Zero Days Since the Last Mass Shooting in US

Filed in National by on January 6, 2017

From The Guardian:

Five people were killed in a shooting at Fort Lauderdale airport in Florida on Friday, the local sheriff’s office said.

The Broward County sheriff’s office used Twitter to confirm the shooting and say five people were dead, eight injured people had been sent to local hospitals and a suspect was in custody.

The shooting took place around 1pm ET. At 2.50pm, the sheriff’s office said there was an active search for another gunman, after unconfirmed reports of possible additional shots on airport property.

But guns aren’t the problem.

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  1. anonymous says:

    Nope. It’s airports and their lax security.

  2. Jason330 says:

    Five people were shot in Japan in all of 2016. Tyranny!!!

  3. Jason330 says:

    President-elect Donald Trump used Twitter to say: “Monitoring the terrible situation in Florida. Just spoke to Governor Scott. Thoughts and prayers for all. Stay safe!”

    Thoughts and prayers..so, you know, that’s covered.

  4. bamboozer says:

    Before Trump was a world wide humiliation America had guns and the NRA to attract ridicule and condemnation, nice to see the old traditions being maintained. But hey! Look on the bright side, it’s been long enough that I barely remember the last slaughter, massacre, blood bath etc.

  5. RE Vanella says:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wOeUpKCCSVQ

    Brother man nowadays livin’ in the ghetto
    Where the dangers sure enough real.
    Well when he’s out late at night,
    and if he’s got his head on right,
    Well, I lay you 9 to 5 he’s walking with steel.

    Brother Man says he’s ‘fraid of gangsters
    Messing with people just for fun
    He don’t want to be next.
    He got a family to protect.
    So just last week he bought himself a gun.

    Everybody got a pistol, everybody got a .45
    And the philosophy seem to be,
    At least as near as I can see,
    When other folks give up theirs, I’ll give up mine.

    This is a violent civilization;
    If civilization’s where I am.
    Every channel that I stop on
    Got a different kind of cop on
    Killing them by the million for Uncle Sam.

    Saturday night just ain’t that special.
    Yeah, I got the constitution on the run.
    ‘Cause even though we’ve got the right
    To defend our home, to defend our life,
    Got to understand to get it in hand about the guns.

    Everybody’s got a pistol. Everybody got a .45.
    The philosophy seems to be,
    At least as near as I can see,
    When other folks give up, I, I’ll give up…

    Saturday night just ain’t that special.
    Freedom to be afraid is all you want.
    Yes if you don’t want to be next.
    You’ve got a family to protect.
    9 out of 10, you’ve got a friend, you’ve got a gun.

    Everybody got a pistol. Everybody got a .45.
    And the philosophy seems to be,
    At least as near as I can see,
    When other folks give up theirs, I’ll give up mine.

    Everybody got a pistol, this mosty be the NRA
    Yeah ’cause when it’s time to line up
    You know damn well they’re gonna shine up
    Everybody…

    And the philosophy seem to be
    At least as near as I can see,
    When other folks give up theirs, I’ll give up mine.

  6. Jason330 says:

    Why are you allowed to legally carry a gun and ammunition in a checked bag?

  7. Jason330 says:

    How can a guy who had “a guardian case” check a gun an ammo ?

  8. AQC says:

    Good thing guns don’t kill people.

  9. meatball says:

    He is mentally ill, and ISIS told him to do it.

  10. ModernProgressive says:

    When I first heard of this shootout, I was praying and hoping it would be a white guy. Seeing that it is not, this is going to be cannon fodder for Trump and his supporters to enforce his draconian immigration policies.

    Let’s not forget that the suspect was born in the US and is a legal US citizen.