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46. This is why I point out the schizophrenia part

Sun Jun 16, 2019, 02:09 PM

Jun 2019

The fact remains that had Mr. French kept his hands to himself, everyone involved would have made it home safely on Friday evening. In a country where people can carry guns, you're an idiot if you're ready to go hands-on with people because of a verbal argument.

Play stupid games, win stupid prizes.

He has schizophrenia. He has a disability.

I don't think he should have took out a gun to shoot the guy because he was afraid of an ass beating but it is shooting the two other people I have a major problem with it. If he was assaulted by the guy he is probably justified in this pro gun culture but not shooting the parents.

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1 dead, 2 injured in shooting at Costco in California [View all] groundloop Jun 2019 OP

And the beat goes on and the beat goes on Botany Jun 2019 #1

Important Graphic Roy Rolling Jun 2019 #3

That's a silly question. If it was stopped, it wouldn't appear on that graphic. X_Digger Jun 2019 #49

It's guns and deliberate stoking of anger and hatred. Lonestarblue Jun 2019 #6

I have hunted and owned a FEW guns for years but in the end the problem is with all the guns, Botany Jun 2019 #8

A picture is worth many words at times. Thank you. nt PufPuf23 Jun 2019 #20

Soon we will be required to pass through a metal detector and democratisphere Jun 2019 #2

Emergency doors wouldn't open, shoppers said dalton99a Jun 2019 #4

The Fire Marshal will be visiting this store.... KY_EnviroGuy Jun 2019 #25

Yeah, those guns sure are making us all more polite to one another. Aristus Jun 2019 #5

What exactly CAN be done? Archae Jun 2019 #7

I like the idea of bullet control Auggie Jun 2019 #9

Unfortunately, making bullets at home is very easy, marybourg Jun 2019 #21

And you have just demonstrated the core stupidity of our problem. Dave Starsky Jun 2019 #31

Although I hate ad hominum attacks on this board, marybourg Jun 2019 #36

So are you proposing that we do NOTHING? groundloop Jun 2019 #11

As I said... Archae Jun 2019 #12

Damn this one hits way too close to home. Initech Jun 2019 #10

Definitely... ucralum Jun 2019 #16

Unless the second amendment is repealed or replaced guns will stay with us Opel_Justwax Jun 2019 #13

Don't hold your breath waiting for the Second Amendment to be repealed. Jedi Guy Jun 2019 #22

Repealing the second amendment wouldn't make the right go away. X_Digger Jun 2019 #50

How about not hiring bullies as cops? OrwellwasRight Jun 2019 #53

I'm writing to my Senator, Mitch McConnell Stonepounder Jun 2019 #14

Brilliant solution, Stonepounder. KY_EnviroGuy Jun 2019 #27

If Alabama can ban all abortions in the face of Rv.W... MattInMN Jun 2019 #15

It seems anyone daring to deny right-wing interests invites violence, everywhere. Judi Lynn Jun 2019 #17

Except that any such law is laughable because it's clearly unconstitutional. Jedi Guy Jun 2019 #23

The Constitution's framers just forgot to make it illegal to be mentally ill. KY_EnviroGuy Jun 2019 #28

"Why can't California pass a law banning all gun posession? " AncientGeezer Jun 2019 #18

It blows my mind that someone would propose a state passing a law banning a Constitutional right. Jedi Guy Jun 2019 #24

Message auto-removed Name removed Jun 2019 #33

Alabama's ban will be found unconstitutional NickB79 Jun 2019 #35

So your trip to go grocery shopping may be your last. YOHABLO Jun 2019 #19

Wonder which one was "a good guy with a gun." Hoyt Jun 2019 #26

The shooter was a police officer, apparently NickB79 Jun 2019 #34

An off-duty LAPD was the shooter. R B Garr Jun 2019 #29

CNN has a headline on their website about it now. Jedi Guy Jun 2019 #30

What about the bystanders? JonLP24 Jun 2019 #32

No argument here, it was dangerous to do that. Jedi Guy Jun 2019 #37

Defense of others? What about the two people he shot that weren't involved? JonLP24 Jun 2019 #38

They were family members of the one who was shot and killed, from what I read. Jedi Guy Jun 2019 #39

I read lots of stories on this. Corona Police never said those two assaulted the officer JonLP24 Jun 2019 #40

Look, I don't know how to say it any more plainly than this, so I'll use bold. Jedi Guy Jun 2019 #41

I place fault because two people are in the hospital that didn't need to be JonLP24 Jun 2019 #42

Irrelevant. He still assaulted someone over a verbal dispute. Jedi Guy Jun 2019 #43

I point out the schizophrenia part JonLP24 Jun 2019 #44

And the schizophrenia part is irrelevant. Jedi Guy Jun 2019 #45

This is why I point out the schizophrenia part JonLP24 Jun 2019 #46

The schizophrenia part is a reason. It is not an excuse or a justification. Jedi Guy Jun 2019 #47

Highly relevant. Police are supposedly trained to recognize mental illness. Some ignore the training Bernardo de La Paz Jun 2019 #54

They're not psychiatrists. Jedi Guy Jun 2019 #55

"Bumping into someone at Costco" is not an attack that needs deadly force. Your example. Bernardo de La Paz Jun 2019 #57

That's not what I meant so I'll clarify. Jedi Guy Jun 2019 #58

So you fail to see both the irony of, and the the judgement you've already passed in this thread? LanternWaste Jun 2019 #62

I wondered when I'd be seeing you, old friend. No shrugging emoji? Jedi Guy Jun 2019 #63

That's actually what the wingnuts are saying durablend Jun 2019 #52

My total guess is that the two bystanders were behind the man killed NickB79 Jun 2019 #56

The Guy With The GUN Is A Murder ROB-ROX Jun 2019 #48

I'm withholding judgement on this customerserviceguy Jun 2019 #51

FYI, that's apparently the wrong opinion around here. Jedi Guy Jun 2019 #59

That is an unusual position to take sarisataka Jun 2019 #60

ROB-ROX does that on just about every thread like this, so that's nothing new or surprising. Jedi Guy Jun 2019 #61

There is a section of DU sarisataka Jun 2019 #64

Yep, I remember that thread because I responded to your comment about it. Jedi Guy Jun 2019 #65

Innocent until proven guilty customerserviceguy Jun 2019 #66