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[–] [email protected] 440 points 4 months ago (8 children)

Columbine kicked off an epidemic of school shootings because of the attention it got. Some people need a focus for their misery and I am not ashamed to say that I would rather see heartless corporate executives fear for their safety instead of school children gunned down as they hide in a closet. Just putting that out there.

[–] [email protected] 90 points 4 months ago

I am glad to know I'm not alone in this line of thinking!

[–] [email protected] 88 points 4 months ago (3 children)

Hello lonely young men with something to prove, have you seen how much positive attention Luigi got

[–] [email protected] 22 points 4 months ago (3 children)

well im lonely but i dont want to goto jail.

[–] [email protected] 36 points 4 months ago (1 children)

So what you're saying is if the collective can set Luigi free then you might be okay with the deal?

[–] [email protected] 15 points 4 months ago (1 children)

no ill miss my computer too much but it is tempting.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 4 months ago (1 children)

You can't miss your computer if you die guns blazing or drive off a cliff

[–] [email protected] 7 points 4 months ago

depends what situation id get myself into. I'm fond of being alive currently.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Just avoid eating inside restaurants for awhile.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago (2 children)

This convo is heavy sarcasm, no person should do something stupid based on shit read online.

But school shootings are bad thing to do though

[–] [email protected] 9 points 4 months ago

we are not talking about school shootings.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 months ago

Hey kids.

Don’t shoot a school.

Shoot a CEO instead.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 4 months ago

I've got very few long term prospects, very little empathy for the undeserving wealthy, and a whole lot of spare time.

Ladies, look out 😎

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago

Luigi got attention for being arrested, the police are the ones alleging that he was the one who shot the CEO.

[–] [email protected] 75 points 4 months ago (1 children)

It really would be a strange kind of uniquely American poetry if our school shooting problem inverted itself into a megacorp CEO shooting solution.

[–] [email protected] 61 points 4 months ago (5 children)

If a few more CEOs gets off’d, they’ll ram gun control legislation through congress faster than Trump can wolf down a Big Mac.

[–] [email protected] 23 points 4 months ago

Historically it's been threats to the owner / controller class that have produced serious gun control legislation in the US, so you are probably right! But if you mean actual confiscation a la Australia, pretty sure that's off the table here. Sincerely think it'd spark a war no matter who sincerely attempts it or why.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 4 months ago (1 children)

The cat is out of the bag, no? 3d printing guns is a bit of a Pandoras box in regards to gun control. Especially in America where it has been legal for so long

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago

Federally legal. I didn't realize it but like 14 states outlaw them and others have prohibitions on parts of them. Honestly, I'm impressed it didn't break. The idea of making one makes me nervous over safety. I haven't even been brave enough to print a stock or foreguard simply out of concern. I also don't trust aluminum casings (if a shell splits it's likely damaging the barrel or receiver).

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago

Given that the guy used a (partially) 3D-printed gun, I just can't fucking wait to see how the overbroad knee-jerk restrictions are going to impact the hobbyist maker space.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago

Or they just make it easier for CEOs to get and carry guns.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago

I think they said that Luigi had a ghost gun, partially 3D printed? Of course he didn't make the bullets so maybe that'll matter.

[–] [email protected] 39 points 4 months ago (1 children)

shit, i would say school shootings are endemic now.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 4 months ago (3 children)

Only in America. Where there's guns, there's accidental death.

I say ban the guns so the vigilantes need to use cricket bats. Sell the surveillance tapes for PPV.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 4 months ago

Hey, those tapes are community property. Stop trying to commercialize justice.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

School shootings are very intentional, not accidental.

Banning guns isn't going to make 500 million firearms disappear, it'll just take them out of the hands of law-abiding citizens.

[–] [email protected] 24 points 4 months ago (1 children)

"Nothing can be done to prevent this."
-The only country where this regularly happens

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 15 points 4 months ago

The classics are classics for a reason.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 4 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 months ago

Of course something can be done to prevent it, but just blanket banning things is a horrible policy, and always has been. Or do you think the war on drugs was a smashing success? Drugs went away, and so did all the problems associated with them. Right? Right guys? Right?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago

Take it else where to do this circle jerk.

Stay on topic please. Brian was a prasite. Nothing to do with us fire arm laws.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Workplace shootings are nothing new. Where do you think the term Going Postal comes from?

[–] [email protected] 8 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Damn I thought it was the hit game POSTAL 2

[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 months ago

Watch the Postal movie for a real wtf humor/horror experience. I enjoyed it, but it's a sensitivity PR nightmare.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 months ago

I really hope Jo Miran is an alias.

Maybe of the Buckee's beaver?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago

In this regard, all the media attention might be a good thing. I haven't seen this much coverage since that runaway bride horse shit 15 years ago.