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School Shooting In Texas

Postby Grayskies on Fri May 18, 2018 9:39 am

https://abcnews.go.com/amp/US/active-sh ... d=55258606
There are multiple fatalities from a shooting at Santa Fe High School near Galveston, Texas, this morning, law enforcement sources told ABC News.

Harris County Sheriff Ed Gonzalez said one person is in custody and a second person is detained. The suspect appears to be a student, a local law enforcement official said.
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Re: School Shooting In Texas

Postby Ghost on Fri May 18, 2018 9:49 am

Stop it already.
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Re: School Shooting In Texas

Postby Rip Van Winkle on Fri May 18, 2018 10:29 am

Anyone know if Texas schools are "gun free zones"?

Just curious.
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Re: School Shooting In Texas

Postby Grayskies on Fri May 18, 2018 10:57 am

Ghost wrote:Stop it already.

What has happened to kids that they would even consider doing something like this?

Thoughts and prayers to all those involved.
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Postby INOR on Fri May 18, 2018 11:00 am

1st person shooter games combined with with mental illness. No, I’m not kidding. It’s a common theme. I’ll bet you if you look at every single one of these incidents, they’re big into 1st person shooter games. I’m obviously not talking about the shootings like Vegas. But the school shootings.


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Re: School Shooting In Texas

Postby Grayskies on Fri May 18, 2018 11:03 am

From ABCnews

explosive devices have also been found at the school and in surrounding areas, authorities warned.
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Postby Bearcatrp on Fri May 18, 2018 11:06 am

This keeps happening, we will be screwed owning firearms. Let’s hope he stole the firearms.
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Postby dismal on Fri May 18, 2018 11:12 am

One report said that the shooter used a shotgun.


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Re: School Shooting In Texas

Postby BigBlue on Fri May 18, 2018 11:26 am

INOR wrote:1st person shooter games combined with with mental illness. No, I’m not kidding. It’s a common theme. I’ll bet you if you look at every single one of these incidents, they’re big into 1st person shooter games. I’m obviously not talking about the shootings like Vegas. But the school shootings.


I hesitate to blame video games. I grew up with all sorts of video games including FPS stuff and there is zero tendency to be violent because of it. I tend to think that the combo of today's "I'm the important one; I'm the victim" and all the social media that leads them to want to impress, shock and one-up each other is the real culprit.
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School Shooting In Texas

Postby INOR on Fri May 18, 2018 11:37 am

BigBlue wrote:I hesitate to blame video games. I grew up with all sorts of video games including FPS stuff and there is zero tendency to be violent because of it. I tend to think that the combo of today's "I'm the important one; I'm the victim" and all the social media that leads them to want to impress, shock and one-up each other is the real culprit.


I’m not putting it in a vacuum and saying it’s the cause. But combined with mental illness, yeah I think it has an impact. Even discussed it with my son. He’s 14 and plays some. He said he doesn’t feel like it impacts him but if a person is already mentally imbalanced or susceptible, he thinks that the games could be suggestive and desensitize them to think that shooting people is ok or will bring them the glory and attention they crave.



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Re: School Shooting In Texas

Postby LarryFlew on Fri May 18, 2018 11:38 am

BigBlue wrote:
INOR wrote:1st person shooter games combined with with mental illness. No, I’m not kidding. It’s a common theme. I’ll bet you if you look at every single one of these incidents, they’re big into 1st person shooter games. I’m obviously not talking about the shootings like Vegas. But the school shootings.


I hesitate to blame video games. I grew up with all sorts of video games including FPS stuff and there is zero tendency to be violent because of it. I tend to think that the combo of today's "I'm the important one; I'm the victim" and all the social media that leads them to want to impress, shock and one-up each other is the real culprit.



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Re: School Shooting In Texas

Postby yukonjasper on Fri May 18, 2018 11:39 am

Doesn't matter what kind of gun or if it's stolen. I do think mental illness and the sort of narcissism that the selfie generation is caught up in is the main part of the problem along with the emotional isolation of the social media culture. There is a lack of empathy. The video game angle probably doesn't help, but it only feeds the sickness that is already there. The media exploitation and the protests,, give these low self esteem mental cases a stage to aspire to. The more of these cowards they can capture the better since I suspect the interviews are very instructive. The fact that we don't get details about motive , mindset and mental state tells you all you need to know. The left is complicit, I hope inadvertently, but they should know that they are feeding the fire.
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Re: School Shooting In Texas

Postby Ghost on Fri May 18, 2018 12:07 pm

I played all kinds of video violent games. I’m not so sure that it leads to shootings but these people plan, they don’t just go in shooting. The video games may be more of a learning tool to them.

The thing I’d like to see is statistics on school populations. As schools consolidate more and more I’d like to know if the loss of identity contributes. I had a class size of 60. I knew everyone in the high school while I was there. If I did something wrong my parents would know before I made it home.

I also think the coddled participation trophy society where classes teach to the lowest common denominator in the room instead of pushing the slower kids to catch up (or removing them) to the faster kids has a lot to do with it.

I don’t think these kids traditionally come from meager means or are lacking for much.
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School Shooting In Texas

Postby INOR on Fri May 18, 2018 12:09 pm

Interesting blogger opinion piece on the matter. I surely don’t agree with everything she says. But you guys don’t find it at all odd that pretty much every single school shooting is a kid who spends hours and hours in FPS games? Even the columbine guys were big into Doom back in the day.

https://medium.com/@emmalindsay/the-tro ... 7888e66807


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Re: School Shooting In Texas

Postby Rip Van Winkle on Fri May 18, 2018 1:40 pm

We humans are a complicated organism. It's convenient to try to come up with easy excuses.

What we will find out, as facts come trickling out, is this kid has had a long and troubled past.
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