Discussion: Sheriff: Rural Texas Teen Kills Mom, 2 Neighbors, Then Himself

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When mass shootings become commonplaceā€¦{{{{{{{{{{sigh}}}}}}}}}}

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See? No home invaders [translation: Ni (CLANG!)] shot them. More guns, less crime!..Until Dylan gets back from the night shift at a Red Robin.

Hey, where was Eddie Eagle?

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Given that this was Texas, my hunch is that everyone who was killed owned a gun, even the dog.

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I guess this canā€™t go into my gun carelessness file. Dylan hit what he was aiming at. One thing does puzzle me. How many guns was the dog packing?

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Just another day in Nowhere, TX.

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America is drowing in guns deaths but heaven forbid we have any meaningful discussion on gun controlā€¦

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Ugh. So sad, so unnecessary. Why canā€™t we be like normal countries?

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He probably was worried what would happen to the dog - and Iā€™m serious about that.

The horrible thing is that in America, we think of guns as a way to settle disputes, often the first option. It should be the unthinkable option.

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Trump: No need to jump to conclusions. This is likely bunch of illegals from Mexico who got hold of guns and killed a happy white family.

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It seems as though the gun has become the ā€œgo toā€ cure for whatever ails ya ā€”

Then you shouldnā€™t be able to get one without a prescription ā€”

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I can pretty much guarantee those people, in that part of rural Texas, owned their own guns. Why didnā€™t those guns protect them from this ā€˜bad guyā€™?

Because they never do.

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I guess the boy wasnā€™t thrilled about the way Mom was paying the rent.

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Trust me. There is no Red Robin or anything like it within 80 miles of Uvalde, A Dairy Queen or a Subway maybe.A whataburger if they are lucky.

I would have got murderous/suicidal if I had been living there when I was young.

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Sheriff said: ā€œYouā€™re looking at farm- and ranchland. You could get into a dangerous situation.ā€

Thought these people were the salt of the earth. You know, not NY values.

Iā€™m not making light of the situation, just annoyed at the hypocrisyā€¦

Actually my heart hurts for a 19 year old boy, yes boy, who is in so much despair that he canā€™t go on livingā€¦

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Well obviously, they didnā€™t own enough of them.

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(Scene: NRA spokespersonā€™s internal dialog)

ā€œIā€™m disgusted by people scoring political points on such a senseless tragedy.ā€

Pretty good, but I used that just yesterday.

ā€œIt is too soon; letā€™s be respectful and honor the dead.ā€

Hmm, good, but not quite what I want.

ā€œThe tree of liberty must be watered from time to time by the blood of tyrants.ā€

Whoops, that isnā€™t the one Iā€™m looking for.

ā€œThis is not a mass shooting; it is a one-off incident that occurred because of someone with mental health issues.ā€

Yeah, letā€™s go with that one.

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ā€œYouā€™re looking at farm- and ranchland. You could get into a dangerous situation.ā€

Bunch of self-important RW Oathkeeper-type LEOs swarming a small rural cabin and a mobile home with SWAT reinforcements!? What a blatant waste of public money that would have been so much better spent on rural clinics, schools, and libraries.

After this wasteful exploit, Iā€™m betting TXā€™s obviously over-staffed LEOs (aka welfare queens) ask DOJ for tanks and APCs to be better prepared for the next generation of emerging possible farm or ranch land public safety crises.

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Really, we are past ā€œGun Controlā€ what we need now is disarmament.

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