Oregon college shooting

[CraKaJaX]

10 dead and 20 injured so far. Unbelievable.

http://www.cnn.com/2015/10/01/us/oregon-college-shooting/index.html

 

[TheVrolok]

Unbelievable.

Really?

 

[Pocatello]

Really?

I know. This is just another typical day in the USA. Going to school and get shot.

 

[CraKaJaX]

Really?

I knew this was coming as soon as I re-read what I wrote. That didn't take long.

 

[Atomic Playboy]

Unbelievable.

Sadly, this is completely untrue. I think we've passed the point of "believable" and are rapidly heading towards "expected."

 

[Stopsignhank]

My heart goes out to everyone involved. Especially the parents who right now are receiving the awful news.

 

[maddogchen]

Yes, sad news to hear indeed

 

[11thHour]

Brutal. It's bitter sweet wishing the gunman to die vs. wishing he lives. Dying would be too convenient.

 

[LTC8K6]

Sadly, this is completely untrue. I think we've passed the point of "believable" and are rapidly heading towards "expected."

Why would you expect something that's so rare?

 

[Humpy]

Why would you expect something that's so rare?

And we're off! :awe:

 

[SKORPI0]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_school_shootings_in_the_United_States
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/School_shooting

Shootings in schools (here & abroad) are being common now, massacres not so. Probably by yet another bullied young male.

 

[OverVolt]

That sounds like a nice community college, what an asshole. Glad they never mentioned his name.

 

[Imp]

This happens enough now that I just ask "how many" and "is shooter dead" then move on.

CNN doesn't have a single camera on the ground yet. I know it's in the middle of nowhere but not even an affiliate?

 

[LTC8K6]

And we're off! :awe:

:hmm:

 

[Atomic Playboy]

CNN doesn't have a single camera on the ground yet. I know it's in the middle of nowhere but not even an affiliate?

Roseburg is a geographical oddity; 3 hours from anywhere. The people on the scene will all be local affiliates for the major networks, not cable news, so it's not really surprising that CNN isn't there yet.

 

[JulesMaximus]

I know. This is just another typical day in the USA. Going to school and get shot.

There's nothing we can do about it. Just bury our heads in the sand and be glad it wasn't your kid who was killed.

It's the 'Murican way. Do nothing and wait until God raptures us out.

Edit-Can I get an Amen?

 

[JulesMaximus]

Why would you expect something that's so rare?

Rare? It happens every couple weeks.

 

[CraKaJaX]

Rare? It happens every couple weeks.

I'd agree with seeing a news article with a gun at school happens often. However in this case, someone killing 10+ people at any sort of school is not every couple weeks.

 

[Fanatical Meat]

Per Oregon AG, 13 dead reported from her State of State Police.

 

[mmntech]

I expect this to bring the usual suspects out of the woodwork.

Rare? It happens every couple weeks.

Massacres where victims are randomly targeted are thankfully still quite rare.

Seems like most "school shootings" are both targeted and gang related, and usually involve at most one or two victims. Of course that's not acceptable either. But the chances of an average Joe being caught up in one are very low.

 

[BlitzPuppet]

posted this in the P&N thread, but I'll post it here as well.

Scary as hell if it has any sort of correlation:

http://webcache.googleusercontent.c.../r9k/post/22785729/+&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us

 

[KeithP]

Rare? It happens every couple weeks.

...and there is a lottery winner(s) every week. But you know what, as often as people play the lottery, it is pretty dam rare to win it.

-KeithP

 

[CraKaJaX]

posted this in the P&N thread, but I'll post it here as well.

Scary as hell if it has any sort of correlation:

http://webcache.googleusercontent.c.../r9k/post/22785729/+&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us

wtf.....

 

[JulesMaximus]

posted this in the P&N thread, but I'll post it here as well.

Scary as hell if it has any sort of correlation:

http://webcache.googleusercontent.c.../r9k/post/22785729/+&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us

Wow... that's fucking chilling. D:

 

[JulesMaximus]

...and there is a lottery winner(s) every week. But you know what, as often as people play the lottery, it is pretty dam rare to win it.

-KeithP

I'd rather not play the lottery that results in my son getting shot and killed in his classroom.