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I assume most of you have heard about this in the news today
EDIT - Current figure now stands at 32 students shot dead at Virginia Tech College, Blackburn, USA.
All Police have confirmed is there was a heavily armed, ammunition carrying Asian man - who was killed. However, they're looking for a possible accomplice.
Apparently it's the worst occurence of this type of shooting since the six students were shot at the Kent State University for their Anti-Vietnam protest, back at the start of the 70s.
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EDIT - Current figure now stands at 32 students shot dead at Virginia Tech College, Blackburn, USA.
All Police have confirmed is there was a heavily armed, ammunition carrying Asian man - who was killed. However, they're looking for a possible accomplice.
Apparently it's the worst occurence of this type of shooting since the six students were shot at the Kent State University for their Anti-Vietnam protest, back at the start of the 70s.
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There is nothing like Dunblane, nothing - in - the - world. There is nothing you can name that was anything like Dunblane!
There is nothing like Dunblane, nothing - in - the - world. There is nothing you can name that was anything like Dunblane!
Yeah, pretty much happens everywhere, but not at such the frequency that it does in the US.
I'm not criticising the country, just asking why it should happen more in one country. It's not even the size of the country, either. On average you'll probably find that other serious types of crime are committed in Europe on the same scale, but school shootings (and sniper attacks) seem to be mostly centred around the US.
I'm not criticising the country, just asking why it should happen more in one country. It's not even the size of the country, either. On average you'll probably find that other serious types of crime are committed in Europe on the same scale, but school shootings (and sniper attacks) seem to be mostly centred around the US.
Just looking briefly around the net American gun deaths per year range from 17000 to 30000 with about 1500 being accidents.
As for what Kawada said about it happening in other places around the world, yeah of course but how often? I see you mentioned Scotland so i assume you mean Dunblane, that was 11 years ago.
As for what Kawada said about it happening in other places around the world, yeah of course but how often? I see you mentioned Scotland so i assume you mean Dunblane, that was 11 years ago.
I think he meant, why does this thing frequently happen in America Kawada?
When was the last gun crime in America? Probably one happening right now. But the last major event was the killing of 5 young girls at an Amish school in Colorado, just 6 months ago.
Usually when someone gets shot and killed in the UK, we'll hear about it on the news and usually follow it with a gun amnesty. We tend to only hear about major killings (10 killed by snipers in Washington DC 2002) and ones that happen in US schools. (9 killed in Minnesota 2005) Sadly school shootings are an annual thing in America.
As for the annual number of deaths in America by guns, I wouldnt know, is it in the 100s? 1000s? or even 10,000s? :S
Unfortunately it looks like this one is turning out to be the worst shooting in American history. 33 people dead. =(
When was the last gun crime in America? Probably one happening right now. But the last major event was the killing of 5 young girls at an Amish school in Colorado, just 6 months ago.
Usually when someone gets shot and killed in the UK, we'll hear about it on the news and usually follow it with a gun amnesty. We tend to only hear about major killings (10 killed by snipers in Washington DC 2002) and ones that happen in US schools. (9 killed in Minnesota 2005) Sadly school shootings are an annual thing in America.
As for the annual number of deaths in America by guns, I wouldnt know, is it in the 100s? 1000s? or even 10,000s? :S
Unfortunately it looks like this one is turning out to be the worst shooting in American history. 33 people dead. =(
pb wrote:
> Only in America, it seems.
>
> Why does this sort of thing happen in the US and not anywhere
> else?
Well apart from Canada, Germany, Scotland, Argentina, Japan, Yemen, Holland etc yea it's never happened anywhere but the States
> Only in America, it seems.
>
> Why does this sort of thing happen in the US and not anywhere
> else?
Well apart from Canada, Germany, Scotland, Argentina, Japan, Yemen, Holland etc yea it's never happened anywhere but the States
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Only in America, it seems.
Why does this sort of thing happen in the US and not anywhere else? What drives people to it?
Why does this sort of thing happen in the US and not anywhere else? What drives people to it?
It was legal as the guy didn't put the gun down. He didn't shoot him in cold blood. He was killing a psychotic, cold-blooded murderer who had the potential to kill again and certainly wasn't anywhere near stopping.
Wow, that's horrible.
Um, yes Ninja I would imagine it is legal for a cop to shoot a gunman.
Um, yes Ninja I would imagine it is legal for a cop to shoot a gunman.
tnc wrote:
> A Cop. They showed a couple of stills of the cop holding up a
> gun. Then the guy on the floor.
WHAT! I'm happy an all that the cop killed him, but is that legal? Isn't he supposed to go up for a trial or something?
> A Cop. They showed a couple of stills of the cop holding up a
> gun. Then the guy on the floor.
WHAT! I'm happy an all that the cop killed him, but is that legal? Isn't he supposed to go up for a trial or something?
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