3 children dead in private Christian elementary school shooting in TN

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For those posting that trans are now a theme in mass shootings, the theme I actually see is conservative families who don't accept trans (same in the Colorado shooting).

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Anonymous wrote:Daily Mail says this was a targeted attack. The parents, who claimed their child was “emotionally unstable”, rejected their child because they were gay. They were also leaders in the church that ran this school.

I don’t think the shooter was mentally ill at all, just fed up. At any rate, I’m not taking the word of the bigoted parents as truth. People can do irrational things for rational reasons. I think that is an uncomfortable truth we need to grapple with. This one doesn’t fit the usual mentally ill/hate crime narrative.

In my view, anyone considering a mass shooting has a mental illness regardless of the reason.

You wouldn’t say that about a soldier, would you? Probably not, you’d say the shooting was justified, it’s their job. People can absolutely kill without being mentally ill. It’s a tired trope and often used as an excuse for not doing anything. Regardless of whether or not this person was mentally ill, they couldn’t have gone on a mass shooting rampage if they didn’t have the proper equipment. They wouldn’t have gotten very far with a revolver or a knife, for example.

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Anonymous wrote:Personally, I think everyone should be required to see a therapist to sign off on a gun purchase. At their expense.

I think someone even wanting to own a gun is reason enough for them to see a therapist.

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Anonymous wrote:Sane people don't go around mass murdering people. Clearly this woman was mentally ill (even her parents had concerns about her well-being). The problem is mental illness, not guns.

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But what would this mentally ill person have done without legally purchased guns? Not shoot 6 people dead.

There are other ways to harm than just guns. Such as bombs, using cars as a weapon, poisonous gas, etc.

If someone wants to kill, they’re going to do it. Taking one tool away to kill won’t solve that.

Then why don’t we see this happening with the same frequency in other countries?

Because other countries don’t push violence on tv 24/7 like America does.

And they have much more strict gun regulation they usually pass after the first mass shooting. Unlike the US were guns more before people.

Yup. In the US, mass shootings BOOST gun sales.

That’s just how dysfunctional our country is.

As it should be. I want to protect myself from a crazy shooter.

Okay. But you can’t, not in reality. “Good” guys are never the iconic cowboys they think they’ll be. They’re too afraid to remember how to shoot at all or they shoot innocents or just crap themselves like everyone else. And honestly what kind of mental problem is it if someone keeps buying guns with each mass shooting? At the end of the year, if you bought one gun for every mass shooting in 2021, you’d have 690 guns and then an additional 647 for 2022 and then 131 for this year so far. What kind of idiot needs 1468 guns to feel better about themselves? A gulllible, egotistical and not very intelligent kind of idiot.

Hop on youtube and you will find plenty of evidence to the contrary. There are channels dedicated to that sort of thing.

What evidence to the contrary? An alternate universe where there are "good" guys who stop these mass shootings?

Spend more time on youtube and you will find shooters and criminals taken out by concealed carriers.

A lot of them are centered on appropriate use of force.

Spend more time in the emergency room and you’ll see even more victims of gun violence that wasn’t prevented by a good guy with a gun.

What you don’t say: Most of those are drug/gang related

So they aren’t human?

Yes. But their activity is causing the issue

Yes but you gun nuts say laws don’t help. So maybe legalize drugs the same way guns are legal.

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Anonymous wrote:I’m disappointed at the press photographers so greedily trying to get their money shot after a tragedy like this. The pic of the crying kid on the school bus which is plastered on the CNN website makes me so angry. What about that poor child’s privacy? That child just experienced a traumatic event. The press are just as disgusting as the politicians who do nothing. I’m sick of people turning tragedy into profit.

I’ll agree with this if you include gun manufacturers. Do you?

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Anonymous wrote:I think we need some kind of mandatory insurance for firearms. I envision a multi-tiered sort of scheme. Gun owners need some kind of coverage for their own firearms. There would also be a surcharge on sales like a worker's comp scheme. Maybe it goes into a victim compensation fund with each gun seller (and/or manufacturer) having a base rate plus an experience account -- if they sell a lot of guns that end up being involved in unjustified or criminal killings, their rates go up. Makes and models of guns that are more commonly involved in unjustified or criminal killings are subjected to a higher surcharge.

this is actually a good idea.

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Anonymous wrote:Daily Mail says this was a targeted attack. The parents, who claimed their child was “emotionally unstable”, rejected their child because they were gay. They were also leaders in the church that ran this school.

I don’t think the shooter was mentally ill at all, just fed up. At any rate, I’m not taking the word of the bigoted parents as truth. People can do irrational things for rational reasons. I think that is an uncomfortable truth we need to grapple with. This one doesn’t fit the usual mentally ill/hate crime narrative.

In my view, anyone considering a mass shooting has a mental illness regardless of the reason.

You wouldn’t say that about a soldier, would you? Probably not, you’d say the shooting was justified, it’s their job. People can absolutely kill without being mentally ill. It’s a tired trope and often used as an excuse for not doing anything. Regardless of whether or not this person was mentally ill, they couldn’t have gone on a mass shooting rampage if they didn’t have the proper equipment. They wouldn’t have gotten very far with a revolver or a knife, for example.

It depends. Were they drafted? What type of war are we talking about? Defensive? Are they doing the killing on their own or by command? Also the military is not supposed to act in its own country unless it's a civil war. People in the military have definitely been held accountable for poor actions.

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Anonymous wrote:I’m disappointed at the press photographers so greedily trying to get their money shot after a tragedy like this. The pic of the crying kid on the school bus which is plastered on the CNN website makes me so angry. What about that poor child’s privacy? That child just experienced a traumatic event. The press are just as disgusting as the politicians who do nothing. I’m sick of people turning tragedy into profit.

FULLY agree.

Fully disagree. The public needs to see the devastation guns cause.

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Anonymous wrote:Daily Mail says this was a targeted attack. The parents, who claimed their child was “emotionally unstable”, rejected their child because they were gay. They were also leaders in the church that ran this school.

I don’t think the shooter was mentally ill at all, just fed up. At any rate, I’m not taking the word of the bigoted parents as truth. People can do irrational things for rational reasons. I think that is an uncomfortable truth we need to grapple with. This one doesn’t fit the usual mentally ill/hate crime narrative.

In my view, anyone considering a mass shooting has a mental illness regardless of the reason.

You wouldn’t say that about a soldier, would you? Probably not, you’d say the shooting was justified, it’s their job. People can absolutely kill without being mentally ill. It’s a tired trope and often used as an excuse for not doing anything. Regardless of whether or not this person was mentally ill, they couldn’t have gone on a mass shooting rampage if they didn’t have the proper equipment. They wouldn’t have gotten very far with a revolver or a knife, for example.

It depends. Were they drafted? What type of war are we talking about? Defensive? Are they doing the killing on their own or by command? Also the military is not supposed to act in its own country unless it's a civil war. People in the military have definitely been held accountable for poor actions.

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I've literally met people that joined the military to "legally kill people". They told me this to my face. I knew a man that flew one of those helicopters and with the missiles on it. He absolutely thought it was fun to kill people. It wasn't a sense of duty to the country. He told me that he liked it. He volunteered to go back every time there was a war. Eventually he got too old and they wouldn't let him go in again and he retired. Yes I think these people are mentally ill.

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Anonymous wrote:I’m disappointed at the press photographers so greedily trying to get their money shot after a tragedy like this. The pic of the crying kid on the school bus which is plastered on the CNN website makes me so angry. What about that poor child’s privacy? That child just experienced a traumatic event. The press are just as disgusting as the politicians who do nothing. I’m sick of people turning tragedy into profit.

FULLY agree.

Fully disagree. The public needs to see the devastation guns cause.

Also agree with this. It’s easy to send thoughts and prayers when you think these angels are resting with Jesus in largely the same beautiful form they existed in life. Not so easy to be so complacent and lazy when you are confronted with the devastation that an AK-47 does to a child’s body.

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Every time there is a mass shooting and Republicans come out with their tired tropes about how it’s not the guns, and sending their “thoughts and prayers” I hate them even more. I don’t have a shred of respect left for anyone who votes for these monsters. The fact many consider themselves good Christians boggles the mind.

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Anonymous wrote:There are mentally ill people all over the world. Those in the USA have access to ar-15s. That’s the difference.

+1. Also, define the mentally ill here, if it is a person who diagnosed wth Adhd, anxiety, Autism, mood disorder and etc... there is million(S) of it.

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One of the victims was scheduled to have dinner with Gov. Bill Lee’s wife on Tuesday night.

https://www.tn.gov/governor/news/2023/3/28/video--gov--lee-addresses-tennesseans-following-tragic-covenant-shooting.html

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I read somewhere, that she is austistic (HFA) .. that could probably the reason she still live with the parents.

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Anonymous wrote:I’m disappointed at the press photographers so greedily trying to get their money shot after a tragedy like this. The pic of the crying kid on the school bus which is plastered on the CNN website makes me so angry. What about that poor child’s privacy? That child just experienced a traumatic event. The press are just as disgusting as the politicians who do nothing. I’m sick of people turning tragedy into profit.

FULLY agree.

Fully disagree. The public needs to see the devastation guns cause.

Also agree with this. It’s easy to send thoughts and prayers when you think these angels are resting with Jesus in largely the same beautiful form they existed in life. Not so easy to be so complacent and lazy when you are confronted with the devastation that an AK-47 does to a child’s body.

This is the way..