This one hits hard. More kids have died in schools this year than cops on the job. Think about that. My wife is a school librarian. I have three kids in public school. It’s supposed to be safe. The schools had cops at every school after Santa Fe but oh well, Covid and budget cuts. Serious conversation about GTFO of this country at the old Xerobull house today. **** this place. Why stay? For my stuff? I’d rather be poor and have my family alive. I can always make more and buy more.
This has been making the rounds in a certain subset of folks on Twitter. You can imagine who. I don't know if the person whose picture you posted is the shooter or not, but there are folks claiming that it's not. There may be a reason why not a single outlet has reported this.
Yet Canada, Australia, Uk and other countries around the world don't have a gun problem like the US and they mental issues. So try again P.S. Your prayers have done nothing to save kids killed
Was wondering when/if that would happen. Can never trust the internet. It looked enough like the shooter to be believable.
Is Uvalde one of them? Was Santa Fe? How about that armed security guard at the grocery store in Buffalo. He's dead now, too. Seriously...shut the entire f*** up.
Can’t buy a drink until 21, but 2 assault rifles for your 18th birthday? No problem… sh*t is so backwards…like a sick joke
We left the US for this reason. After the Parkland school shooting, we always talked about leaving the US once we had kids but then we lived through the Minneapolis riots and finally went ahead and just moved to Toronto. Canada has tons of problems but school shootings aren't one of them.
Permitless carry for handguns exists in other states, so pro gun people (gun lobby, manufacturers, gun buyers, etc) wanted to copy that to Texas. In Texas, you didn't need CHLs for shotguns or rifles, so many lawmakers, representing those who donate to them and/or vote for them, said handguns should be just as easy to get. In many urban areas, this idea isn't loved by many LE because they think it would be harder for police to do their work and easier for crimes to happen. There's also the issue that many people get denied CHLs every year, and it's not like it's hard to get a CHL. It's mainly criminal history and mental institutional history that causes denials. But, our Texas government thinks that's a small tradeoff for the benefit of having handguns easier to get for everyone and have them as easy to get as shotguns or rifles.
Not sure of your citizenship situation but are you eligible for that evil socialist healthcare the Canucks somehow abide?
Senator Joe Manchin of West Virginia, a centrist holdout, said he would not support ending the filibuster to pass gun safety legislation. “You would think there would be enough common sense” to pass legislation without it, he said. Mr. Manchin, a Democrat, added, “The filibuster is the only thing that prevents us from total insanity.” The filibuster is the only thing that prevents us from "total insanity" ...like living in a place where people go out and buy military weapons and shoot the **** out of each other and children and we do nothing about that or any other huge existential problems because a couple of assholes like to be on the TV talking about some bullshit made up debating rule. That would be insanity! Totally!
For those of you who truly believe this is a mental health and not a gun problem, I recommend Googling the psychological concept of coupling. For additional information, Google suicide rates in England before and after the switch from town gas to natural gas. I really hate the sense of hopelessness that these shootings evoke in me. I agree with the sentiment that if Sandy Hook wouldn’t change the direction of gun regulation, nothing will. My only hope is that the next generation will be more enlightened on this topic, although GOP voters are doing their damndest to avoid educating their children (and others children for that matter).
Varies by province but generally if you have a work permit in Canada, you're eligible for your province's health plan. And for reference, my wife had to go to the ER and later found out that she needed emergency surgery. She had a 2 night stay in the hospital for her surgery. We didn't pay a cent for any of that. My wife and I joke that we're still waiting for the bill to show up in the mail. Overall healthcare quality varies by city and province but in Toronto, the care is fine. We've had no issue seeing doctors and the ER wait at our local hospital is around an hour at most. But there are other parts of Canada that are really struggling with long ER waits and doctor shortages. But at least in our area, we've had good experiences. Its pricey overall (food, gas, etc.. are more expensive) and the taxes are higher but I moved from a high tax state in the US so while I pay more in taxes, its still manageable. I'm fortunate that I work for an American company so my pay is tied to US salary ranges which are much higher than equivalent Canadian pay (at least in the tech industry). Tech salaries in Canada are awful compared to American salaries. The biggest problem in Canada is that housing here is absurd. Americans complain about rising housing prices but Canada is orders of magnitude worse. And Toronto and Vancouver are by far the worst in that department.
There's 18 kids who won't get to make this walk in the future because we live in a time and a state that thinks it's perfectly normal for an 18-yr old to buy 2 rifles on his birthday. EDIT...It's now 19.
He is dead because he got into a shootout with the officers, two cops were shot. People that surrender get arrested, people that attack the police get killed. No, the Second Amendment guarantees the right of the people to keep and bear arms, because a well regulated militia (which is drawn from among the people) is necessary for the security of a free state. Carry laws have nothing to do with how easy it is to acquire a gun, they regulate only what you do with the gun after you already have it. Constitutional carry just means you don't need the permission of your local police chief or sheriff to carry your firearm that you already have (whether open or concealed).
Tell me how is necessary for the security of a free state? Explain to me how relevant is it? This is not the 1700s. How does carrying small arms ensure the security of a free state
