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« on: August 26, 2015, 08:33:59 AM »
Jesus. Sad

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-34062118
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« Reply #1 on: August 26, 2015, 08:57:35 AM »
Absolutely horrible......
May they Rest in Peace....
May their murderer be found.....
And may our nation do what is necessary to end tragedies like this.....
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« Reply #2 on: August 26, 2015, 09:02:32 AM »
just saw this, it's crazy. Hope they find the bastard who did this
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« Reply #3 on: August 26, 2015, 09:09:45 AM »
Very sad. Sad  Thoughts and prayers.
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« Reply #4 on: August 26, 2015, 09:17:15 AM »
That's really horrible. RIP.
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« Reply #5 on: August 26, 2015, 09:47:05 AM »
Wouldn't surprise me if it was another angry loner bitter about his own life. These tragedies are occurring far too often.
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« Reply #6 on: August 26, 2015, 09:50:22 AM »
McAullife says it's probably a disgruntled employee and their maybe a car chase on the highway.
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« Reply #7 on: August 26, 2015, 10:22:18 AM »
AP identified man as 41 year old Vester Lee Flanagan of Roanoke, Virginia.
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« Reply #8 on: August 26, 2015, 10:27:00 AM »
Losing your job is not an excuse to pick up a gun and kill people. It is so sick how people think.
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« Reply #9 on: August 26, 2015, 10:30:54 AM »
Absolutely horrible.  RIP. Sad
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« Reply #10 on: August 26, 2015, 11:09:03 AM »
He used a gopro to record the entire thing and posted it on his Facebook account...
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« Reply #11 on: August 26, 2015, 12:00:28 PM »
The man used to be a reporter here in Tallahassee, where he was fired. He seems to have been quite a loose cannon.
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« Reply #12 on: August 26, 2015, 12:19:11 PM »
Quote from: ChairmanSanchez on August 26, 2015, 12:00:28 PM
The man used to be a reporter here in Tallahassee, where he was fired. He seems to have been quite a loose cannon.

And yet he was still able to get a gun.
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« Reply #13 on: August 26, 2015, 12:38:31 PM »
Quote from: The Year Summer Ended In July on August 26, 2015, 12:19:11 PM
Quote from: ChairmanSanchez on August 26, 2015, 12:00:28 PM
The man used to be a reporter here in Tallahassee, where he was fired. He seems to have been quite a loose cannon.

And yet he was still able to get a gun.

Do you think a stricter gun law would have stopped this?  Sorry, but I think that's completely emotion-based and naive.
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« Reply #14 on: August 26, 2015, 12:39:45 PM »
« Edited: August 26, 2015, 12:46:35 PM by ChairmanSanchez »
Quote from: The Year Summer Ended In July on August 26, 2015, 12:19:11 PM
Quote from: ChairmanSanchez on August 26, 2015, 12:00:28 PM
The man used to be a reporter here in Tallahassee, where he was fired. He seems to have been quite a loose cannon.

And yet he was still able to get a gun.
Oh look, here comes BTARD! I knew it was only a matter of time before somebody used the deaths of two people to make a case for their anti gun crusade as custom in these kind of Atlas threads.
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« Reply #15 on: August 26, 2015, 12:47:00 PM »
« Edited: August 26, 2015, 12:59:07 PM by Blue3 »
So the shooter thought these two were being racist against him? Any truth to that?
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« Reply #16 on: August 26, 2015, 12:49:25 PM »
I do think it's a valid point to acknowledge that people who shouldn't have guns are getting them. If we have licensing and insurance, it would help keep guns out of the wrong hands. After all, people who drive cars have to obtain a license and insurance.
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« Reply #17 on: August 26, 2015, 12:50:27 PM »
Quote from: Blue3 on August 26, 2015, 12:47:00 PM
I heard on another site that the shooter was a BLM activist who thought these two were being racist against him. Any truth to that?
I haven't heard that all, and I don't think one shooter is representative of the BLM movement in the slightest.
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« Reply #18 on: August 26, 2015, 01:49:08 PM »
Apparently he had the names of the church shooting victims on the bullets.
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« Reply #19 on: August 26, 2015, 02:32:49 PM »
ban all guns
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« Reply #20 on: August 26, 2015, 03:44:21 PM »
Absolutely terrible incident, I can't believe what people at home must have thought.
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« Reply #21 on: August 26, 2015, 04:52:11 PM »
Quote from: Blue3 on August 26, 2015, 12:47:00 PM
So the shooter thought these two were being racist against him? Any truth to that?

No, but they were the ones who reported him to HR for (IIRC) sexual harassment. He wanted to get back at them, and he wanted it to be on live TV.
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« Reply #22 on: August 26, 2015, 05:44:33 PM »
Quote from: Rockefeller GOP on August 26, 2015, 12:38:31 PM
Quote from: The Year Summer Ended In July on August 26, 2015, 12:19:11 PM
Quote from: ChairmanSanchez on August 26, 2015, 12:00:28 PM
The man used to be a reporter here in Tallahassee, where he was fired. He seems to have been quite a loose cannon.

And yet he was still able to get a gun.

Do you think a stricter gun law would have stopped this?  Sorry, but I think that's completely emotion-based and naive.

Banning guns would've stopped this. No question.
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« Reply #23 on: August 26, 2015, 05:47:57 PM »
Quote from: Rockefeller GOP on August 26, 2015, 12:38:31 PM
Quote from: The Year Summer Ended In July on August 26, 2015, 12:19:11 PM
Quote from: ChairmanSanchez on August 26, 2015, 12:00:28 PM
The man used to be a reporter here in Tallahassee, where he was fired. He seems to have been quite a loose cannon.

And yet he was still able to get a gun.

Do you think a stricter gun law would have stopped this?  Sorry, but I think that's completely emotion-based and naive.

Of course there are types of stricter gun laws that would have stopped this.
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« Reply #24 on: August 26, 2015, 10:14:54 PM »
Both this and the Charlston shooting were the acts of lone mentally deranged individuals, they were both near unanimously condemned by society and therefore in no way representative of society, except maybe in regard to its handling of mental illness and gun control.
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