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Empire State building Shooting

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H8CH
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And...

Another one... here we go again.

http://abcnews.go.com/US/shots-fired-empire-state-building/story?id=17072385#.UDeSw9aPVX0
Aug 24 2012 10:43AM
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Mike-O
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Pretty terrible place for this to happen.
Aug 24 2012 10:46AM
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HamFaceGirl
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One of the worst places to decide to shoot someone, besides the Whitehouse
Aug 24 2012 10:48AM
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profa_212
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Why do people feel the need to do this shit?
Aug 24 2012 10:48AM
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Charlie_Kelly
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and here...we...go..
Aug 24 2012 10:49AM
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Chinchi
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come on why must this keep happening...
Aug 24 2012 10:51AM
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PANDA_SWAGGA
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ive had enough with this. Gun laws need to be reformed across the country asap.
Aug 24 2012 11:02AM
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jKutcher
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New York is one of the strictest states as far as obtaining a gun.
Aug 24 2012 11:06AM
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jeR.
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more guns! this wouldn't have happened unless all the innocent bystanders were armed! give me a fucking break, legislate this shit already.....
Aug 24 2012 11:08AM
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Mr.Sloth
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DAMMIT STOP WITH THE GUN SHITSTORMS.
Aug 24 2012 11:17AM
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.Hugo.
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Doesn't matter how strict the gun laws are. If someone like this wants a gun, they will find a way to get one.
Aug 24 2012 11:17AM
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iRapeKittens
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And NYC is even stricter than NY in general
Aug 24 2012 11:19AM
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crab_pretzel
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YEA! did you know that if every person in the aurora theater was carrying a gun, no a single person would have died? true fact.
Aug 24 2012 11:21AM
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Forcillo
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People are so fucking stupid...
Aug 24 2012 11:35AM
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Brenone
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Apparently the guy got fired from his job and came back to shoot his manager. He started shooting outisde the lobby.

http://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20120824/midtown/two-dead-eight-injured-empire-state-building-shooting

Aug 24 2012 11:43AM
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Bateman
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people are so fucking messed up
Aug 24 2012 11:44AM
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bananas
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never in canada would this have happened.
Aug 24 2012 11:50AM
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theBearJew
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Do they not teach sentence structure in Canada?
Aug 24 2012 11:51AM
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Bateman
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Do they not teach proper etiquette in canada?
Aug 24 2012 11:56AM
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beezey
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Started shooting people up because he got fired there.... thats so fucked. people are so fucked, vibes to the families
Aug 24 2012 11:56AM
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Tamas
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When I first read the title, I was thinking the Empire State Plaza in Albany and was like"Fuck! My dad works like three buildings down!" But still who the fuck try's to shoot up people at high security office building/ tourist attractions... we may have some of the strictest gun laws here in New York, but they are not that difficult to bypass...
Aug 24 2012 11:57AM
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Dragonite.
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This. He needs a butthurt report.
Aug 24 2012 11:58AM
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beezey
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+K for picking out the dopest pokemon, it was my first really rare holograph card
Aug 24 2012 12:00PM
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seward
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United
States
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America
Aug 24 2012 12:35PM
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henrytargett
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moreover, if a person wants to kill someone they will find a way to do it
Aug 24 2012 12:39PM
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profa_212
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This. Even if we get rid of guns they are just going to find another way.
Aug 24 2012 1:24PM
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H8CH
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Just to place devils advocate then...

Why does these keep happening in the USA? The frequency of these events is crazy - this doesn't happen anywhere near as often in Europe as a whole continent... take gang crime and drug related crime out of it, why do we constantly see supposedly normal civilian people go on public gun toting rampages in America - falling down style, with no real excuse other than - having a bad day, fired, gf dumped me, psychological problems.

I think that excuse is pretty much flawed - unless it's the psychology of Americans that is completely fucked - then the guns become irrelevant?
Aug 24 2012 1:37PM
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Milksteak
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That's because Canada's full of pussies.
Aug 24 2012 1:39PM
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easiestEC
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these fucks are going to ruin it for current gun owners.

i own a .22 rifle and .45 handgun and i go shooting like every other weekend.

if this shit keeps up, i'll have to hand my arms in. fuck that!
Aug 24 2012 2:07PM
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alex=
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Fuck Huffington post man, I go there for my news because my local news stations are shit, and some fucking article about a joke Mitt romney made is the headline, not a fucking shooting. That's a crock of shit.
Aug 24 2012 2:11PM
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thewhiteprophet
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You are an idiot.
Aug 24 2012 2:40PM
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bo0b
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Not true at all...
Aug 24 2012 2:44PM
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edai
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Seriously check your meter brotha mon
Aug 24 2012 2:49PM
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k-rob
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americans love guns and shooting each other that's all there really is to it. every time there's a shooting, even the people who weren't there are always like "if i had a gun and i was there i woulda shot back" and then someone else goes "we need better gun laws to keep the crazies from getting em but i still want them because i love guns" etc. etc. america has some kind of obsession with shooting everything and everyone and it's just plain weird.
Aug 24 2012 3:06PM
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klayer_9
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this argument is flawed.
Aug 24 2012 3:09PM
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bakedpow
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it's true that some shootings in our country coulda been avoided by stricter gun regulation...

everyone buying a gun should see a shrink first ha
Aug 24 2012 3:14PM
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H8CH
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and therein lies your problem.

Aug 24 2012 3:17PM
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k-rob
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oh no doubt, as far as i'm concerned america has no idea what "regulation" means. too obsessed with guns to care who gets them until after people get killed, then still just not giving a fuck because it's america who cares let them all have guns it won't happen again a week later.
Aug 24 2012 3:18PM
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youngdtay
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I'd rather be in a country full of pussies, than a country where someone goes all ape shit and shoots up a public place every week.
Aug 24 2012 4:21PM
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Matt_Rossi
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I was like 3 blocks from there yesterday, thats some scary shit
Aug 24 2012 4:31PM
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geteducated
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it's being reported that some of the wounded were from stray bullets shot by the police when they took this guy down.


Aug 24 2012 4:37PM
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Rachy
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This.

Have you guys read the articles?

The only reason more people were injured was because there was a shootout between the dude and the police. He was not randomly firing.

He wanted to kill a dude, so he shot him in the head. A construction worker saw, alerted two officers and a shootout ensued.

If anything, this should show that even 2 well train officers can't take down a shooter with 1 shot.


This is sensationalist. It's blowing up the event to be more than it really is. The headlines are reading 9 injured, 1 dead in shooting. This makes it sound like someone went on a shooting spree, not that there was a shoot out between a dude with a hand gun and the police.

I'm sorry for those injured and the family of the dude that is dead, but at least understand the story or wait to see what unfolds before blowing it up.
Aug 24 2012 4:54PM
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k-rob
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lol nypd i wouldn't be surprised
Aug 24 2012 4:54PM
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Aidan-G
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Here's my take on gun control. I may be a little biased seeing as how my uncle was shot and killed by one of his friends who was mentally ill.

No full auto guns. You don't need an AR15 to defend yourself. Rifle, shotgun, pistol that's all you need if you need it for self defense or hunting and pistol is generous because they are too easy to hide. I think it would be better if you could only own semi auto rifles and shotguns but I know that will never happen

Everyone who wants to buy a gun should have to have taken the MMPI in the last 5 to 10 years.

Simple as that
Aug 24 2012 4:59PM
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db21
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yeah man killing people is so badass and cool! i wish i could be as tough as you are
Aug 24 2012 5:13PM
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-eat
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Aug 24 2012 5:22PM
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iRapeKittens
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Fuck the police
Aug 24 2012 5:28PM
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SlurbnBeef
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I was just there the other day... thank god he didnt choose to shoot up the place a few days earlier.
Aug 24 2012 5:38PM
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klayer_9
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same. I should transfer to University of BC. Cause America is not about to get its shit together anytime soon.
Aug 24 2012 5:58PM
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jeR.
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clearly my post was sarcastic. also i think us Canadians need to get off our high horses a little bit because mass shootings do go down, especially in tdot, just not with the same prevalence as in the states
Aug 24 2012 7:17PM
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thewhiteprophet
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yeah dawg, canada will only be cool when more innocent people die.
Aug 24 2012 8:28PM
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