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Mass shooting at Madden live event (Jacksonville, FL) Warning NSFW (READ OP) [Up: Suspect dead]
- Thread starter Smokeymicpot
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Don't post things like this without confirmation from the police or multiple media outlets, please. While it could be valid or invalid, keep in mind the On the Media framework added by the mods in the opening post.
America is only place where those shootings happen on such a consistent and tragic basis. I hope Americans citizens will fight for more rigorous gun laws. I mean how long gun supporters are going to deny the link between 300 millions guns in circulation in the country and those tragedies... Very sad that this affects the gaming community in that fashion :(
Why not go further? Every citizen, whether man or woman, adult or child, will be required by law to posses a firearm at all times. What better defense against shootings than the armed citizen, am I right?
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That I want actions that actually work? I want people not to die, not be lied to that they are safe when they aren't.
The horrible thing about this besides the fact it happened is you know some people will say it could have been prevented if more people had guns because that's obviously the solution.
Lost for words, the sound from that video was horrifying.
My thoughts and prayers are with the victims and their families.
My thoughts and prayers are with the victims and their families.
Not just guns, folks, but mental sicknesses. We need major changes on both fronts to prevent these things from happening. It won't be easy.
RIP to the victims today and I can only hope one day the country will be a better place for everyone.
RIP to the victims today and I can only hope one day the country will be a better place for everyone.
There is no way to ever make them 100% safe.
There are ways to make them safer. Security is one such way.
To argue otherwise is absolutely asinine.
That's a good question, wait for official reports before spreading anything.
You want actions which will result in more people dying to prove a point.
On a weirdly coincidental yet entirely unimportant note, the Falcons just played a preseason game against the Jaguars in Jacksonville yesterday, and now the video coming out of this tragedy happens to show someone playing as the Falcons in a Jacksonville-based gaming tournament. The final combined score of that aforementioned preseason game was 23, which is also the number of Russian-linked donors the NRA admitted to accepting money from a few months ago.
Just a stupid random observation and I hope I didn't come off as insensitive for posting it. I care far more about the victims and their families in this horrific event than strange coincidences but I couldn't help noticing them.
Just a stupid random observation and I hope I didn't come off as insensitive for posting it. I care far more about the victims and their families in this horrific event than strange coincidences but I couldn't help noticing them.
Security doesn't necessarily mean guards. I mean more like metal detectors.
RIP to the victims of this tragedy
God please don't let this become an ongoing thing with community gatherings
God please don't let this become an ongoing thing with community gatherings
This is where everyone needs to be. There are no half measures and there are no compromises that are going to work. Ban them and get rid of them all, or else you or your family are next.
My thoughts exactly. We should wait until media confirmation. Every time there is a shooting there's always some guy who had nothing to do with it getting fingered before we get confirmation of who the killer actually was.
What's stopping him just shooting a bunch of people waiting in line
Is there a confirmation on this from any outlets?
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They merged topics. It was a decision made by the moderation staff.
That doesn't mean it was the "right" decision necessarily, and PMing a mod might be the best way to air grievance.
Do we even know if this was related to the game? Or was it something else?
Forgive my ignorance, but from movies i learned that many us public schools have them.
RIP all the victims, truly a disgusting and cowardly event.
When you have people on a progressive forum like Era arguing against tight gun control, you know there wont ever be proper gun control in the US.
When you have people on a progressive forum like Era arguing against tight gun control, you know there wont ever be proper gun control in the US.
After Sandy Hook, I lost any hope there would ever be any change. If that didn't change it, nothing will. Sorry to be real.
It may be a majority, but it's not a significant majority, and what some people are as stricter gun laws isn't the same as others. Background checks you can maybe pass through, but the minute the word "ban" comes up that majority will vanish damn quick.
Time to call for a ban on all competitive activities at this point. Even chess and checkers are unsafe for kids. Seriously, we need to constantly call bullshit on people who prop up these arguments, not lay back in defeat over idiotic talking points.
Which feels wrong to me. This is a part of gaming culture. We need to be face to face with this reality. Gotta sanitize this situation? Just focus on the games? Why have threads about game devs doing bad things but shootings brought about within the gaming community gets censored to this side? I'm sort of mad about this decision. We need to own up to this shit, not hide it.
Security theater is not security.
That "security" isn't saving anyone and lets people put off putting in place actions that will actually protect people.
RIP to the victims, a closed family member get murdered 3 weeks ago, I know how difficult it is to deal with it, it's even more difficult when you know those people could have been saved if something would have been done to prevent it...
please, do gun control.
please, do gun control.
Nothing? If someone really wants to do mass shooting then shooter commits it. Presence of security can mitigate done damage or by just being present can persuade someone not to follow through after all.
No.
Its so sad to read news like this every other week ;/ Especially when it touches gaming community so directly.
I know its hard to change legislation with old fucks that are in current parties, but its the time they understand there have been enough tragic stories to discontinue current law regarding guns.
I know its hard to change legislation with old fucks that are in current parties, but its the time they understand there have been enough tragic stories to discontinue current law regarding guns.
Yes it is.
It may not be 100% effective. But anything over 0% is a net gain.
You can't seriously believe the bullshit you're spewing here. No one could possibly be that ignorant.
Names of dead are being confirmed by people who were there. Major Madden players/streamers among the dead.
This shit is fucked up.
This shit is fucked up.
