Another Florida high school shooting...

Thebobo

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Admitting I have not proof it doesn't feel like a mass shooting attempt, maybe either an accident or a personal squap between the two.
 

sactoking

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Thoughts and prayers because absolutely nothing else can ever be done to stop this.
 
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KB

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"The student was shot in the ankle, said Kevin Christian"

Sounds like more of an accident, than a mass shooting. Obviously the kid shouldn't have had the gun. Not sure of the details yet, but I bet it was caused because the parents left the gun out.
 
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Puffnstuff

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"The student was shot in the ankle, said Kevin Christian"

Sounds like more of an accident, than a mass shooting. Obviously the kid shouldn't have had the gun. Not sure of the details yet, but I bet it was caused because the parents left the gun out.
Well in FL its illegal to have any weapon in a designated school zone period.
 

Thebobo

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Interesting,

"The shooting happened as students around the country walked out of class to protest gun violence on the anniversary of the massacre at Colorado's Columbine High School."

"Chris Oliver told the Ocala Star-Banner that his 16-year-old son, a Forest student, told him the shooting happened near his classroom. The boy told Oliver the shooter was standing in a hallway and fired at a closed classroom door. The shooter then dropped an unspecified weapon, ran and tried to hide, the boy told his father."

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/ocala-florida-school-shooting-today-2018-04-20/
 

GagHalfrunt

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"Chris Oliver told the Ocala Star-Banner that his 16-year-old son, a Forest student, told him the shooting happened near his classroom. The boy told Oliver the shooter was standing in a hallway and fired at a closed classroom door. The shooter then dropped an unspecified weapon, ran and tried to hide, the boy told his father."

Sounds like a perfectly cromulent plan, I wonder how it went wrong.
 

Ns1

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Is it time to send the NRA another $20 already? I'm going to be broke at this rate.
 

vi edit

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Is it time to send the NRA another $20 already? I'm going to be broke at this rate.

The NRA should only accept donations in Andrew Jackson denominations. He's totally their spirit president.

"The controversy surrounding his marriage to Rachel remained a sore point for Jackson, who deeply resented attacks on his wife's honor. By May 1806, Charles Dickinson, who, like Jackson, raced horses, had published an attack on Jackson in the local newspaper, and it resulted in a written challenge from Jackson to a duel. Since Dickinson was considered an expert shot, Jackson determined it would be best to let Dickinson turn and fire first, hoping that his aim might be spoiled in his quickness; Jackson would wait and take careful aim at Dickinson. Dickinson did fire first, hitting Jackson in the chest. The bullet that struck Jackson was so close to his heart that it could not be removed. Under the rules of dueling, Dickinson had to remain still as Jackson took aim and shot and killed him. Jackson's behavior in the duel outraged men in Tennessee, who called it a brutal, cold-blooded killing and saddled Jackson with a reputation as a violent, vengeful man. He became a social outcast."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Jackson
 

dank69

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The NRA should only accept donations in Andrew Jackson denominations. He's totally their spirit president.

"The controversy surrounding his marriage to Rachel remained a sore point for Jackson, who deeply resented attacks on his wife's honor. By May 1806, Charles Dickinson, who, like Jackson, raced horses, had published an attack on Jackson in the local newspaper, and it resulted in a written challenge from Jackson to a duel. Since Dickinson was considered an expert shot, Jackson determined it would be best to let Dickinson turn and fire first, hoping that his aim might be spoiled in his quickness; Jackson would wait and take careful aim at Dickinson. Dickinson did fire first, hitting Jackson in the chest. The bullet that struck Jackson was so close to his heart that it could not be removed. Under the rules of dueling, Dickinson had to remain still as Jackson took aim and shot and killed him. Jackson's behavior in the duel outraged men in Tennessee, who called it a brutal, cold-blooded killing and saddled Jackson with a reputation as a violent, vengeful man. He became a social outcast."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Jackson
I don't understand. He followed the rules, so why were people pissed at his behavior?
 

IJTSSG

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