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| This is America. |
Okay, school shooting and series of mass shootings targeting a group of people..
GUN VIOLENCE IS THE NUMBER ONE PROBLEM IN THE UNITED STATES!
Things to keep in mind when the blame game comes, will the suspect be:
- Black
- Muslim
- Immigrant
- Arab
- A member of the LGBTQ community
- A disgruntled employee
- A former student
- A current student
- A white man who has conservative views
- A person with easy access to firearms
The person with easy access to firearms should be the only answer. Alas, the far right is hoping for this to be a person they can scapegoat as their next de jour of outrage.
There were 360 mass shootings. In bold means more than one.
- Santa Ana, CA
- Colony Ridge, TX
- Fort Worth, TX
- Cincinnati, OH
- Geddes, NY
- Chicago Heights, IL
- Hagerstown, MD
- Perry, FL
- Madbury, NH
- Prentiss, MS
- Saginaw, MI
- Mt. Carbon, WV
- Richmond,VA
- Grandview, WA
- Brooklyn, NY
- Fairview, OK
- Daphne, AL
- Grants Pass, OR
- Jackson, MS
- Cameron, TX
- Midland, TX
- Thompson, PA
- Virginia Beach, VA
- Fargo, ND
- Iowa City, IA
- Harvey, IL
- Omaha, NE
- Kill Devil Hills, NC
- Tiptonville, TN
- Reno, NV
- Charlotte, NC
- Flint, MI
- Mt. Vernon, IL
- Yazoo City, MS
- Conway, AR
- Hilliard, FL
- Needles, CA
- Lorain, OH
- Waynesboro, MS
- Anchorage, AK
- Little Rock, AR
- Cordova, TN
- The Bronx, NY
- Lexington, KY
- Easton, PA
- Chattanooga, TN
- Round Rock, TX
- Rupert, ID
- Akron, OH
- Natchitoches, LA
- Toledo, OH
- Talladega, AL
- Sedro-Woolley, WA
- San Francisco, CA
- Lubbock, TX
- Honolulu, HI
- Albany, NY
- Brockton, MA
- Fort Wayne, IN
- Indianapolis, IN
- Charlottesville, VA
- Dayton, OH
- Nicholasville, KY
- Kingstree, SC
- Mobile, AL
- Springfield, OH
- Atlanta, GA
- New Orleans, LA
- Chicago, IL
- Kansas City, MO
- Portland, OR
- Trenton, NJ
- Moorhead, MS
- Jonesboro, GA
- Newark, NJ
- Baltimore, MD
- Corpus Christi, TX
- Pittsburgh, PA
- Ferndale, MI
- East Orange, NJ
- Springfield, MO
- Baton Rogue, LA
- Tulsa, OK
- Compton, CA
- Houston, TX
- Moreno Valley, CA
- Anderson County, SC
- Louisville, MS
- Janesville, WI
- Miami, FL
- Middletown, OH
- Johnstown, PA
- Evansville, IN
- Hartford, CT
- West Valley City, UT
- Greenville, MS
- Detroit, MI
- Jacksonville, FL
- Canton, OH
- Elkhart, IN
- Nashville, TN
- Dover, DE
- Reno, NV
- Columbus, OH
- Brooklyn Park, MN
- Augusta, GA
- Washington, DC
- Milwaukee, WI
- Cleveland, OH
- LaGrange, GA
- Benton Harbor, MI
- Portsmouth, VA
- Sanford, NC
- Cheneyville, LA
- Columbia, SC
- Dallas, TX
- Minneapolis, MN
- Asheville, NC
- Danville, VA
- Hickory, NC
- Snellville, GA
- Fayette, MS
- Clarksville, IN
- Marion, SC
- Haubstadt, IN
- Waianae, HI
- Lakewood, WA
- Atlanta, GA
- Waterbury, CT
- Philadelphia, PA
- Alexandria, VA
- Little River, SC
- Oak Ridge, TN
- Jackson, TN
- Colorado Springs, CO
- Albuquerque, NM
- Savannah, GA
- Chester, PA
- McKinney, TX
- Rayville, LA
- St. Louis, MO
- Macon, GA
- Glenville, GA
- Seattle, WA
- Jackson, MI
- Las Vegas, NV
- Valdosta, GA
- Kalispell, MT
- Florence, SC
- Los Angeles, CA
- Paramount, CA
- Arvin, CA
- Kelso, WA
- Hartford, CT
- Memphis, TN
- Keithville, LA
- North Charleston, SC
- Sharon, PA
- Oklahoma City, OK
- Denver, CO
- Glendale, AZ
Police officers killed so far: 60 killed.
School shootings so far: 90 school shootings.
Only in America, how many more mass shootings must we deal with before we finally curb gun violence?
Yesterday, a person managed to shoot three before killing himself.
President Donald J. Trump, Vice President JD Vance, Gov. Jared Polis, Sen. Michael Bennet (D-CO), Sen. John Hickenlooper (D-CO) and the U.S. House members of Colorado were notified.
Trump unfortunately lowers the flag for a bigot. Never for the many Americans who died of gun violence.
But once again, does prayers stop bullets?
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| The hills have eyes. |
A student shot two of his peers Wednesday at a suburban Denver high school before shooting himself and later dying, authorities said.
The handgun shooting was reported around 12:30 p.m. at Evergreen High School in Evergreen, Colorado, about 30 miles west of Denver in the Rocky Mountain foothills.
Shots were fired both inside and outside the school building, and law enforcement officers who responded found the shooter within five minutes of arriving, Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office spokesperson Jacki Kelley said.
None of the law enforcement officers who responded to the shooting fired any shots, Kelley said.
More than 100 police officers from the surrounding area rushed to the school to try to help, Kelley said. A 1999 school shooting at Jefferson County’s Columbine High killed 14 people, including a woman who died earlier this year of complications from her injuries in the shooting.
The teens were originally listed in critical condition, St. Anthony Hospital CEO Kevin Cullinan said. Their ages were not released.
By early evening, one teen was in stable condition with what Dr. Brian Blackwood, the hospital’s trauma director, described as non-life threatening injuries. He declined to provide more details.
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| This is not normal. But since Republicans refuse to do something, this is the norm. |
The high school with more than 900 students is largely surrounded by forest. It is about a mile from the center of Evergreen, which has a population of 9,300 people.
After the shooting, parents gathered outside a nearby elementary school waiting to reunite with their children.
Wendy Nueman said her 15-year-old daughter, a sophomore at Evergreen High School, didn’t answer her phone right away after the shooting, The Denver Post reported. When her daughter finally called back, it was from a borrowed phone.
“She just said she was OK. She couldn’t hardly speak,” Nueman said, holding back tears. She gathered that her daughter ran from the school.
“It’s super scary,” she said. “We feel like we live in a little bubble here. Obviously, no one is immune.”
Eighteen students who fled from the shooting took shelter at a home just down the road, after an initial group of them pounded on the door asking for help, resident Don Cygan told Denver’s KUSA-TV. One student said he heard gunshots while in the school’s cafeteria and ran out of the school, Cygan said.
Cygan, a retired educator familiar with lockdown trainings to prepare for possible shootings, said he took down the names of all the students and the names of the parents who later arrived there to pick them up. His wife, a retired nurse, was able to calm the teens down and treat them for shock, he said.
“I hope they feel like they ran to the right house,” he said.
So I just want to say that the Second Amendment is White, period.
A bullet does not care about color. We all bleed red and so many lives are lost to gun violence and Republicans offer no solutions other than "thoughts and prayers" with a touch of "lock em up."
Gun violence is the number one threat in the United States.
I dismiss this ridiculous notion that criminals are the problem, not the guns. Firearms are often obtained through legal purchases.
Again, having more security, teachers being armed and offering safe rooms are not solving the problem. The problem is lawmakers not willing to stop gun violence.
According to the far right: White shooters are mentally ill. Black shooters are unrepentant thugs and criminals. Gay shooters are active groomers. Muslim shooters are terrorists. Hispanic and Asian shooters are illegal immigrants. According to the far right, almost all white [or non-white] mass shooters are registered Democrats [or some progressive activist] because they have liked or done one thing common to the left. Of course, they often share or post disinformation by using the "Sam Hyde" meme or make bogus social media platforms with the shooter's image as a way to denounce most mass shooters being white or associated with conservative causes. The far right says a white person should "protect" themselves from thugs, terrorists or protesters. They believe the use of firearms are "justified" if they are protesting or even instigating a conflict. The far right believes if a shooter is a police officer, an active military member, a veteran or a citizen who supports conservative causes, they are considered a "heroes" and use of firearms are justified. If the shooters are teens in urban communities, the far right automatically assume the gunmen are Black.
The Republicans usually amplify white victims. Anytime a person of color kills a white victim, it is often wall-to-wall coverage on Fox, Twitter and they force it into national news. They make the case to blame Black Lives Matter, Barack Obama, Kamala Harris, Democrats, Rev. Al Sharpton and rap music for Black on whatever violence. Republican lawmakers who do not live in urban neighborhoods often troll social media to talk about gun violence or crime in Chicago, Baltimore, Milwaukee and New York City while not doing a damn thing to stop it. If a white person shoots a Black person, the shooter is given the benefit of doubt. White shooters are given glowing profiles about their perfect lives and how friends noticed something but refused to do something. When it comes to Black shooters, automatic vilification. They don't see mental illness. They see it as gang violence, allegedly fatherless homes, Democratic policies or the need for more firearms.
Trump gave us open season.
WHITE PRIVILEGE IS REAL! IT'S "SUIT AND TIE" WHITE SUPREMACY ON TELEVISION, RADIO, THE INTERNET AND AMERICAN POLICY!
FOR EVERY BAD COP, THERE WILL BE A DEAD COP!
IF THE UNITED STATES CONTINUES TO AID ISRAEL, THE WORLD WILL BOYCOTT THE U.S. AND ABANDON THE DOLLAR!
I DON'T BELIEVE EVERYTHING ON THE INTERNET OR THE COP'S VERSION.
These murderers don't have mental illness. They are calculated and prepared. It happened to be a moment where they have the opportunity to take out lives.
There's no sickness in the head. Most mass shooters legally obtain their assault rifles without little background checks. They have likely no criminal history and they are willing to use the assault weapon in the only thing it's good for: Killing numerous lives.
Holding these lawmakers accountable is not just a pledge, but a promise. You need to learn who represents your community. Your local community member, your school board member, your mayor, your state representative, your state senator, your governor, your U.S. Representative, your U.S. Senator and the president need to be held accountable for their actions.
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| School shootings happen when bullied students plot revenge against the bullies. |
We need to put pressure on Republicans and Democrats to do something to improve everyone's lives.
Keep pressure on them with Israel.
Israel must be held accountable for war crimes and the U.S. must end its aid.
Our taxpayer money should not help Israel any further.Republicans have extremely unpopular ideas. They will find out the risk of supporters being turned off by their policies.
Biden, Harris and the Democratic Party failed at understanding what is more important to the country. Trump, Vance and the Republican Party have already failed at understanding.
Both parties support of Israel had made some Arab Americans, Muslim and young voters vote against them. They have cost Biden a second term and Harris a historical victory.
The website Officer Down is a memorial to those police officers who were killed in the line of duty. Those victims who don't get their names or accomplishments mentioned in the junk food media. Also the website the National Gun Violence Memorial also keeps record of the many individuals killed by gun violence. We are tracking police violence and school shootings as well.
Call the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline (Lifeline) at 1-800-273-TALK (8255) or 988, or text the Crisis Text Line (text HELLO to 741741). Both services are free and available 24 hours a day, seven days a week. The deaf and hard of hearing can contact the Lifeline via TTY at 1-800-799-4889. All calls are confidential. Contact social media outlets directly if you are concerned about a friend's social media updates or dial 911 in an emergency. Learn more on the Lifeline's website or the Crisis Text Line's website.
The call center to the White House and Congress should still be the same.
The call number to the White House and U.S. Capitol is now going to be used. This is the official White House numbers 202-456-1111 and 202-456-1414. This is the Congress official phone number, 202-224-3121. Please be respectful to operators, staff members and elected leaders. Your calls are monitored by the U.S. Secret Service and U.S. Capitol Police.
Let them know that "thoughts and prayers," "hearts going to" and "good guys with guns" are no longer acceptable and you want legislation to curb gun violence. Let them know that we are tired of police officers using immunity when committing death of suspects in custody. Let them know that deporting law abiding immigrants seeking refuge is inhumane. You want our American military out of out of our cities, the Middle East and every fucking international conflict in the world. You want legislation to focus on lowering the cost of rent, lowering the cost of food, lowering the cost of hospital visits, improving healthcare and building relationships with other nations. Let them know that pulling out of the UN Human Rights Organization, World Health Organization and Paris Climate Accords will put the U.S. in danger when catastrophic event happen. Let them know that you are tired of private equity firms getting away with destroying small businesses and long established companies. Let them know that you are tired of your taxpayer money going to foreign nations like Israel and Ukraine. You are tired of hearing about "Israel having a right to..." and the bogus claims of being anti-semitic or in support of terrorism.
We have bigger issues at home and our tax dollars should solve the housing crisis, lowering food prices, fixing roads, bridges, helping reinvest in struggling urban and rural communities. We have hospitals closing, big box retailers leaving communities and television programs dying. There are bigger issues in the country than Israel. You want an immediate ceasefire, a weapons embargo, sanctions and accountability for war crimes done by Israel. You want no more domestic or foreign influence in American elections. You also want to make sure future presidents and lawmakers avoid influence from lobbyists and special interst groups.
THERE IS NO GOD!
GOD IS NOT FIXING THIS!
FUCK YOUR THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS!
LET ME BE CLEAR, PRAYERS DO NOT STOP FUCKING BULLETS!
STOP SAYING YOU'RE PRAYING TO PEOPLE AFFECTED BY GUN VIOLENCE. IT IS FUCKING PLATITUDES. DO SOMETHING ABOUT FUCKING GUN VIOLENCE YOU WORTHLESS LAWMAKERS. PRESIDENT DONALD J. TRUMP, THE CHOICE TO CONTINUE THE STATUS QUO WILL KEEP YOU AND OTHERS AT RISK OF VIOLENCE. MAKE A CHOICE TO STOP THE CHAOS AND ACT LIKE FUCKING 79 YEAR OLD MAN. DO SOMETHING TO HELP THE COUNTRY.
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