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Here we go again..............

There really going to have to do something about gun control over there.

I know its a fundimental right to bear arms and all that but people keep being blown away all the time by illegal or legal guns is getting beyond a joke.

Besides i like Wendy's chilli......and i wouldn't want to get shot going for a meal.

MY HEART GOES OUT TO THE FAMILYS

last time i went to wendys the food was shit

i didnt shoot anyone

maybe in this case the shooter

was for some other reason pissed

perhaps they did not like mondays

who knows

Some wonder why I talk about living somewhere
else. Sad when you can't go anywhere without worrying
about being shot. I remember when I was a child. We would
leave our home. The windows open and the front door
unlocked. What is this world coming to? Are ya safe
anywhere anymore. I don't think so...

that should teach them not to put square burgers on round buns!!!

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it's up to the people

to get rid of guns.

Why not have a solid demonstration?

Like way back in the late 60is

for Vietnam?

Normally shoot ups happen in mcdonalds.Then again their food is shit too, so its not a good time to work in the service industry in the states.

Wow! only 40 minutes from me.....Thats way too close to home.

More reasons to quit eating fast food.

When they say it's bad for you,..... it's bad for ya....

Maybe all those trans fats go to the brain or something and turn people squirrley!!!!!!!!

Have you heard where he got the gun yet?

Here we have a strict background check,, need to make it harder to get guns!
and if someone Has passed and has guns.... if he is put on mind altering drugs,, the doctors or pharmacy should have to report it so the guns can be taken away or to enforce giving the guns to another friend or family member till the drugs are ceased.

I have guns also but this crap needs to stop.
It's getting to be a weekly shooting here

It has been reported that he exited the restroom and started firing.


How many times have I complained that the restrooms were not up to standard??!! But I DID show some restraint

And lets cheer all those that say "Over my dead body will I give up my right to bear arms"

All together now...

This may be why I refuse to watch the news every single night anymore.
All this hate, all the violence... and I live in a ghetto.
In the past 24 hrs(week ends) I have heard at least 6 different sets of gunfire to what sounds like 4-6 blocks from my house. Last month, a man was shot & killed on the next block over... I even got the car/driver description. No one else even seemed to flinch while they were sitting on their porches, cracking a cool 40oz. They're numb to it.

Part of the violence issue is complacency. People are so deeply split over gun issues, no one wants to juggle that basket of bees for fear of pissing of gun owners!
When kids can buy a fully automatic handgun(but not pay for a baby), something is wrong.
Too many people are turning their heads. Regardless of how to handle the situation, we're(in the US) all stuck being the moving targets between pissy mental shooters & their bullet's final destination. When it reaches the point where one has to ask.."which school this time?" or "how far was that from my house?", it's gone too far.

Being proactive is what gets things accomplished... and in this case, shot.
It's a loose loose situation & now cleaning up is hindered by the sheer fact that every single shooting now makes national news & internet awareness. Oooh goody.
*gee thanks news media... you did such a great job making every friggin' body have to watch this crap over & over again(like in Columbine)... now what are you going to do to help stop it?

Seriously, Carebear I'm with you.
Pack your bags, lets build a raft if we have to.
Europe is calling.
(before the influence of the US gun situation taints other countries any further)

Don't get me wrong, now people. I grew up around weapons. I respect them, that's how I was taught.
I have a sniper's eye when shooting at 200 yrds & the PPK Walther .38 is my gun of choice. (go Bond)
I was raised well to respect the dangers of gun use... that's the difference.
Who raised all these little madhatter gun wielding wackos?
I mean, I know stress is beyond insane in the US, but really now... no one sees little Japanese business men lopping the local sushi bar waitress's head with a .45 when his cat dies... and Japanese business culture tends to be one of the most stressful ones on the planet!!!


*grumble grumble... steps off soapbox...
(great, now I wanna take another shower... *icky)

I don't mean to get negative, I just like reading the news. This kind of stuff really makes me depressed seriously. Perhaps life should be as simple as this tune..................David Allen I believe

Recitation:
THE OLD MAN WAS COVERED WITH TATTOOS AND SCARS
HE GOT SOME IN PRISON AND OTHERS IN BARS
THE REST HE GOT WORKIN' ON OLD JUNK CARS
IN THE DAYTIME
THEY LOOKED LIKE TOMBSTONES IN OUR YARD
AND I NEVER SEEN HIM WHEN HE WASN'T TIRED
AND MEAN
HE SOLD USED PARTS TO MAKE ENDS MEET
COVERED WITH GREASE FROM HIS HEAD TO HIS FEET
CUSSIN' THE SWEAT AND THE TEXAS HEAT
AND MOSQUITERS
AND THE NEIGHBORS SAID WE LIVED LIKE HICKS
BUT THEY BRUNG THEIR CARS FOR PA TO FIX
ANYHOW
HE WAS VETERAN-PROUD, TRIED AND TRUE
HE'D FOUGHT TILL HIS HEART WAS BLACK AND BLUE
DIDN'T KNOW HOW HE'D MADE IT THROUGH
THE HARD TIMES
HE BOUGHT OUR HOUSE ON THE G.I. BILL
BUT IT WASN'T WORTH ALL HE HAD TO KILL
TO GIT IT
HE DRANK PEARL IN A CAN AND JACK DANIELS BLACK
CHEWED TOBACCO FROM A MAIL POUCH SACK
HAD AN OLD DOG THAT WAS TRAINED TO ATTACK
SOMETIMES
HE'D GET DRUNK AND MEAN AS A RATTLESNAKE
AND THERE WASN'T TOO MUCH THAT HE WOULD TAKE
FROM A STRANGER

THERE WERE THIRTEEN KIDS AND A BUNCH OF DOGS
A HOUSE FULL OF CHICKENS AND A YARD FULL OF HOGS
I SPENT THE SUMMERTIME CUTTIN' UP LOGS FOR THE WINTER
TRYIN' LIKE THE DEVIL TO FIND THE LORD
WORKIN' LIKE A NIGGER FOR MY ROOM AND BOARD
COAL-BURIN' STOVE, NO NATURAL GAS
IF THAT AIN'T COUNTRY, I'LL KISS YOUR ASS
IF THAT AIN'T COUNTRY, IT'LL HAIRLIP THE POPE
IF THAT AIN'T COUNTRY, IT'S A DAMN GOOD JOKE
I'VE SEEN THE GRAND OLE OPRY, AND I'VE MET JOHNNY CASH
IF THAT AIN'T COUNTRY, I'LL KISS YOUR ASS

RECITATION:
MAMA SELLS EGGS AT A GROCERY STORE
MY OLDEST SISTER IS A FIRST-RATE WHORE
DAD SAYS SHE CAN'T COME HOME ANYMORE
AND HE MEANS IT
MA JUST SITS AND KEEPS HER SILENCE
SISTER, SHE LEFT 'CAUSE DAD GOT VIOLENT
AND HE KNOWS IT
MAMA SHE'S OLD FAR BEYOND HER TIME
FROM CHOPPING TOBACCO AND I'VE SEEN HER CRYIN'
WHEN BLOOD STARTED FLOWIN' FROM HER CALLOUSED HAND
AND IT HURT ME
SHE'D JUST KEEP WORKIN' TRYIN' TO HELP THE OLD MAN
TO THE END OF ONE ROW AND BACK AGAIN
LIKE ALWAYS
SHE'S BEEN THROUGH HELL SINCE JUNIOR WENT TO JAIL
WHEN THE LIGHTS GO OUT SHE AIN'T NEVER FAILED
TO GET DOWN ON HER KNEES AND PRAY
BECAUSE SHE LOVES HIM
TOLD ALL THE NEIGHBORS HE WAS OFF IN THE WAR
FIGHTIN' FOR FREEDOM, HE'S GOOD TO THE CORE
AND SHE'S PROUD
NOW OUR PLACE WAS A GRAVEYARD FOR AUTOMOBILES
AT THE END OF THE PORCH THERE WAS FOUR STACKS OF WHEELS
AND TIRES FOR SALE FOR A DOLLAR OR TWO
CASH

THERE WAS FIFTY HOLES IN AN OLD TIN ROOF
ME AND MY FAMILY WE WAS LIVIN' PROOF
THE PEOPLE WHO FORGOT ABOUT POOR WHITE TRASH
AND IF THAT AIN'T COUNTRY, I'LL KISS YOUR ASS
IF THAT AIN'T COUNTRY, IT'LL HAIRLIP THE POPE
IF THAT AIN'T COUNTRY, IT'S A DAMN GOOD JOKE
I'VE SEEN THE GRAND OLE OPRY, AND I'VE MET JOHNNY CASH
IF THAT AIN'T COUNTRY, I'LL KISS YOUR ASS
I'M THINKING TONIGHT OF MY BLUE EYES
CONCERNING THE GREAT SPECKLED BIRD
I DIDN'T KNOW GOD MADE HONKY-TONK ANGELS
AND WENT BACK TO THE WILD SIDE OF LIFE

I think people copy this stuff after they see it on the news and have a bad day and think they can take it out on people. Were living in a crazy world. May they rest in peace and God bless their families. I just seen it on the news they said one that died was a firefighter who went back in to get his kid a toy.

OMG! unreal this day and age sucks....