Another school shooting

[EllRobersonisInnocent]

 

"The hand that pulls the trigger that killed your sons now masturbates to the memory. eff all of you." He then gave them the finger.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/03/19/tj-lane-sentenced-to-life-chardon_n_2907540.html?utm_hp_ref=mostpopular

[Emo EMAW]

Gun restrictions working out really well for Chicago. 

[CNS]

Gun restrictions working out really well for Chicago. 

Did it blow up or something?

Also, last time this thread was going hot and heavy, I heard a thing on NPR on how Chi has cut their murder rate by like 50%.

[Institutional Control]

Gun restrictions working out really well for Chicago. 

The gun murder rate in Chicago (11.6 per 100,000) is less than the gun murder rate in Houston (12.9).  Houston is not known for having strict gun laws.

Last month Chicago had the fewest number of murders in a month (14) since 1957.

[michigancat]

"The hand that pulls the trigger that killed your sons now masturbates to the memory. eff all of you." He then gave them the finger.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/03/19/tj-lane-sentenced-to-life-chardon_n_2907540.html?utm_hp_ref=mostpopular

That's a pretty boss move in a way.

[Emo EMAW]

Gun restrictions working out really well for Chicago. 

The gun murder rate in Chicago (11.6 per 100,000) is less than the gun murder rate in Houston (12.9).  Houston is not known for having strict gun laws.

Last month Chicago had the fewest number of murders in a month (14) since 1957.

Interesting if accurate.

[OregonSmock]

Gun restrictions working out really well for Chicago. 

It's mostly just gang activity in the slums of the inner city.  Why does every mouth-breathing conservative bring up Chicago every time gun violence is being discussed?  For every time you mention Chicago, I can mention countries like England and Australia (who have very strict gun laws, and have like 30 gun deaths a year).

[EllRobersonisInnocent]

Gun restrictions working out really well for Chicago. 

It's mostly just gang activity in the slums of the inner city.  Why does every mouth-breathing conservative bring up Chicago every time gun violence is being discussed?  For every time you mention Chicago, I can mention countries like England and Australia (who have very strict gun laws, and have like 30 gun deaths a year).

Because the majority of conservatives are crazy lunatics who don't care about anything besides stopping gay people from being married and making sex with their guns

[Emo EMAW]

FWIW nothing in the world makes me happier that two gay dudes putting on chaps (sans pants) and punching some holes in paper.

[Emo EMAW]

You guys would be happy to know that since the assault rifles portion of the bill is no longer being pursued that you can start to find new AR's on the shelf at MSRP.  Those people that bought up lots of guns hoping to sell them at insane profits are going to lose their asses.  It's going to be hilarious. 

[CNS]

You guys would be happy to know that since the assault rifles portion of the bill is no longer being pursued that you can start to find new AR's on the shelf at MSRP.  Those people that bought up lots of guns hoping to sell them at insane profits are going to lose their asses.  It's going to be hilarious. 

Know a guy who bought two a couple months ago and had both sold that day for a ridic sum.  He bought them for like $800 and sold them both for $2400 ea. 

LOL @ all the  ppl.

Gun manufacturers are all       and should be doing all they can to keep a democrat in office. 

[john "teach me how to" dougie]

You guys would be happy to know that since the assault rifles portion of the bill is no longer being pursued that you can start to find new AR's on the shelf at MSRP.  Those people that bought up lots of guns hoping to sell them at insane profits are going to lose their asses.  It's going to be hilarious. 

Know a guy who bought two a couple months ago and had both sold that day for a ridic sum.  He bought them for like $800 and sold them both for $2400 ea. 

LOL @ all the  ppl.

Gun manufacturers are all       and should be doing all they can to keep a democrat in office.

Democrats definitely know how to arm the nation.  In the last 4 months I've thought more about buying a gun than I ever have in the past.

[CNS]

My dad has been trying to pick up a box of .380 for his pistol for 6 weeks and has not found one on the shelves.

Fear.  Stoke the fire and print money.

[Emo EMAW]

While hoarders piss me off, retailers selling at MSRP during a panic also piss me off.  If they raised prices it'd prevent hoarding by reasonable people and also prevent these secondary markets from popping up.

[Rage Against the McKee]

You guys would be happy to know that since the assault rifles portion of the bill is no longer being pursued that you can start to find new AR's on the shelf at MSRP.  Those people that bought up lots of guns hoping to sell them at insane profits are going to lose their asses.  It's going to be hilarious. 

Yeah, the smart choice is to stock up when a republican is in office and to sell when the democrat gets elected. Most of the people I know who were ripped off on their assault rifles weren't looking to resell for profit, though. They were just buying them because they were scared shitless that they might not be able to get one later if they held off. Seems like a pretty bad reason to go buy an assault weapon to me, but who am I to judge?

[Emo EMAW]

I know people who were "flipping" them.  I don't know anyone who bought one in fear but I do know many that would have if the price wasn't crazy.

I was planning to buy one with my Christmas bonus (before the school shooting happened), but no way was I paying 2x.  I do have stuff on order (at MSRP) that I bought around Xmas, still hasn't shipped and no word on ship date.  It's stuff I would have bought anyway so might as well place my electronic marker in line.

It's almost getting to the point where I suspect the DNC and the NRA/gun lobby/gun manufacturers are all in bed together.

[CNS]

It's almost getting to the point where I suspect the DNC and the NRA/gun lobby/gun manufacturers are all in bed together.

Of course they are.  I guarantee the gun lobby is publicly funding/fueling the R's side of the aisle to keep the issue in the public eye to maintain the fear of regulation and simultaneously helping to fund election/re-election campaigns of most D's.

I mean, I am certainly not a gun exec, but that is exactly how I would play it.

[Emo EMAW]

Interesting if true. 

[CNS]

 

[CNS]

http://money.cnn.com/2013/03/25/news/companies/guns-ammo-jobs/index.html?source=cnn_bin

DRT currently cranks out 80,000 bullets per shift and operates two shifts per day. But that's not enough to meet demand. So Weddle is adding a third manufacturing shift and building an additional facility.

"Demand picked up a year ago -- it quadrupled," he said. "It just went crazy." He says .223 caliber ammo, which is for semiautomatic rifles, is particularly difficult to keep in stock.

employees at a nearby Remington plant in Lonoke are telling him that "they're running full swing up there, running 24-7."

[DQ12]

in the new issue of Wired they talked about bullet regulation so it doesn't seem like Dlew is such a dumbass now DOES IT!?

[john "teach me how to" dougie]

in the new issue of Wired they talked about bullet regulation so it doesn't seem like Dlew is such a dumbass now DOES IT!?

That's why people, and the government, are loading up Dlew.

[Emo EMAW]

in the new issue of Wired they talked about bullet regulation so it doesn't seem like Dlew is such a dumbass now DOES IT!?

That is just beyond stupid, IMO.  The people that go all nuts and kill other people aren't out on the range shooting high volumes of rounds.  Would only punish those who are really passionate about shooting.   

[CNS]

in the new issue of Wired they talked about bullet regulation so it doesn't seem like Dlew is such a dumbass now DOES IT!?

That is just beyond stupid, IMO.  The people that go all nuts and kill other people aren't out on the range shooting high volumes of rounds.  Would only punish those who are really passionate about shooting.   

I agree.  Bullets aren't the problem. 

[Institutional Control]

School shooting, England style.

Catering staff at a secondary school in Essex have been banned from serving triangle shaped flapjacks after one was thrown at a pupil.

According to reports, canteen staff at Castle View School in Canvey Island, Essex, have been told to cut flapjacks into rectangles or squares rather than triangles.

It is understood that the triangular version was banned after one was thrown, hitting a boy in the face.

Critics have pointed out that a square flapjack has more sharp corners than a triangle shaped one.

Despite this, Essex County Council said the ban was "not a county council decision" but confirmed the incident and the decision on behalf of the school.

A spokesperson for Castle View School, Canvey Island, said: “I can confirm that the texture and shape of the flapjacks were reviewed following an isolated accident last week.”   

This is not the first time flapjacks have been banned for being a risk.

Famously, Education Secretary, Michael Gove, was stopped from taking flapjacks - given to him by his wife - into a cabinet meeting in 2011.

He was detained by security at the time and told the flapjacks were a security risk and would not be allowed in the cabinet room.

A spokesman for the Health and Safety Executive said: "We often come across half-baked decisions taken in the name of health and safety, but this one takes the biscuit.

"The real issue isn't what shape the flapjacks are, but the fact that pupils are throwing them at each other - and that's a matter of discipline, and has got nothing to do with health and safety as we know it.

"We're happy to make clear that flapjacks of all shapes and sizes continue to have our full backing."