School shooting

[pdq]

San Bernardino again, sadly.

Gunfire erupted inside an elementary school classroom in San Bernardino, Calif., on Monday, leaving two adults dead in what the authorities said was an apparent murder-suicide. Two students were also critically injured in the attack.

Already posted on the other side. I repost here, because what I wonder is, if this (domestic-incident) shooter happened to be muslim, or a recent immigrant, what are the chances we would be hearing "Trump was right"?

I'd say around 100%.

[hal]

"...what are the chances we would be hearing "Trump was right"?

I'd say around 100%. "

When is it ever less than 100%?

[Acer]

I propose we build a wall between America and all the local gun shops and get Smith & Wesson to pay for it.

[SteveG]

There have been 220 school shootings in the United States since 2013, according to Everytown for Gun Safety, a group that tracks gun violence in the United States. The group reported that, on an average day in the United States, seven children and teenagers ages 19 or under are killed with guns.

There were 48 school shootings in the United States in 2016, an average of just under one incident a week, according to statistics compiled by Everytown for Gun Safety. The shooting in San Bernardino is the 12th in 2017.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post...olice-say/

[Speedy]

Acer wrote:
I propose we build a wall between America and all the local gun shops and get Smith & Wesson to pay for it.

I like it!

[Speedy]

Steve G. wrote:
There have been 220 school shootings in the United States since 2013, according to Everytown for Gun Safety, a group that tracks gun violence in the United States. The group reported that, on an average day in the United States, seven children and teenagers ages 19 or under are killed with guns.

There were 48 school shootings in the United States in 2016, an average of just under one incident a week, according to statistics compiled by Everytown for Gun Safety. The shooting in San Bernardino is the 12th in 2017.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post...olice-say/

But you don't see the whole picture. Thousands of gunners were not attacked or robbed today because the perps feared their intended victims were armed. Thousands and thousands.

[Lemon Drop]

Guns increase the probability of death in incidents of domestic violence.

Firearms were used to kill more than two-thirds of spouse and ex-spouse homicide victims between 1990 and 2005.2

Domestic violence assaults involving a firearm are 12 times more likely to result in death than those involving other weapons or bodily force.3

Abused women are five times more likely to be killed by their abuser if the abuser owns a firearm.4

A recent survey of female domestic violence shelter residents in California found that more than one third (36.7%) reported having been threatened or harmed with a firearm.5 In nearly two thirds (64.5%) of the households that contained a firearm, the intimate partner had used the firearm against the victim, usually threatening to shoot or kill the victim.
http://smartgunlaws.org/domestic-violenc...tatistics/

[Speedy]

Lemon Drop wrote:
In nearly two thirds (64.5%) of the households that contained a firearm, the intimate partner had used the firearm against the victim, usually threatening to shoot or kill the victim.
http://smartgunlaws.org/domestic-violenc...tatistics/

That's just the majority of gunners. The minority of gunners are good people.

[bfd]

Anything can be twisted into something it isn't.

[Lemon Drop]

"Jonathan Martinez, 8, one of two students hit by gunfire, has died after a shooting at North Park Elementary School in San Bernadino, California, San Bernardino Police Chief Jarrod Burguan said.
The shooter was identified as Cedric Anderson, 53 of Riverside, Burguan said. Anderson later took his life, police said.

Anderson entered a special needs classroom and opened fire, killing his wife, Karen Elaine Smith, also 53, Burguan said."


So in addition to taking out his wife, this pathetic loser also kills an 8 year old child. Because he's an abuser with a gun.

So, so tired of this. It's preventable, and we're too weak to fix it.