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Blue_true

(31,261 posts) Sat Apr 21, 2018, 09:50 PM Apr 2018

On Friday a 19 year old fired a shotgun in a high school near where I live. [View all]

One person was injured, not life threatening. The 19 year has a history of mental issues and bought the gun just after the Parkland shootings via a private sale, no checks of any sort. Fortunately, after the first shot, he stopped and surrendered to one of his former teachers.

Damned insane that someone like that can come near a gun. Fortunately he didn't have an assault weapon.

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On Friday a 19 year old fired a shotgun in a high school near where I live. [View all] Blue_true Apr 2018 OP

He needed to be stopped from buying that shotgun. CaliforniaPeggy Apr 2018 #1

The kids were really shook up. Blue_true Apr 2018 #2

Price we are forced to pay to keep white wingers armed up. Glad no one hurt. Hoyt Apr 2018 #3

What a fantastic way for him to honor the Parkland students and BigmanPigman Apr 2018 #4

There hasn't been much about this incident, but when it first came out ProudLib72 Apr 2018 #5

The local papers say that the kid has massive psychological issues. Blue_true Apr 2018 #8

I read he carried it in his Cha Apr 2018 #6

In a way, lucky that it was a shotgun instead of a rapid firing assault weapon. nt Blue_true Apr 2018 #9

Yes, very lucky. Cha Apr 2018 #10

Keep in mind that guns make us safer. PoindexterOglethorpe Apr 2018 #7