The United States Constitution's Bill of Rights includes Article II.
Article II does not include a maturity test.
Uvalde - the followup
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Article II does not include a maturity test.
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Anyone that open-carries 3 handguns on a trip to the store isn't merely making an embarrassing fashion statement. A handgun a fashion accessory?
He's divulging psychological insecurity far outside normal range.
It might take years of intensive psychological analysis and retraining to reduce his anxiety down to suspenders & a belt level of insecurity. BUT !!
Well worth it.
Until then, PULL YOUR PANTS UP BRUISER !
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"The most effective gun safety device is education." NRA Exec.V.P. Wayne LaPierre
"The only thing that stops a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun," NRA Wayne LaPierre
Guns the problem? Guns the SOLUTION ! Right Wayne?
US Attorney General Merrick Garland announces review of May 2022 mass shooting at Robb Elementary School
Jan 6 (Reuters) - One of the first police officers on the scene of the 2022 attack at a Texas elementary school that killed 19 students and two teachers is now the first to stand trial, accused of failing to act as the gunman continued one of the deadliest mass killings targeting students in U.S. history.Opening arguments were to begin Tuesday in the trial of Adrian Gonzales, 52, who was a member of the school district police force. Hundreds of officers from local, state and federal agencies waited 77 minutes before entering a classroom where the gunman was holed up.
Teachers and children made lengthy calls to 911 emergency services, saying they were in the room with the gunman and surrounded by bodies.
Gonzales was charged in 2024 with 29 counts of child endangerment, according to his indictment, which said that he "failed to engage, distract, and delay the shooter" and that he also failed "to follow his active shooter training to respond to gun fire by advancing toward the gun fire."
Former Uvalde school officer accused of failing to act against shooter who killed 19 students, two teachers
Jan 6 (Reuters) - One of the first police officers on the scene of the 2022 attack at a Texas elementary school that killed 19 students and two teachers is now the first to stand trial, accused of
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The trial is now underway
Uvalde officer was told location of gunman but he failed to act, prosecutors say
Adrian Gonzales' legal team maintains he's being scapegoated.
Uvalde officer was told location of gunman but he failed to act, prosecutors say
Opening statements are set to begin Tuesday morning in the criminal trial of a former Uvalde, Texas, school police officer.abcnews.go.com
But it was interupted
Uvalde trial takes dramatic turn as key witness changes testimony
Uvalde trial takes dramatic turn as key witness changes testimony
The trial of a former Uvalde school district police officer accused of child endangerment in the Robb Elementary shooting took an unexpected turn Tuesday after testimony from a teacher prompted defense objections and halted proceedings for the day.www.tpr.org
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And from Canada
www.the-independent.com
Canadian police say at least 9 killed in British Columbia mass shooting
Police say the suspect died from ‘a self‑inflicted injury’ after carrying out the shooting in Tumbler Ridge on Tuesday
www.the-independent.com
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The shooter has been variously described as a "gun person" and "a female in a dress" but can't find anything official beyond that yet.
But there is this and while the site is usually pretty credible I can't vouch for this one
But there is this and while the site is usually pretty credible I can't vouch for this one
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Assuming the trans story is true it's likely she was being bullied and snapped.
That said, it's a given that the transphobes are going to use this to justify shutting down gender affirming care.
That said, it's a given that the transphobes are going to use this to justify shutting down gender affirming care.
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See also #381 in the Canadian thread
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Suspected school shooter's father convicted of murder
Colin Gray was found guilty of second-degree murder and manslaughter.ByBill Hutchinson
A Georgia jury found Colin Gray guilty Tuesday on charges including second-degree murder and manslaughter, stemming from a 2024 mass shooting allegedly committed by his teenage son with a rifle he gifted him as a Christmas present.
The jury found the 55-year-old Gray guilty of 27 counts. Two other counts were dropped. The jury deliberated fewer than two hours before returning its verdicts.
Gray is the first parent in the United States convicted of murder due to the alleged acts of their child after prosecutors in various U.S. states in recent years have attempted to hold parents criminally liable in connection to their children's deadly actions.
Colin Gray was charged with multiple counts of second-degree murder, involuntary manslaughter, reckless endangerment and cruelty to children. He pleaded not guilty to the charges.
Gray's son, Colt Gray, now 16, allegedly killed two students and two teachers and injured eight ....
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Edited to add Sear had posted about this here https://citizenvoice.us/threads/the...-democracy-prohibit-guns-drugs.213/post-19365
Sorry, but that seems crazy to me.
Intent is essential, and no one could have anticipated this is what would have resulted from gifting a firearm.
It is also illegal to pile on 27 counts.
And simply from a moral perspective, you do not prosecute someone grieving over the death of their child.
You punish with a guilty verdict in order to prevent repetition, but with no offspring left, that is a ridiculous verdict.
This seems like about the single worst verdict in history.
School shooting are becoming more common due to schools, not parents.
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The shots rang out across Bondi Beach on the first night of Hanukkah.
A thousand people — families, children, neighbors — scattered in every direction. Chaya Dadon, 14 years old, dove under a bench and stayed low.
Then she heard a voice she couldn't ignore.
An older woman, shot, crying out across the chaos: "Please save my kids. Please, I beg you — save my kids."
Two small children — a two-year-old boy and a four-year-old girl — were stranded in the open, exposed to the gunfire.
Around Chaya, people screamed: Get down. Stay down. Save yourself.
She got up.
She climbed out from under that bench, ran to those children, pulled them to the ground, and threw her own body on top of theirs.
"I could not watch those little kids die," she later said.
She held them. She hugged them. She whispered: "It's going to be okay."
And then, because they were too young to know the words, she began teaching them to pray. The Shema — the ancient Jewish declaration of faith — spoken in the middle of a massacre, passed from a 14-year-old girl to two terrified toddlers, syllable by syllable.
"Please repeat after me. We have to scream this."
It was in that moment she felt a bullet enter her leg.
She didn't move. She didn't tell the children. She kept holding them.
"I thought there was just a hole in my skirt," she said. "I felt the pain, but I didn't want to stress the kids out."
When the shooting finally stopped, there were no more stretchers. A surf lifesaver put Chaya on a surfboard and carried her to a waiting police car. Surgeons later removed a bullet from her thigh.
She decorated her crutches with stickers — one for each of the 15 people who didn't make it home that night.
One of them was Rabbi Eli Schlanger, who had helped organize the event for over 20 years alongside Chaya's father. When Chaya heard the news at the hospital, she said it was the hardest moment of the entire night — harder than being shot, harder than any of it.
Two weeks later, Chaya was reunited with the two children she had shielded. The little girl recognized her immediately — as the person who had held her in the dark and said "I love you."
Chaya's name means "life" in Hebrew.
She lived up to every letter of it.
When asked if she felt like a hero, she shook her head.
"I don't feel like a hero," she said. "I feel like everyone was a hero in that situation."
She was 14 years old. She heard someone needed help. And she chose, without hesitation, to be the light in the field of darkness.
"That's the best way to punish pure evil," Chaya said. "Give them the counter effect of what they wanted."
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