country. RIP.

[Changingman_2000 876]

Just reporting now that the two hand guns he used were bought by his mother, who he shot dead then drove her car to the school. A mother buying two hand guns?? WTF?

[manpe 10,861]

Do people getting their gun licenses at least get psyche evaled? I somewhy doubt it.

[Pizy 18,368]

Do people getting their gun licenses at least get psyche evaled? I somewhy doubt it.

In my state, Michigan, I believe all you need is to be of age(18 I think) and have a CCW(carry a concealed weapon) or a CPL(concealed pistol license). I could be mistaken.

Either way, it's not too difficult to obtain a weapon.

When I was in high school about 5 years ago I went into a gun store and they had just about any firearm you could find in Call of Duty for sale. Desert Eagle's, .57 Magnum's, dozens of assault rifles, just everything. Pretty shocking.