Multiple fatalities reported in shooting at Walmart in El Paso

* A shooting at a Walmart near a mall in El Paso has left multiple people dead.
* At least 18 people were taken to local hospitals.
* A 21-year-old male suspect was taken into custody. Earlier, there were reports that three people were in custody.
* Police said they believe there was only one shooter.
* Rep. Veronica Escobar and presidential candidate Beto O’Rourke expressed sorrow at the news.

Multiple fatalities reported in shooting at Walmart in El Paso

Another day, another mass shooting in America. It was Texas too. Where were the good-guys with guns? Where was the background check?

I guess it doesn't matter to those that've died. I guess, in America, it doesn't matter at all.

a reply to: links234

There is already a thread on this.

a reply to: links234

Politicizing another tragedy much?

American Socialist says it all. America cannot handle socialism and it's a seriously bad idea to disarm your citizens.

Sad day for all. Save the gun debates please.

a reply to: Muninn

Other thread here.

I don't have the 'other current events' forum in my favorites and considered this to be 'breaking news' so I posted this here.

originally posted by: Wide-Eyes
a reply to: links234

Politicizing another tragedy much?

American Socialist says it all. America cannot handle socialism and it's a seriously bad idea to disarm your citizens.

Sad day for all. Save the gun debates please.

hear it again......!!!

originally posted by: Wide-Eyes
Sad day for all. Save the gun debates please.

You're right. We should give the grieving time to grieve. Then we can discuss the...oh...just when we were going to discuss the problem another mass shooting happens. Then we have to hold off on the discussion again...because 'grieving families'.

I guess the solution is just going to have to be 'thoughts and prayers' and 'likes' on Facebook. People are just going to die and we have to accept that.

a reply to: links234

Your attitude toward this topic says this thread should have been put in the MudPitt.

ok, what race did the deed...?

originally posted by: Plotus
ok, what race did the deed...?

Undetermined until a DNA test.

Looks are not everything 😃

a reply to: links234

I guess the solution is just going to have to be 'thoughts and prayers' and 'likes' on Facebook. People are just going to die and we have to accept that.

So what is your solution?

originally posted by: links234
a reply to: Muninn

Other thread here.

I don't have the 'other current events' forum in my favorites and considered this to be 'breaking news' so I posted this here.

To my knowledge, you're allowed to have multiple threads as long as they're not in the same forum, so your thread is fine. I usually look in the Recent threads at the top of the page to see if something has been posted yet.

a reply to: face23785

I think this thread conforms with T&CS.

Why is it people only report on certain mass shootings? Why is it that no one makes threads about 90% of the mass shootings in America? What about the other 247 "mass murders" (literally means 4 or more people dead) of 2019? Did that not fit the gun control/political narrative? What do you think would be solved by taking away the legal right to own a firearm? Do you think that criminals will magically not have guns or use them if they were banned?

originally posted by: Wide-Eyes
a reply to: links234

Politicizing another tragedy much?

American Socialist says it all. America cannot handle socialism and it's a seriously bad idea to disarm your citizens.

Sad day for all. Save the gun debates please.

Seems like it’s never the right time for a gun debate. When is the right time?

Countries without such free access to weapons do not suffer these atrocities on such a regular basis. If weapons are hard to get then they won’t be used. But I accept such rational thinking is hard in the USA. Indeed it is pointless. So this will just keep happening. If it’s the price you pay for gun ownership you’ll pay it. Seems odd to me, but it’s your country, your laws and if you guys are happy with it, so be it.

originally posted by: ARM1968

originally posted by: Wide-Eyes
a reply to: links234

Politicizing another tragedy much?

American Socialist says it all. America cannot handle socialism and it's a seriously bad idea to disarm your citizens.

Sad day for all. Save the gun debates please.

Seems like it’s never the right time for a gun debate. When is the right time?

Countries without such free access to weapons do not suffer these atrocities on such a regular basis.

Yeah, that's not true. If you plot gun violence rates on a chart with gun ownership rates by country, there is no correlation. There's countries with high gun availability that do not have this problem, and countries like ours with high gun availability that do. On the other hand, there are countries with low gun availability that have very little gun violence and also countries with low gun availability that have tons of gun violence.

If the availability of guns was the primary factor, that would not be the case. Gun availability is not the cause. That's a statistical fact.

originally posted by: RickyD
Why is it people only report on certain mass shootings? Why is it that no one makes threads about 90% of the mass shootings in America? What about the other 247 "mass murders" (literally means 4 or more people dead) of 2019? Did that not fit the gun control/political narrative? What do you think would be solved by taking away the legal right to own a firearm? Do you think that criminals will magically not have guns or use them if they were banned?

I am with you. See my country. Relative strict gun control. Yet you still get chopped in half with a sword by a criminal (also, immigrant / war refugee)

originally posted by: face23785

originally posted by: ARM1968

originally posted by: Wide-Eyes
a reply to: links234

Politicizing another tragedy much?

American Socialist says it all. America cannot handle socialism and it's a seriously bad idea to disarm your citizens.

Sad day for all. Save the gun debates please.

Seems like it’s never the right time for a gun debate. When is the right time?

Countries without such free access to weapons do not suffer these atrocities on such a regular basis.

Yeah, that's not true. If you plot gun violence rates on a chart with gun ownership rates by country, there is no correlation. There's countries with high gun availability that do not have this problem, and countries like ours with high gun availability that do. On the other hand, there are countries with low gun availability that have very little gun violence and also countries with low gun availability that have tons of gun violence.

If the availability of guns was the primary factor, that would not be the case. Gun availability is not the cause. That's a statistical fact.

This, I agree with this. Crazy people do crazy sh!t.

originally posted by: RickyD
Why is it people only report on certain mass shootings? Why is it that no one makes threads about 90% of the mass shootings in America? What about the other 247 "mass murders" (literally means 4 or more people dead) of 2019? Did that not fit the gun control/political narrative? What do you think would be solved by taking away the legal right to own a firearm? Do you think that criminals will magically not have guns or use them if they were banned?

I agree with this too.

Selective outrage is a real thing.

a reply to: links234

It is not to see you admit the Police will never be the solution, and that if we had armed good guys this POS would have been stopped.

I agree.

The CIA, at it again.