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In reply to the discussion: Kids shoot and kill baby in stroller because mom didn't have money to give them. [View all]Cali_Democrat
(30,439 posts)19. No....gun violence is not shocking in America.
20 kids slaughtered by an AR-15 is not shocking.
It just isn't shocking. Really, it isn't.
This is America, the gun nut utopia and world laughingstock.
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Skip Intro
Mar 2013
OP
It never fails to amaze me how some people are so quick think the worst about people
Downtown Hound
Mar 2013
#105
What makes you think that the poster is in any way, shape, or form, related to a "gun culture"?
AnotherMcIntosh
Mar 2013
#178
No pontificating on my part. Just asking why she valued her purse more than her baby.
Mika
Mar 2013
#36
There are probably other things in that purse besides any money she might have had
slackmaster
Mar 2013
#53
I have been trained to fight back in that situation, if escape is not possible
slackmaster
Mar 2013
#60
I think I know why some people had the strange knee-jerk reaction, and it isn't pretty.
slackmaster
Mar 2013
#67
The police have already arrested teens fitting the description, so apparently they believe her. n/t
pnwmom
Mar 2013
#71
Maybe because her body was surging with stress hormones so her brain wasn't functioning
pnwmom
Mar 2013
#69
I'm not blaming her in the slightest. I'm trying to explain to you why her reaction
pnwmom
Mar 2013
#98
She probably couldn't think what to do. She was accosted and threatened with a gun...
Honeycombe8
Mar 2013
#197
Criminals don't recognize your rights. That's why they're called criminals. nt
Honeycombe8
Mar 2013
#111
Maybe you should wait to see the evidence that law enforcement has on the guys
Honeycombe8
Mar 2013
#198
Where did I blame? Fer christs sake, i asked why she didn't just hand the purse over. n/t
Mika
Mar 2013
#61
When I go for walks in my neighborhood - which is almost every day - I never, ever carry my purse.
patricia92243
Mar 2013
#107
I'm sure a lot of people wondered that. I'm guessing she couldn't think fast enuf what to do.
Honeycombe8
Mar 2013
#114
Dehumanizing people is what lead to this atrocity. Try not to contribute.
Nuclear Unicorn
Mar 2013
#33
"If the woman in this story had had a gun, her baby might still be alive"
Cali_Democrat
Mar 2013
#45
Well, I'm shocked. So it's shocking. That is different from what to do about it.
Honeycombe8
Mar 2013
#125
Back to culture war again, eh? Can't let one opportunity to cast moral aspersion pass?
Eleanors38
Mar 2013
#153
I blame the half-hearted manner in which our 49-year War On Poverty has been conducted
slackmaster
Mar 2013
#164
Anyone could buy a rifle, shotgun, or handgun by mail-order with no questions asked in 1964.
slackmaster
Mar 2013
#166
The fact that someone else thinks there's a solution different from yours makes
Honeycombe8
Mar 2013
#193
I am in the corner with you. Something doesn't seem right about this situation. I may
bluestate10
Mar 2013
#141
I know what you mean, but in this case, they've arrested the guys, and I saw her on tv....
Honeycombe8
Mar 2013
#117
The person who gave the tip will get $10k if the tip leads to arrest & conviction.nt
Honeycombe8
Mar 2013
#192
Exactly as I guessed. Get the records of which sterling youth weren't in schools.
alphafemale
Mar 2013
#72
What exactly does NOT SMELL RIGHT? Why question the victim's story? How fucked up can you get?
KittyWampus
Mar 2013
#73
So I wonder why the Police are still saying they are investigating all aspects of the story
HipChick
Mar 2013
#101
I think public safety is served by releasing as much descriptive information as possible...
slackmaster
Mar 2013
#79
As I mentioned, when giving the BOLO info, age/race/sex makes sense; in that para, it didn't.
REP
Mar 2013
#136
One thing: public street, plain view, several people heard the shots. If this were fake,
Honeycombe8
Mar 2013
#123
Do you have a link, please. I would like to read all the article "not the mother's first loss of a
patricia92243
Mar 2013
#133
She lost an older son to a knife attack. Here is a good link with fuller story:
NYC_SKP
Mar 2013
#145
Her son was the armed mugger. The victim got the better of him & killed him.nt
Honeycombe8
Mar 2013
#194
Evil people do harm. Sometimes they can't be stopped. They have the element of surprise,
Honeycombe8
Mar 2013
#202
Robert Thompson and Jon Venables were 10 when they murdered a 2 year old in Liverpool, UK
REP
Mar 2013
#139
I don't know what happened here, but in the 80's, I was visiting my sister at Christmastime...
MiddleFingerMom
Mar 2013
#154
Maybe, for some, it's easier than believing America's youth are really this lost.
Barack_America
Mar 2013
#179
With the love of guns and lack of humanity there is now in this country this horrorific
appleannie1
Mar 2013
#181
I don't think the majority of America's youth would murder a baby like this
octothorpe
Mar 2013
#208
I saw the mother being interviewed. She said she wouldn't mind if the kids died for this
applegrove
Mar 2013
#207