California shooting
Posted: Thu Dec 03, 2015 10:24 pm
Did I miss the topic somewhere or there just wasn't one created (because these shootings are so commonplace now that it doesn't warrant its own thread)?
I read a story that says Australians are being robbed all the time because only criminals have guns. So if their awful government would just give their guns back they could protect themselves. We all need an AK, right!
Yeah mean gubberment, gimme me gurns back!!! What. The. Fuck. There was a drive about 15 or 20 years back where people could give up their guns no questions asked. Fuck me. I can't even remember when I last read about a gun toting mugger.creep wrote:no one mentioned it....probably just like you said...they are becoming too common.
i was reading a thread on this on facebook and of course someone mentioned gun control. someone posted this about your country. it's amazing how dumb people are. how many times have you been robbed at gunpoint?
I read a story that says Australians are being robbed all the time because only criminals have guns. So if their awful government would just give their guns back they could protect themselves. We all need an AK, right!
Same here. I know I live in a big city, but gun crime is pretty non existent. Guns exist obviously, but rarely used outside of 'gang land'. The most notable one was New Day in 2003 when two innocent black girls were shot outside a party. This was like BIG news for us. I'm just waiting for the inevitable Daesh attack...nausearockpig wrote:Fuck me. I can't even remember when I last read about a gun toting mugger.
We did have some bikies do a drive by on one of their rival bosses maybe in the last few years back but as you said, and can imagine armed crimes are currently few and far between.
When I visit cities in the US, I generally feel safe. The only place where I felt really nervous was in Tampa, FL. I felt like I had to be extra aware of my surroundings.mockbee wrote:Curious to know how international people on here view their general safety if/when visiting the US.
Never thought about it because the US is that big. Felt safe as houses in Florida in the Summer. Obviously I didn't frequent any 'dodgy' suburbs. Saying that, when I was in Coney Island in 2008, I was advised not to hang around after dusk...mockbee wrote:Curious to know how international people on here view their general safety if/when visiting the US.
Do you think you have to be on the lookout for gun play on the streets or it's just some oddity about the US?
Ever since I was about 15 I've joked about only visiting the states if I was allowed to carry a 9mm Barrettamockbee wrote:Curious to know how international people on here view their general safety if/when visiting the US.
Do you think you have to be on the lookout for gun play on the streets or it's just some oddity about the US?
I've not witnessed any shootings but I see too many civilians walking around with handguns in Oregon and Arizona.
you have to remember that the united states is pretty big. california alone has nearly double the population of australia. more shit is going to happen here obviously. i have never been afraid for my safety here (in regards to getting shot). i've been a little nervous in tijuana and dubai but that was being nervous for ending up in jail. not murdered.nausearockpig wrote:Ever since I was about 15 I've joked about only visiting the states if I was allowed to carry a 9mm Barrettamockbee wrote:Curious to know how international people on here view their general safety if/when visiting the US.
Do you think you have to be on the lookout for gun play on the streets or it's just some oddity about the US?
I've not witnessed any shootings but I see too many civilians walking around with handguns in Oregon and Arizona.
Not so much of a joke now. But seriously though I would still visit but the constant threat or worry that "something" might happen would be there in the back of my mind. Not that I could do anything to stop it even if I was packing heat. I guess I'll just avoid the US... I'd rather go to France. Well, I did want to go...
were you afraid of getting shot while you were there? i doubt it.Hype wrote:Well, it's not just bigger. The culture really is different, and weird. Wisconsin apparently needs signs in the windows of stores that say "Please don't bring your guns in here." I found that pretty fucked up. And Wisconsin has less people than the greater Toronto area... more shootings though...
I wasn't afraid of getting shot in Madison. Madison is almost entirely affluent, educated, white, and almost entirely undergraduate kids. To be fair, there could have been a school shooting, I guess. But that has happened at least twice in Canada in the past 50 years...creep wrote:were you afraid of getting shot while you were there? i doubt it.Hype wrote:Well, it's not just bigger. The culture really is different, and weird. Wisconsin apparently needs signs in the windows of stores that say "Please don't bring your guns in here." I found that pretty fucked up. And Wisconsin has less people than the greater Toronto area... more shootings though...
madison averages about 5 murders a year. pretty safe place. their biggest problem is heroin.
... coincidentally, this showed up in my news feed this morning:Hype wrote:I wasn't afraid of getting shot in Madison. Madison is almost entirely affluent, educated, white, and almost entirely undergraduate kids. To be fair, there could have been a school shooting, I guess. But that has happened at least twice in Canada in the past 50 years...creep wrote:were you afraid of getting shot while you were there? i doubt it.Hype wrote:Well, it's not just bigger. The culture really is different, and weird. Wisconsin apparently needs signs in the windows of stores that say "Please don't bring your guns in here." I found that pretty fucked up. And Wisconsin has less people than the greater Toronto area... more shootings though...
madison averages about 5 murders a year. pretty safe place. their biggest problem is heroin.
I was worried when I was on a bus to Chicago that stopped in the middle of nowhere Illinois, and an alert came up on my phone saying there was just a shooting like a block away...
This just doesn't happen anywhere else in the world with this kind of frequency...Neenah Police are asking residents who live within a 1/4 mile radius from Main and Doty Streets to shelter in place away from windows, in a basement if possible. The request comes in response to a shooting and active hostage situation at Eagle Nation Cycles Saturday morning.
Police say a man walked into the store and fired a weapon.
So... more guns?Unlike the horrific mass shooting in San Bernardino, California, last week, there was no loss of innocent life, and unlike every other major U.S. city, Austin has not had a single mass shooting in years.
Mass Shooting Tracker, which compiles shootings around the country where four or more individuals have been killed or injured in one incident (some criticize the definition as too wide) shows a mass shooting occurring at least once in every other city with a population over 400,000 since they began compiling data in 2013. Austin Police Department spokeswoman Jennifer Herber said no shootings of four or more people have been recorded in the city since at least 2009, the earliest year for which she had data available.
There have been more than 350 mass shootings in the U.S. this year.
Der. It's clear that if everyone who was killed in the latest shooting, had guns, then they'd all be alive. Same goes with every other shooting in the USA. Your foreigners don't know how it is in the good ole U S of A.Hype wrote:Worse: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/aus ... 945fefe26b
So... more guns?Unlike the horrific mass shooting in San Bernardino, California, last week, there was no loss of innocent life, and unlike every other major U.S. city, Austin has not had a single mass shooting in years.
Mass Shooting Tracker, which compiles shootings around the country where four or more individuals have been killed or injured in one incident (some criticize the definition as too wide) shows a mass shooting occurring at least once in every other city with a population over 400,000 since they began compiling data in 2013. Austin Police Department spokeswoman Jennifer Herber said no shootings of four or more people have been recorded in the city since at least 2009, the earliest year for which she had data available.
There have been more than 350 mass shootings in the U.S. this year.