16 people shot in a bar in Austin, Texas and multiple dead

America is loco. Wish I could move.

I don’t feel safe in America. I’m terrified to even go out in public. Any of us can be shot at any moment. Horrifying.

Dear gunman: Aim for Greg.

I'm hearing on Twitter both bar and restaurant, and the Statesman article kind of sounds like people were shot outside in a downtown area with multiple places still open. So far no one has been reported dead, I believe.

shooter is probably a right wing extremist MAGA nut

Don't worry, I'm sure Biden will name it a national memorial to gain votes.

Five years to the day of the Pulse shooting.

America is seriously lazy and pathetic.

No one is dead OP. Stop trying to grab headlines.

Life is cheap

These shootings are kind of like for lack of a better word, micro-civil wars. Someone on another thread said to stop being so surprised at shootings/uprisings in the U.S., they go on day to day basis. Think poster was referring to Portland (can't remember). Anyway, it's all becoming so commonplace now.

Somebody must have disrespected someone.

It wasn't even trending on Twitter, I think because no one had died.

I do wonder why OP used a tweet from a nobody who lied about a death toll, instead of just linking to a news article.

Whoever did it, I'm sure CNN will find a way to blame the Jews.

I've watched CNN all morning and they didn't even mention it once. There are some amazing videos on Twitter. Paramedics giving CPR to a shooting victim, while drunken folks continue partying right next to the victims in crowded bars.

We live in surreal times. Looks like no one is giving a fuck anymore. Soon everyone in Texas can buy and openly carry a weapon. Good times.

Refund the police. Put one on every street corner.

And if you get stopped, cooperate.

Anyone against this can eat a fucking dick.

Your blm narrative is based on some truth and a lot of bs.

Calm down R2. Jesus! I go out and about in here in Houston with no fear but I am glad I'm older and don't have the desire to go clubbing anymore. I'm an introvert too so I'm happy as a tick at home.

[quote] I've watched CNN all morning and they didn't even mention it once

Why would they ? On average every 38 and a half minutes Chicago shoots that many.

R7 how do you remember that? Not joking here, with so many shootings, I usually forgot them in less than a year or just a few months.

^13 people shot and only one woman dead. Yes, I guess you need to shoot and actually kill 20 people now to make national headlines. Or better 30? 50?

What number is best so Republicans in Washington will send the victims "Thoughts and Prayers"?

R19 when will you go to the border?

We have become inured to violence.

[quote]And if you get stopped, cooperate. Anyone against this can eat a fucking dick. Your blm narrative is based on some truth and a lot of bs.

You're on a gay site and using "eat a dick" like a pejorative. Idiot. Also, if you exclude cops shooting unarmed black people, what about the pieces of shit cops who beat up the elderly (like that woman with dementia that was recently in the news), or the cop who knocked down the guy at the protests last year and walked right past him as he laid bleeding, or the cop who after taking in a woman for a DUI went through her phone and sent himself her nude photos.

Keep sucking up to these all too corrupt Neanderthals.

R15

We have already given cops so much money and they didn’t do shit about this problem. Actually, in many cases they have made the problem worse.

The best solution is obviously to get guns off the streets. But that’s not going to happen because this is America.

"These shootings are kind of like for lack of a better word, micro-civil wars. Someone on another thread said to stop being so surprised at shootings/uprisings in the U.S., they go on day to day basis. Think poster was referring to Portland (can't remember). Anyway, it's all becoming so commonplace now. "

Completely commonplace - and no one died, so people will move on very quickly.

I heard about this on NPR this morning and the report said no one died. So that's what I'm going on - someone injured could have died in the meantime.

Getting guns off the street. That ship has sailed. Too many in circulation.

R15 Yes, let's have a police state. Cops with guns in every classroom. You stupid fucking idiot!

[quote]Refund the police.

We never defunded the police, so your ignorance is on full display from the get-go.

[quote]Put one on every street corner.

And what would that solve? All we'd have is a police state in which everyone loses their freedoms. Don't believe me, do the research.

[quote]And if you get stopped, cooperate.

Nevermind the Fourth Amendment! Let's return to pre-Revolutionary times when it was the rule of one man and not the law, even when that one man [italic]is[/italic] the law.

[quote]Anyone against this can eat a fucking dick.

You say that like it's a put-down, so you know what: eat a fucking dick.

[quote]Your blm narrative is based on some truth and a lot of bs.

At least you admit there is some truth to BLM's narrative, which is a cry further than what we can say about the narratives spewed by the right.

It's sad that people getting shot on a routine basis brings out even more trolls basking in the glory of violence, but this is the choice we've made. Despite 5000 years of recorded human history providing ample evidence that working together results in better outcomes than rugged individualism and going it alone, we still cling to the latter as though the former leads to death and ruin. And then we wonder why people getting shot doesn't make the news.

Another thread about a shooting outside a hospital in Pittsburgh. It seems angry, violent Americans are making up for all that time lost due to Covid.

[quote]Despite 5000 years of recorded human history providing ample evidence that working together results in better outcomes than rugged individualism and going it alone,

R28 That works in small, homogeneous cultures with some sense of working for the collective good. America left that behind 75 years ago.

Yeah, 150,000,000 people was [italic]so much more manageable[/italic] than 320,000,000.

R31 Absolutely! And 75 million is so much more manageable than 150 million, etc. etc. etc.

[quote]drunken folks continue partying right next to the victims in crowded bars

I saw one of those too, it reminded me of news footage of a football game in the UK where a fire broke out and people were burning to death in the stands, while fans were on the field cheering on their team and blocking the camera so they could be drunken fools. Unfortunately, stupidity and selfishness is not confined to any one era.

Austin's woke City Council voted to defund the police several months ago. This is going to play well.

OP needs to be FFed into oblivion for posting fake news.

Also, troll OP's comments about Americans not caring ... This happened 2000 miles away. It's the distance from London to Cairo.

Many Americans care, but feel powerless, and to a large extent under current circumstances, are powerless.

R5 actually the suspect is a Black man with dreadlocks

Like most of the mass shootings lately

Thanks for being a racist scumbag

MAGA nuts are a race, you idiot R36?

[quote] Austin's woke City Council voted to defund the police several months ago.

And so they did

The red shoes at r4 are *Staunch*.

R35 how is this fake news? The Austin shooting did happen. It’s confirmed.

R10, I would tend to say it is mental health. Stereotypically it is a guy angry at his boss and/or girlfriend and decides to take them out along with some innocents, then he commits suicide directly or via cop

That’s not a revolution, it is simply a depressive with a gun and ammo

Agree, R41.

Its usually a puss-bag straight guy who can't handle not being promoted or being dumped and instead of manning up and getting help or doing the world a favor and eating a bullet for breakfast, decides to kill other people. Because he's entitled to make that choice, of course! And yes, "suicide by cop" because that same wimp can't take facing the consequences of his violence.

Nothing to look at folks, people kill people. Can’t left Radical Left win….

R35, the info OP provided was based on an early eye witness account of what happened this morning. Details change as time progresses. And there was hardly any mention of this story on any national news channel until recently. So quit being such a reactionary little bitch. You're the one who should be FFed to oblivion, you dumb cunt.

Police have only released a vague description of the suspected shooter as of Saturday morning. 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑨𝒖𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒏 𝑨𝒎𝒆𝒓𝒊𝒄𝒂𝒏-𝑺𝒕𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒔𝒎𝒂𝒏 𝒊𝒔 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒊𝒏𝒄𝒍𝒖𝒅𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒅𝒆𝒔𝒄𝒓𝒊𝒑𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒂𝒔 𝒊𝒕 𝒊𝒔 𝒕𝒐𝒐 𝒗𝒂𝒈𝒖𝒆 𝒂𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒕𝒊𝒎𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒃𝒆 𝒖𝒔𝒆𝒇𝒖𝒍 𝒊𝒏 𝒊𝒅𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒇𝒚𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒉𝒐𝒐𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒔𝒖𝒄𝒉 𝒑𝒖𝒃𝒍𝒊𝒄𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒄𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅 𝒃𝒆 𝒉𝒂𝒓𝒎𝒇𝒖𝒍 𝒊𝒏 𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒑𝒆𝒕𝒖𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒆𝒐𝒕𝒚𝒑𝒆𝒔. If more detailed information is released, we will update our reporting.

R2 There are countries where you are in danger when you step out. There are countries where you are not. The US is sliding from the latter to the former, more for some sections of society than for others.

R16 Your perspective depends on whether you are a member of one of the more vulnerable populations or not. How you feel on the street depends on whether you go out or not. You're a stay at home. You're ok. You're all right Jack.

Is he another young guy with mutilated dong who is extremely pissed at the choice his parents made when he was born?

As if anyone on DL gives a shit about people

Does a "young guy with mutilated dong" have a stereotype for mass shootings?

[quote] shooter is probably a right wing extremist MAGA nut

In Texas?! The hell you say.

At this point in history, if you're still in Texas... that's your own negligence.

Right R51 as if Texas is the only state where shootings occur. You guys make me laugh.

Where were all of the "good guys with guns"? I mean, this is TEXAS, where everyone is strapped and packs heat! How is it that 16 people can be shot in TEXAS with no "good guy with a gun" showing up in the nick of time to take out the nasty shooter?

Could it be....that the whole "good guy with a gun" trope is BULLSHIT?

Another mass shooting in America. Must be a day that ends with a y.

Mass shootings tracker. Sad. I'm so thankful I don't live in the US.

R15 I'm Norwegian. I think defund the police is a bad idea. Instead it should be the opposite. Like you said, refund the police. Give them a proper education. Demand a bachelor's degree to become a cop, like it is in most civilized countries.

Reminder that it takes 12 weeks to become a police officer in the US. It takes 3 years here in Norway.

Yes R53. I live in Texas and have never owned a gun and have no interest in owning one. I also never see any open carry. Maybe it's only small-town rubes.

The mental health argument doesn't fly any more. In Europe for the most part those who are mentally tortured kill themselves. They jump off buildings, off bridges, etc. In the US mass shootings are a cultural tradition.

Fuck you r6, You are the problem.

I was in the grocery store once and so some old fucker (my age) with a holster and a pistol sticking out of it walking around in the produce section like it was just as normal as rain in Spring. Everyone just kept to themselves and pretended not to notice. I wasn’t really scared….just didn’t want him to get pissed off at something. I instantly flashed to ‘what if’ scenarios in my head.

I'd smirk and mutter something about dick size close enough that he'd hear but barely.

[quote]At this point in history, if you're still in Texas... that's your own negligence.

Moved away forever this past July. Never again.

Nothing will change

The problem isn't with the "defund the police" movement. It's that Texas has just made it legal for ANYONE to carry a concealed handgun without a license.

R38 will ignore Texas's lax handgun laws and pretend this is on "woke" people

[quote] I was in the grocery store once and so some old fucker (my age) with a holster and a pistol sticking out of it walking around in the produce section like it was just as normal as rain in Spring.

A friend of mine lives off Memorial and saw a woman "powerwalking" at 6:30am with a pistol on her hip. I think people are emboldened right now.

According to local news, this happened during the ROT rally (ROT stands for Republic of Texas).

[quote] The interim chief said "almost all" of the shooting victims appear to be innocent bystanders. He said he could not elaborate on that detail.

[quote] Chacon said it's not clear what led up to the shooting. Although the shooting happened during ROT Rally, the interim chief said the incident was not related.

Since not all the victims were "innocent bystanders," I wonder if that means this was motorcycle gang violence.

right wing extremists stirring chaos….they want everyone anxious …there’s nuts with guns…then there are nuts with guns with a plan.

If I were one of them, I’d shoot you merely for not using capital letters.

[quote] I wonder if that means this was motorcycle gang violence.

There are no motorcycle gangs in Texas.

To be fair R67 a lot of shit happens around the Memorial area. There was a lot of women joggers being raped some years back.

R28 NYC mayor De Blasio defunded the police and disbanded the anti-crime unit last year and now to no one's surprise shootings, stabbings, people being randomly punched, pepper sprayed, shoved onto subway tracks, hit and runs, robberies, assaults on Jews and Asians . ..have all surged. Apparently you are not from NY. Last summer police were assigned to protect the BLM mural in front of Trump Tower while shootings in Brooklyn, Queens and the Bronx spiked.

They’ve made one arrest so far. Another perp outstanding at this time.

Every weekend. Move along...

The politicians who've sold us out to the firearms industry don't care if we get our heads blown off. They're all well protected by security details.

R73, he didn't "defund" the police and huge police budgets don't make crime go down. Try again.

“911, I’d like to report a shooting.” “Would you like me to send a therapist?” “LAAAAAADY……”

It’s Texas and apparently no deaths.

R53 - “where were all of the good guys with guns.”

We’re not street/bar trash still out at 1:30am. But if you need me to take down a man open firing at the grocery store, gym, or movie theater (at a decent hour) I’ve got your back.

[quote] Refund the police. Put one on every street corner.

NYPD flooded Times Square with cops to show tourists it was safe & 3 people got shot right in front of them. Cops do not prevent shootings.

Here’s the article. So much for the lie that police were defunded. They FLOODED Times Square & other business districts,

Next week my city will be hosting the Orange Crush festival . Since its comprised of 99% blacks,I'll be dammed surprised if no one gets killed. Ill be sure and update yall after the weekend is over. Should be interesting.

Keep Austin Weird!

[quote] the report said no one died

That means one thing. It wasn’t an AR 15. If it was, over a dozen people would be dead.

Terrible. Or should I say - terrible AGAIN. But this is clearly something Americans are willing to live with.

And still nobody will do anything about the guns/gun laws.

I can't imagine living somewhere where at any moment when I was at the supermarket or just going for a walk, that I would be shot dead. Like what happened at the link.

No good guy with a gun at supermarkets in Florida to help Grammies and grandbabies? Proud Gun Carrier from Texas R80 needs to relocate!

We've been having a lot of deadly shootings in Miami recently, too.

Shootings happen in Houston almost daily. And it may sound crazy to some, but I’m still for open carry gun laws. If we restrict guns, only the criminals will have them. We have a decent percentage of citizens who successfully kill attackers, thieves, and home invaders. And the general public love when the criminal gets killed. (Except the minorities)

R89 WTF? never heard of any of that - that's an NRA fantasy

And hours after the arrest still the information about the shooters remains censored

R15 wrote:

Admiring Beyonce was a way for white people to feel supportive of black artists and cool. But now that we know Beyonce is a racist herself (offering to bail out members of the terrorist BLM group), she’s done. Bye, black Barbie. You were never more than a glorified mediocrity.

R89 is an idiot.

R89’s posting history outs him a racist Republican asshat. Typical Southern loser.

R89 is NOT from Houston - he's full of shit

I wonder if they are withholding the name of the shooter in custody to avoid tipping off the other one still on the run.

r89 disgusts me.

Gun people are all would be murderers

Hey Bellagio slag at R40 and R44, the fake news is the part in your rancid fake-news headline where you wrote "and multiple dead."

Fake news from a fake news biddy.

R99, take your meds and tell the orderly you're ready to be strapped down for bed, you old loon. And tomorrow start taking a reading comprehension class designed specifically for intellectually challenged cunts. Now shoo.

R89 is brainless. This experiment has been tried many times all over the world and guess what: gun banning works. Everything else doesn't.

R77 Yes, he did and part of it was the disbanding of the anti-crime unit.

This will help keep the peace in Austin

Austin ISD to scale back discipline on students to eliminate racial disparities

[quote] Next week my city will be hosting the Orange Crush festival .

Let us know when they have the Orange Julius Festival. I’d like to go to that.

I have a friend in Austin. Didn't even mention the shooting in our latest conversation. I guess 13 people being shot is just business as usual now and not even worth mentioning anymore. They also had an active shooter situation a couple of weeks ago in their neighborhood and couldn't leave the house for hours. Austin is a shithole with astronomical real estate prices now.

DeBlasio didn’t defund the police at all. He shifted money around in the budget to pretend he was doing something but it all stayed in the police Dept.

These mass shootings happen so fast, the police couldn’t have stopped it at all

R103, because school discipline has ever been a deterrent to more crime???

[quote] I have a friend in Austin. Didn't even mention the shooting in our latest conversation.

Do you two often talk about the crimes going on in your respective neighborhoods?

Seems like an odd topic of conversation.

^You don't ask your friends if they and their families are safe after a mass shooting in their city? I guess you're just not a very compassionate and caring person.

That’s not what you said, though.

You said HE never brought it up, so I guess you didn’t either. That would make you not a very compassionate and caring person.

^Of course I brought it up since she has a daughter currently attending UT Austin and there was a chance she was out partying with her friends that night. I just thought she would bring it up herself since this was the second mass shooting within a few weeks. You know something like "Can you believe there was another mass shooting in Austin last night, what the hell is going on in this country..."

[quote]And hours after the arrest still the information about the shooters remains censored

Usually this means the shooter is black.

R112 - “usually this means the shooter is black.”

Not necessarily true. In most cases, mass shooters are white males. However, black men are responsible for the daily shootings and murders of thousands of victims.

But only the white shooters get the “he just needed better mental health care…”

[Quote] However, black men are responsible for the daily shootings and murders of thousands of victims.

No, poor people are responsible for daily shootings and murders

[Quote] Shootings happen in Houston almost daily. And it may sound crazy to some, but I’m still for open carry gun laws. If we restrict guns, only the criminals will have them.

No, if you restrict guns, you can put away criminals for having them. It’s the first line that shooting last happen in Houston almost daily that should give us pause

[quote] if you restrict guns, you can put away criminals for having them

Alternately couldn't you just put away criminals for the crimes they actually commit?

R117, but when someone comes in a store with a gun, no one knows in an open carry state whether this is a threat or now. I can’t determine whether I need to protect myself or not.

R117, and carrying a gun without a permit should be a crime

R115 no OVERWHELMING Black men in EVERY major city, mostly Black on Black homicides which as increased since BLM and Biden took over, mostly ILLEGALLY obtained firearms too

I mean you can always move to a heavily Black neighborhood and see for yourself

Someone's babydaddy got a gun.

Austin is a liberal city. It's not MAGA-world.

R122 yup it's EXTREMELY liberal

Someone who lives near me got shot the night before last. He lived in a gated yachting community and was CEO of a yacht brokerage and he and his wife went to dine at the Capital Grille in the Galleria area. Apparently, the perps in a white SUV followed them from the restaurant to their home which is down in the League City/Kemah area (a bit of a drive) and confronted them in their garage. Husband shot and the perps ran out on foot. Yep, shootings do happen every day in Houston. The mystery here is how did someone get followed that far and not notice, follow them through security gate and not noticed and why were they targeted? Fancy car, wife bejewelled? The Galleria, despite being upscale, seems to attract quite the criminal element waiting for prey.

Seems like the flag has been a half mast since 2001.

R124 - sounds like there's more to the story there. Was nothing stolen? That CEO may have been doing some other shady business on the side - like using the yachts to transport drugs.

R10 I thought you were kidding so I googled. Good God! There's multiple mass shootings EVERY DAY in the US.

Nothing was stolen R126.

R124 - Houston resident here also. All of these recent attacks and murders happen when rich white people go to the Galleria in their flashy vehicles. They’re targeted by these thugs. Why go if you are aware?

R129 how about the Black racist thugs stop shooting innocent White people?

This is what the people wanted, no gun control, and you got it. I smile everytime there are shootings, and can't wait until there are more, it's like a sport now to see how many get killed every time. It's never going to stop so you just need to get used to it.

R100, they unstrapped me for a computer break, and guess what? Still no dead. Your fake news headline is still fake. And it's a day later. Where did my reading comprehension fail? You are a shit-stirrer.

Just saw a gun person on my feed post a meme of two panels of ScarJo's face. Panel one: Happy expression, panel two: ecstatic expression. Caption: "When a gun owner hears someone coming through their window at 2 a.m."

Why would anyone GET EXCITED over a home invasion?

You know gun owners always secretly wish to be raped by a stranger.

R131 this has NOTHING to do with gun control as almost ALL gun related homicides are done by illegally obtained guns

That being said, MOST people, even most gun owners, want gun control and WELCOME it

I'm a gun owner and took me MONTHS of background checks and searches for me to get my gun and I completely understand it

If he didn't get a gun he probably would have rammed his car into the crowd, if someone WANTS to kill.people, they'll find away

So they can shoot someone R133. People like that are MagaTs for sure. I know people who have guns for self-protection but do not want to use them ever but the people who get excited are like the Capital rioters. They are itching to kill people they don't like.

R136 what the hell would you do if someone BROKE 8nto your house at 2 am?

That person would most likely be armed aa well, would you try talking to them, offer them some tea

Come on, since you wouldn't have a gun and they most likely would, you would be shitting your pants and probably end up dead

[quote]Yet America doesn't bat an eye. Sad.

Because "America" makes a bigger deal out of a single stabbing by a Muslim on an entirely different continent. And that would include DL were it becomes like a dinner bell for assholes.

R136 and yet the suspect is a Black man "thin build with dreadlocks"

Most Black on Black homicides, about 95% of ALL homicides in medium sized to major cities are down by Black men with illegally obtained firearms

Damn if all these MAGA people are itching to kill people, they're really doing a piss poor job of it

Take all the guns away. These gun owner types will fold l like wet tissue paper if you just fucking do it.

A gay I met a few days ago is a special needs teacher in Colorado and he talked about shooting drills his school carries out regularly (monthly). Is this happening nation wide? Utter insanity.

R137 you obviously did not comprehend. I'd shoot them too but only as a last resort. The gun loving nuts who delight in shooting want to kill people so they hope someone breaks in so they can kill them hence these "come in and get me" memes as humor.

Has the Biden administration addressed any of this? And I know, I know, I know, he just been in office 5 months, but still! C'mon on man! 'As President I will promise you, I will get these weapons of war off the street again'-Joe Biden

[quote]Has the Biden administration addressed any of this? And I know, I know, I know, he just been in office 5 months, but still! C'mon on man! 'As President I will promise you, I will get these weapons of war off the street again'-Joe Biden

Take your complaints up with the Senate.

R144 Maybe the President should take it up with the Senate rather than a DL poster.

R145, maybe the people who want gun control should take it up with the Senators they elected who refuse to do anything.

They're reporting now the shooter arrested is a juvenile.

R146 You mean like Biden who was a Senator from 1973-2009!!!

R148, No i mean like Manchin and Sinema who refuse to get rid of the filibuster to allow Democrats to pass gun control. Or like any of the current 50 Republican Senators who refuse to support any form of gun control.

[Quote] OVERWHELMING Black men in EVERY major city, mostly Black on Black homicides which as increased since BLM and Biden took over, mostly ILLEGALLY obtained firearms too

It’s poor people doing the crime and the shooting. The shooters aren’t a bunch of black Harvard graduates, they’re poor blacks from inner city ghettos

The main cause is the poverty, not being black

[Quote] You mean like Biden who was a Senator from 1973-2009!!

Biden actually supported gun control like ban on assault weapons and background checks

[Quote] A gay I met a few days ago is a special needs teacher in Colorado and he talked about shooting drills his school carries out regularly (monthly). Is this happening nation wide? Utter insanity.

Yes, it’s ridiculous that school kids have shooter drills and that this is considered normal. It’s traumatizing for kids but gun manufacturers have to keep making their money

[Quote] Most Black on Black homicides, about 95% of ALL homicides in medium sized to major cities are down by Black men with illegally obtained firearms

Yes, a homicides in rural areas are almost all done by white men.

The link? They’re all poor

R151 After 36 years in the Senate and 8 years as VP what did he achieve in regards to this issue and now that he's President what's he doing? I originally asked if his current administration has addressed this since mass shootings are a daily occurrence. Hopefully, he won't put Comma-La in charge of it.

R154, your question was answered. If you choose not to listen, it's not on us.

R155 No, it wasn't Jill! Would you mind repeating the answer because I missed it somehow?

Biden can only do a limited amount of things via Executive Order. Effective gun reform legislation is being obstructed by Democratic Senators Manchin and Sinema, and by all 50 Republican Senators.

Sorry, no R156. Not sure how you are missing it. MagaT alert....

R158 EZ to miss something that never was. Has the current Biden administration address the growing violence in cities like New York and Chicago and the mass shootings that have become a seemingly daily occurrence across the US? Try again! C'mom, man. Stop deflecting and circling around the question and respond. Responses like yours make me feel the answer is 'no, they haven't'

R159 exactly, the Black on Black homicide in Chicago and other major cities is ABOMINABLE

Innocent Black children being gunned down in the crossfire too, all with failed liberal leadership, who never address this

Lóri Lightfoot is more concerned with refusing to grant interviews with white reporters than the daily Black on Black massacre that happens in her city

R160 and De Blasio hasn't any response or any solutions to the gun violence on the streets or the subway violence that has spiked in the last 3 months to say nothing of the 'random', 'unprovoked' attacks against Asians and Jews.

^Hey, dumbfuQs. Which Party is intent on putting a gun in the hands of every man, woman, and child in the US? It certainly isn't Joe Biden and the Democrats. You hypocritical bitches cry for everything. You whine about "My 2A rights!" when there's the slightest whisper of gun control legislation then complain about urban crime when bullets start flying everywhere because of the GOP, Shitler, the NRA, and gun nuts in general. Go suck on your Glocks, you tedious trolls.

R159, I don't know because I haven't paid attention but several posters posted a response. Take it up with them. I found their responses satisfactory. You don't like the answer therefore refuse to acknowledge it.

R162 Excuses, excuses Jill! Address it Madame President!

R163 In other words the answer is the current administration has said nothing in the last 5 months. Thanks.

^ Are you really as retarded as you come across digitally?

Reading comprehension is everything R165. Too bad. So sad you're a Trumper.

Ignore it.

It’s defuckto, FormerNY, et al. All with the same spelling and grammatical errors, the signature line, and a host of other tells.

Don’t feed it.

Yup. Fat lonely Defucktard. Sad.

How is it that straight women, gay women and gay men can be poor as fuck and endure all manner of horrible shit but poor straight men are such pussies that they have to grab some guns and bullets and kill other people? They're not suffering any more than anyone else, they just think they deserve stuff before the rest of us. When they don't get it, they decide other people deserve to suffer and die. They are disgusting and weak and are the biggest snowflakes ever.

R170 Do we know the sexuality of the shooter? Maybe some of these people are closeted.

Keep reaching, R171.

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R172 Still reaching for a direct answer to a simple question as well as not assuming the sexuality of shooters when it is not known.

Hmm, I guess I had Defacto blocked before. Guess I'll do it again. I don't suffer magat shit here.

R174 How does magat shit compare the smell of crotch rot in your mom's basement?

4 people were shot and 3 died early this morning in a mass shooting in Cleveland

Something tells me it wasn't a MAGA Trumpster doing the shooting

R176 and 2 are dead and 18 wounded in NYC over the weekend. Maybe instead of worrying about race, politics or sexuality we should be concerned with what is or isn't being done about it.

The Kinsman, Cleveland area where the latest mass shooting happened is 97% Black, 1% Hispanic, 1 % Asian and 1% other

Again something tells me once more it's not those MAGA Trump supporters...

And in the face of the filibuster, 50 GQP Senators plus Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema, what exactly do you think Joe Biden's administration can do about it? Be specific, and show your work (as your third grade teacher fruitlessly told you a million years ago).

Hold me, David!

R179 Joe could start by addressing the issue, coming up with solutions and looking for the 'root' of the problem like I did.

R179 Stop playing the bait n switch game because the guy in charge should be figuring out what he can do. He was a senator for 36 years and VP for 8 and now he's President. And instead of lame, childish would be insults you should stick to planning the menu for one of your post vaccination dinner parties fraulein.

Gun violence is of course a serious issue in this country, but for the people saying they’re scared, a little context please.

2020 was a record year for gun homicides (excluding suicides here) — about 18,000. That may sound like a lot but that means on average you have a 1 in 18,000 chance of being killed by someone with a gun.

Considering that more than half of victims were black males, a part of the population that makes up just 6% of the population (!!!), if you aren’t a black male, the direct threat of gun death vanishes into almost infinitesimal chances.

(Of course if you’re a black male it’s a fucking disaster.)

If you’re female the chances plummet *even more.”

Contrast that with deaths in car accidents — 1 in 9,000.

Should we do something about gun violence? Yes, and decisively so. Should you be afraid to leave your house? No.

Biden issued some executive orders and clearly started the process, practically begging the Senate to take up some gun control/reform... so he did what you want, R181. Beyond that, again, in the face of the filibuster and an gridlocked Senate, what do you want him (or any president, for that matter) to do? Do you understand the role of the president, or is it simply beyond your abilities?

Defacturd, many gun deaths in America are by suicide. Would you investigate that firsthand, please?

R184 'Biden issued some executive orders and clearly stated the process . . .'

Can you be more specific? How about providing supporting facts, examples or details as your 3rd grade teacher fruitlessly told you a million years ago. Or is that beyond your abilities?

I completely agree with the regular poster on these shooting threads that says “nothing will change.” In fact, it will continue to worsen. I’m just thankful I’m not out after 10pm anymore (who am I kidding, I’m home by 9 now) and fairly safe. I know they happen during the day as well, but in my city, most of this random violence happens well after 10pm as a result of drugs and alcohol.

[quote]I know they happen during the day as well, but in my city, most of this random violence happens well after 10pm as a result of drugs and alcohol.

Most of this gun violence happens in very specific neighborhoods, primarily black ones, that everybody knows to stay away from.

R184 And who or what is preventing the mayors of NY and Chicago from dealing with the surge in gun violence. In 30 words or less please.

Do I hear crickets?

I'm not the one saying Biden has done nothing, R189/R186. It's not on me to support your claims; in fact, it's on you to point out what he could do that he hasn't already done. Clearly, you don't have any ideas, and are just shit-stirring; otherwise, you'd come up with some suggestions.

I think what's telling is that R189 focuses on NY and Chicago, and neither city places in the list of top 20 cities with the most gun violence... not that you'd admit that or even know that because it doesn't fit your narrative.

R190 Oh, so you don't have an answer. Got it! Just like you know who.

R190 Show your work. If Biden did something as you claim however vague show me. When did President Biden address the Senate on gun control and was practically begging them to take up some gun control/ reform as you stated?

R183, did you conclude that the probability of being shot is 1 in 18,000 because 18,000 people died, or did you do the actual calculation? I ask because by pure coincidence, the square root of the US population of 325 million is actually around 18,000, and it's only in this particular situation that X people dying means that there's a one in X chance of someone dying.

[quote] If we restrict guns, only the criminals will have them

Tard.

In every country in the world that has tight gun controls, criminals have LESS access to guns than non-criminal citizens.

I don’t see mass shootings & gun crimes taking place in Australia, where they handed in their guns after a mass shooting. Besides, aren’t you NRA people all pro-police? All you need to do is make tighter gun laws, step back and have police to do their job if keeping guns off the street.

What…don’t you believe cops can do their jobs? Of course you do! I have every confidence that police will enforce gun laws and get illegal guns off the streets.

R193 that’s annual risk, isn’t it? Not the lifetime risk ? So if you’re age 40, your risk is 40 x whatever the previous poster said?

In other words, for every year that you HAVEN'T been shot, your risk of being shot increases?

Hmm ..

Don’t think I have a handle on actuarial statistics, tbh. Or any statistics.

They just announced a 25 year old guy, a tourist from NYC, died.

Per the Houston Chronicle:

[quote] The incident appeared to be an isolated dispute between two parties, police said.

I think it was a dispute between motorcycle gangs-- there was some white trash event going on this weekend in Austin. Since they haven't released the suspects' names, I think they are trying to smoke out the one they haven't caught. I'd be surprised if the shooter was anything but a big fat white man.

I read somewhere it was a black guy who started it by shooting his girlfriend he was arguing with.

[quote] I think it was a dispute between motorcycle gangs-- there was some white trash event going on this weekend in Austin. Since they haven't released the suspects' names,

Theory not really compatible with the description of the suspect and the media's total dedication to censor it's own reporting so as not to "stereotype".

R200 the wording in the Statesman was peculiar but as it seems the suspect arrested is a juvenile and they don't usually release information about the arrest of a juvenile until they appear in court.

r200, that's true. I guess we'll have to wait and see. I'm very curious.

The black population of Austin is very small, if the shooter is a minority, more likely a Latino.

Unfortunately it’s becoming a very popular spot for hoodrats and wangstas to start street brawls after midnight between the bars so they can film it and put it online. They need to zone it out of existence, require the city or businesses to pay for street patrols/security, or enact heavy loitering laws after midnight.

Sadly the OP's headlline makes it sound like one of those bar jokes,

The bar is called The Chupacabra Cantina. If that’s not a tip-off for possible craziness, I don’t know what is.

[R15] i think what you are describing is commonly referred to as a ‘Police State’

Yes, poor black people with guns.

Article a R82 has nothing about or to do with De Blasio defunding the police.

[quote] Dear gunman: Aim for Greg.

Who is Greg? Why is this comment in so many threads?

They released the identity of the victim that died. And he was as so hot. Also a 25 year old college grad who had already bought a home and was getting married soon to his high school sweetheart. So sad.

It sounds like both suspects might be juveniles actually, not just the one. That would explain no names being released.

[quote]Per the Houston Chronicle: The incident appeared to be an isolated dispute between two parties, police said.

NOT an isolated dispute when 16 people get shot. Shame of the police for characterizing it in that way. Shame on the Houston Chronicle for reporting it that way.

Words matter. They frame how we think about things. "Isolated" is not an appropriate way to think about a dispute in which 16 people got shot.

"Isolated" is the NRA talking. Don't ever forget that. That's how Wayne LaPierre would love for you to think about this. It was just an isolated dispute, move along, nothing to see here, no need to legislate.

Yes shame on the Houston Chronicle for accurately reporting a direct quotation from the police, who used the word 'isolated' to emphasize that it was not an active shooter situation. And shame on NBC and all the other outlets who reported the news instead of editorializing on the police statement!

[quote] Austin police did not release the names of the victims, who they said were two Hispanic females and a Black male. They said on Twitter that the incident appeared to be "a domestic situation that is isolated and there is no risk to the general public."

[quote] They just announced a 25 year old guy, a tourist from NYC, died.

Flew all that way for something he could’ve gotten right at home.

Tsk tsk.

[quote] more likely a Latino.

Know many Latinos with dreads, do you?

[quote] censor it's own reporting

Oh, dear!

R208 bad example as they were white liberals who were protecting their house after a mob broke their gate down

And they didn't kill anyone ot shoot

Really HORRIBLE example, actually

Victim was a hottie.

That will make a nice contrast when they finally leak the photo of the skinny killers.

R220 - funny lol

The 'Greg' people are suggesting should be a target, is scumbag Greg Abbott.

Of course this incident is awful, but it’s so difficult for me to feign concern about the victims when they voluntarily place themselves in a crowded public place after 1:00 am surrounded by 100 bars.

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Jeremiah Roshaun Leland James Tabb, 17, was arrested on a suspicion of aggravated assault, according to a release from the Austin Police Department.

Tabb was arrested Monday without incident in Killeen while enrolled in a summer school class, police say. Killeen ISD police say the suspect was arrested at Harker Heights High School.

Jeremiah Roshaun Leland James Tabb

He was captured because he said his entire name and was exhausted and had to give up 🙌

At least he doesn’t have to go to summer school anymore

School's out for summer School's out forever

R224 thode damn white supremacist Trump supporters!

Oh wait