I find it frustrating that after the Las Vegas incident that Congress couldn't even do anything about bump stocks.
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Gudanov - Feb 14, 2018 10:50:58 am PST #22173 of 30002
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SuziQ - Feb 14, 2018 10:57:48 am PST #22174 of 30002
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We were watching that on the news, Gud. Horrific.
As for bump stocks, unfortunately there really isn't much Congress can do to stop bump firing...you can bump fire with any kind of stock.
-t - yay for new/old job! Gud's comment about Las Vegas reminds me of our last Lyft ride with the Vegas shooting conspiracy theorist driver.
Laura - Feb 14, 2018 11:00:17 am PST #22175 of 30002
Our wings are not tired.
This one in my backyard. I turned off the news when they remarked that is was surprising somehow because it was in a rich school. Really? Why?
Gudanov - Feb 14, 2018 11:04:25 am PST #22176 of 30002
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As for bump stocks, unfortunately there really isn't much Congress can do to stop bump firing...you can bump fire with any kind of stock.
But a purpose-built bump stock allows maintaining a higher rate of fire with more accuracy, up to 800 rounds per minute.
Gudanov - Feb 14, 2018 11:29:38 am PST #22177 of 30002
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Oh man, now there are reports of numerous fatalities starting to trickle out. It's so awful. Those young lives being snuffed out. I know there are even more horrific things happening elsewhere in the world, but being a parent of teenagers here in the U.S. this is hitting hard.
-t - Feb 14, 2018 11:32:10 am PST #22178 of 30002
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
That news was playing on the TV in the breakroom while I had lunch. So terrible.
Laura - Feb 14, 2018 11:36:15 am PST #22179 of 30002
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Apparently they are transporting the shooter to the hospital. DH is coaching a regional basketball game tonight and that school is on his schedule. It is hard to watch the news because the reporting is all speculation and 'experts' and it just annoys rather than informs.
The local TV station website crashed. The channel we all go to during hurricanes! I've never seen them go down.
Laura - Feb 14, 2018 11:43:15 am PST #22180 of 30002
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Yeah, DH just got a call that all the Broward county basketball games are canceled. His game is still tonight because he is in Palm Beach.
sj - Feb 14, 2018 11:49:33 am PST #22181 of 30002
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
My cousin just posted that her coworker's kid was hiding in a closet from the shooter today.
Laura - Feb 14, 2018 11:58:09 am PST #22182 of 30002
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The school is close to Coral Springs High where DH graduated. We know quite a few people in the area. One of DH's fellow coach's daughter goes there.
Yes, sj, it sounds like the protocol was for the kids to go into the closets. I can't even imagine.