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Yet another school shooting. What do you think?

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/shooting-reported-great-mills-maryland-high-school-n858186

Posted - March 20, 2018

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  • I think they should stop mentioning the names of the shooters in these cases. These people want attention and infamy and that’s what they are getting because the media goes ham anytime this happens. I get why it needs to be talked about but these school shooters are trying to get the attention they’re missing in their day to day life. I get that it’s “justice” but theyre just getting what they want. 
      March 20, 2018 8:10 AM MDT
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  • 17600
    I agree
      March 20, 2018 8:43 PM MDT
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  • 46117
    I cannot believe that this got ZERO attention.  That's what I can't believe.  Especially in the wake of what just happened in Florida.

    The NRA needs to be disbanded.

    The 2nd Amendment needs to be re-written.

      March 20, 2018 8:33 AM MDT
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  • 404
    the reason it got pretty much ignored...was because the target wasn't as soft as the shooter expected. he was shot and stopped almost as soon as he began...because the schools resource officer protected everyone else when he shot the shooter.


      March 22, 2018 9:25 PM MDT
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  • 5354
    1) the link you give do not mention any shots fired.

    2) The only places i have seen a an injuries count is in foreign news channels. and those counts were reported by students at the school (via Twitter).

    I think what we have here is a student generated prank, rather than an actual shooting situation. A lie with the best of intentions (to stop school shootings) but with too little attention to detail to fool the cops.
      March 20, 2018 9:05 AM MDT
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  • 19937
    "Three people, including the alleged gunman, were injured at Great Mills High School, the St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office said, adding that no one died. The injured have all been transported to hospitals, the office added."

    https://www.yahoo.com/gma/maryland-high-school-lockdown-shooting-incident-contained-school-125404410--abc-news-topstories.html
      March 20, 2018 9:34 AM MDT
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  • 3463
    Thanks Spunky I didn't see the whole story before.
    The shooter used a Glock simi-automatic. 
    I wonder where he got that from?
      March 20, 2018 1:51 PM MDT
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  • 19937
    Ummmm ... let me guess.
      March 20, 2018 6:49 PM MDT
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  • 404
    I'm sure they'll release that info when they get it....  https://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/politics/bs-md-maryland-handgun-laws-20180320-story.html
    he obviously didn't buy it....because he was only 17.
      March 22, 2018 9:31 PM MDT
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  • 17600
    He shot two students.  The last I read one was critical and other doing fine.  The shooter was killed by the resource officer.   Try reading that link again.
      March 20, 2018 8:44 PM MDT
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  • I think this is the "new normal". 
      March 20, 2018 10:57 AM MDT
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  • 5354
    Thank you, my guess was wrong then. Good. because that wold have been quite damaging to efforts for gun control.
      March 20, 2018 11:02 AM MDT
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  • 34297
    Thank God, there was a school resource office there who actually did his job. He went in and engaged the shooter. The only one dead is the shooter. 
    Thank you, Officer. 
      March 20, 2018 12:04 PM MDT
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  • 6023
    ... but did you hear of the 2 school mass-stabbing incidents this year?  Both of which had over 20 victims.
      March 20, 2018 12:27 PM MDT
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  • Guess we gotta ban knives.
    and pencils 
    and pens 
    guess we gotta ban everything 
      March 20, 2018 1:38 PM MDT
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  • 17600
    No, we don't have to ban everything.  Americans live in a different world now.  Hardening institutions is going to happen and that's really the only way to protect the people inside from this kind of crazy person.  The sissying of America has been successful.  Until this generation, teenagers were capable of relationships, and the ends of them.  Now too many kids find it to be the end of a life worth living.  And as long as teens think Facebook and other social media is the most important thing in their lives.... brace yourselves. 
      March 20, 2018 8:49 PM MDT
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  • 46117
    Tell that kid that was shot in the neck because a TRAINED teacher discharged a gun.

    What a sissy.

      March 20, 2018 9:45 PM MDT
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  • 17600
    My response was to Gorl's answer, not the OP.
      March 21, 2018 5:27 PM MDT
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  • 34297
    Link? He was not shot in the neck. A piece of metal grazed his neck. The student did not have to seek medical attention, the father did take him in after school. 

    https://www.mercurynews.com/2018/03/13/students-injured-when-monterey-county-teacher-accidentally-fires-handgun-in-class/
      March 23, 2018 5:01 AM MDT
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  • 5835
    How many schools do they have to shoot up before you give them your guns?
      March 20, 2018 12:41 PM MDT
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  • 34297
    Why would I give them my guns? I have never used a gun or any other weapon against anyone.
      March 20, 2018 12:48 PM MDT
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  • 16796
    Then why do you need them?
      March 22, 2018 9:32 PM MDT
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  • 34297
    Defense, hunting, recreation....It is a Constitutional right...I don't have to need it. 
      March 23, 2018 5:06 AM MDT
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  • 16796
    A Constitutional "right" that has caused, and will continue to cause, death and misery to millions in the US until the 2nd Amendment is repealed. It's an anachronism, the Redcoats aren't coming anymore and the US has a well-equipped permanent army. No need for untrained militias. 
    Suicides, firearms accidents and mass shootings all dropped significantly in nations where gun laws were tightened. The UK and Australia are two cases in point.
      March 23, 2018 5:21 PM MDT
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