Gunman kills five, wounds reporter in St. Louis suburb

See, I'm going to sound like an asshole here, but here we sit -- oh, that's sad, that's tragic, what a nut, rot in hell -- and then by tomorrow we'll be wondering who's going to win the American League East and sitting in front of the TV watching Moment of Truth and Rock of Love 2, until another bunch of families are torn apart by another shooting in a mall or a post office or on a city bus or a high school, and then we'll do the customary meaningless hand-wringing until the microwave dings and the popcorn's ready, and hey, it's a new episode of American Idol.

Fucking fix your fucking country already. It's sick, and it's getting sicker every day.

 

How do you fix the tinfoil hat crowd who thinks everything bad that happens to them is part of a grand conspiracy?

 

And this from a guy who just spent two days at the CPAC conference.
End well, this thread now will not.

 

Inky,

1) Why are there so many crazy people walking the streets in the U.S.? What has made them go bonko in the first place, and what kind of system lets them just roam around, chattering away to themselves?

2) Why are they armed?

This is a uniquely American problem. These shootings rarely happen anywhere else in the world. There is something wrong down there. It's systemic, and it's never going to get fixed, because nobody cares until it's their wife who gets shot while browsing for a shawl.

 

Fenian, I don't get it.

Maybe I should have just said, "Wow, that's a shame. RIP." And then gone to eat a taco.

 

Some of us are trying or have tried. But with all the other dividing lines we have in this country, do you really think we CAN fix it at this point?

 

As long as weapon sales (on the black market and off) and prescription drug companies rule this country, both won't be changed. It's a shame, but it's the way it is.

 

1. I think the percentage of nutballs is probably the same everywhere.

2. Because the gun lobby has kowtowed to the wingnut element of the NRA while ignoring the opinions of most gun owners who have no problems with a more regulation.

 

I noticed this quote from the brother ...

"It looks like my brother is going crazy, but he's just trying to get people's attention," Thornton said.

... and I was hoping some responsible member of the family would rein in this asshole. But I guess Mom's on the same wavelength.

Yeah...killing five people always gets my attention.

 

End. Of. Discussion.

 

End of discussion? Really?

Sweet. I'm glad it's settled, problem's solved, and I can go watch some TLC Daytime.

 

*sigh*