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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I’m in Allen, TX. I was in the adjacent shopping center less than an hour before the shooting began. I was at a family bbq 1.5 miles from the outlet when it happened. Within minutes of it beginning, teens at the party were receiving texts with videos from friends at the outlet. Someone at the party was the first to receive a text from a relative in law enforcement who flagged the active shooter situation and told them to stay away.

FTR, I’m a DC metro area native who was just in town for a visit. My relative hosting me in TX is a transplant who has lived her for 10+ years. This area is affluent and purple with a growing transplant community from CA, IL, and the East Coast. This is not a conservative bastion of gun nuts.

I think it’s interesting how some deflect the reality of violence off on “other communities.” We have shootings in the dc metro area, too. I’m not sure what the solution is when so many weapons are already in the community—in all communities…including those with strict gun laws.

I suspect we will learn the shooter was a loner with mental health issues. Perhaps we need more focus on how to flag and intervene when there are concerns about such people? Slippery slope.

FTR, I’m for the strictest gun control measures. I’m just not optimistic they will actually prevent tragic events like this. Crazy angry people intent on murdering people will always find a way. What strategies will work? [/quote]

[b]Why isn’t anyone ever addressing the source of the rage in killers? [/b]
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For what purpose? In my brief reading of what this guy was putting in the public sphere he basically seems mad that he (and people like him) are not in charge of everything. [/quote]

The internet has made it easy for disturbed losers to find some victimhood conspiracy ideology to latch onto as justification and encouragement to direct their anger into violence against innocent people. [/quote]

It's a 2-for-1, which makes it all disheartening that anything will ever get better. The Right Wing internet/tv machines enflames the rage, while their politicians are making access to guns (and the ability to open carry) easier and easier. They're collectively providing the fuel and the flame, and it's going to get a hell of a lot worse. [/quote]

This is absolutely correct.[/quote]

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