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marshall

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29. True, Texas isn't known for gangs or gang related issues

Reply to RandiFan1290 (Reply #22)

Thu Jan 24, 2013, 01:07 PM

Jan 2013

It could have more to do with the personal experience of the person asking the question, since people draw on their own lives to try and make sense of things like this.

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Texas College Shooting Update: Carlton Berry, Lone Star College shooting suspect, charged [View all] brooklynite Jan 2013 OP

Well, thank goodness it wasn't a "gun nut" jberryhill Jan 2013 #1

I thought I had read they were both students leftynyc Jan 2013 #2

Urban gang fight? RandiFan1290 Jan 2013 #3

urban gang fight :) snooper2 Jan 2013 #4

I Think That's "Code" for White Guys Shooting Each Other Rather than Blacks. /eom dballance Jan 2013 #26

i dont care what you call it tj_crackersnatch Jan 2013 #5

I'm just glad no one was killed SpankMe Jan 2013 #6

Texas Lawmakers Say More Guns Needed On Campus After Bystander Injured In College Shooting struggle4progress Jan 2013 #7

GUN NUTS SHOOT EACH OTHER ROBROX Jan 2013 #8

Because all blacks are in gangs, and black on black gun crimes don't count, anyways. bluedigger Jan 2013 #9

What specifically leads you to that conclusion? LanternWaste Jan 2013 #10

Great question RandiFan1290 Jan 2013 #11

Watching too much Fresh Prince? alp227 Jan 2013 #17

It certainly is a different dynamic than the high profile mass shootings marshall Jan 2013 #21

Still wondering why he thinks it was gang related RandiFan1290 Jan 2013 #22

True, Texas isn't known for gangs or gang related issues marshall Jan 2013 #29

I wonder who shot the shooter? LeftInTX Jan 2013 #12

The shooter accidentally shot himself LeftInTX Jan 2013 #13

sounds like an old fashioned texas shoot out tiny elvis Jan 2013 #14

more fing guns samsingh Jan 2013 #15

Why Didn't The Second Amendment Academy At That College Prevent This? Paladin Jan 2013 #16

crickets from op so far RandiFan1290 Jan 2013 #18

'Stupidity' led to Texas shooting, sheriff says alp227 Jan 2013 #19

IMHO FlaGranny Jan 2013 #23

Stupidity WITH GUNS Doctor_J Jan 2013 #28

Bump RandiFan1290 Jan 2013 #20

Here's some more details from the Houston Press kentauros Jan 2013 #24

So he broke multiple laws in a "gun-free" area madville Jan 2013 #25

Urban gang fight WITH GUNS Doctor_J Jan 2013 #27

What? No Gun Heros? jpak Jan 2013 #30

So gang bangers aren't "gun nuts"??? yellowcanine Jan 2013 #31

Right, gun nuts are far more reckless and idiotic people. Rex Dec 2014 #32