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myLot reputation of 98/100. ahgong (3741)   ranked 18 out of 6,994 in have discussion on day to day issues9 months ago

What is it about people and using guns to resolve problems?
Don't they know that guns never resolve problems?

I was sitting down listening to the news after dinner the other night when I heard this being reported in the news:

A GUNMAN killed at least nine people on Tuesday in a rampage across four locations and three communities in Alabama in the United States. Burning down his mother's home, killing members of his own family on their porch and then shooting strangers as he drove by.

Micheal McLendon finally shot himself dead.


I understand that people are frustrated with life as it is. But why lash your fury at innocent people?
I mean, if you want to died, go then! No body is gonna give a hoot!
Why take so many along with you?
Especially if they are strangers who did nothing to you!

What do you think? Are people getting too violent now a days?
Or is the THE only way they could think of to resolve their problems? rolleyes

 
 
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tags:  gunman, alabama, shooting, spree, strangers
 
1. myLot reputation of 93/100. orochi (220)   ranked 3,054 out of 6,994 in have discussion on day to day issues   9 months ago

i wish it was me who got shoot seriously its cool having people around killing each other over and over again so i dont really care all i do is saying damn why wasnt it me ...:)


myLot reputation of 98/100. ahgong (3741)   ranked 18 out of 6,994 in have discussion on day to day issues  9 months ago

Now, why in the world would you wanna get shot for?
confused

You actually take it as a norm that people are shooting each other? confused
And that it is okay that they are shotting each other?
That it is alright to use the gun to vent out frustrations at other people? And in the event you are depressed, it is justified to go out shooting other people before shooting yourself? blink

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2. myLot reputation of 95/100. zweeb82 (1446)   ranked 256 out of 6,994 in have discussion on day to day issues   9 months ago

The decadence in this world is getting worse each day. Such a sad news to hear another shooting!~ Sounds like the guy allowed anger & violet spirits to overpower him!~ Haiz.......sad casesaddohthumbdown


myLot reputation of 98/100. ahgong (3741)   ranked 18 out of 6,994 in have discussion on day to day issues  9 months ago

Yeah... and the worst part of it is, some innocent people are involved in their rage as well.
And all because he is disgrunted with his lot in life.
I am sure we all are disgrunted with our lot in life. BUT we learn to deal with it!
Not use violence to get back at the people who may or may not have contributed to our current state in life.

Sigh... sad


myLot reputation of 95/100. zweeb82 (1446)   ranked 256 out of 6,994 in have discussion on day to day issues  9 months ago

Their approach to life is just plain selfish, that's what I'd saythumbdown


myLot reputation of 98/100. ahgong (3741)   ranked 18 out of 6,994 in have discussion on day to day issues  9 months ago

Yep! I totally agree! sad

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3. myLot reputation of 93/100. eeyore39 (3181)   ranked 1,000 out of 6,994 in have discussion on day to day issues   9 months ago

I'm not really sure what all went on in this case. They said he left a list of people who had wronged him. Well I can't imagine those kids could have done him much harm. There seems to be a different mentality these days about life and death. When I was growing up it seemed life was precious and even when people were doing wrong they did not kill. Nowaday there seems to be no safety for life. They will kill you as soon as look at you. Life does not hold the same precious quality that it did back then. I can not explain it but I think it may have something to do with greed. Most people today seem to be wrapped up in themselves and have no concern for others and what others need, want and feel.


myLot reputation of 98/100. ahgong (3741)   ranked 18 out of 6,994 in have discussion on day to day issues  9 months ago

Exactly! IT is always the me-me-me mentality.
I mean, who is not disgrunted with their lot in life?
Everyone would be unhappy with something in their life.
And they learn to deal with it. Not vent out at the people who may have contributed to their current state of life.

Sheez~~! People now a days have a totally different mindset about how things are done eh?

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4. myLot reputation of 96/100. youless (15087)   ranked 146 out of 6,994 in have discussion on day to day issues   9 months ago

I learned this disaster from TV. It is a sad news. We all have ups and downs in our life and we shall learn how to handle it. No matter what, it is so wrong to hurt and even kill innocent people. They have nothing to do with you. I agree that the guns should be banned. Only policemen allow to use guns. If everybody say having a gun can protect themselves, but when one of them go mad, then everybody will be in trouble. So just let the police to use the guns. I think at least this can avoid more disasters like this news. This is already not the first case and I am sad to say that it won't be the last one. We can't control how people use guns. So nobody should own one. I think it's safer.

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myLot reputation of 98/100. ahgong (3741)   ranked 18 out of 6,994 in have discussion on day to day issues  9 months ago

Precisely! When life deals us with a lousy hand, we deal with it.
Not pick up a weapon and start whacking everyone who is playing at the same table!
The things people do now a days in the name of dealing with their depression is ridiculous!
Killing people before killing himself!
Sad! sad

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5. myLot reputation of 97/100. kun2349 (7200)   ranked 481 out of 6,994 in have discussion on day to day issues   9 months ago

The same thing also happened in germany.. I just dun understand why are all these things happening so often nowadays.. School should be a safe place to be in, but yet all the killings are done in those places. It's such too dangerous.. I's hard to imagine what causes them to go berserk, going around to kill everybody??

Luckily such a thing had not happened in singapore yet, but i have read a similiar report today.. Students are bring choppers and knifes to school, to get back at school bullies!!!


myLot reputation of 98/100. ahgong (3741)   ranked 18 out of 6,994 in have discussion on day to day issues  9 months ago

Yeah, I read about the one in Germany as well.
He is depressed and undergoing counselling.
What makes me wonder is why the counsellor did not see his suicidal tendencies?
I mean, as a counsellor, he should have noticed the change in his behavior, right? confused


myLot reputation of 97/100. kun2349 (7200)   ranked 481 out of 6,994 in have discussion on day to day issues  9 months ago

Well, everybody makes mistakes.. Even the case of a boy being abused in dunno which country, and he died in the end, even many social workers also din managed to see anything wrong when the hints and bruises are so obvious..

I guess that guy is good at pretending so that his counsellor will let his guard down off him..


myLot reputation of 98/100. ahgong (3741)   ranked 18 out of 6,994 in have discussion on day to day issues  9 months ago

Well, it is just sad. sad


myLot reputation of 97/100. kun2349 (7200)   ranked 481 out of 6,994 in have discussion on day to day issues  9 months ago

Yeah.. If it's meant to happen, it will happen..

 
6. myLot reputation of 98/100. sacmom (5773)   ranked 1,142 out of 6,994 in have discussion on day to day issues   9 months ago

People like this deserve to rot in hell. If they want to take their own life that is one thing. But to go on a killing rampage and then kill themselves? WTF? This person obviously had a few screws loose, because no one should ever do this. There is just no excuse for it. doh


myLot reputation of 98/100. ahgong (3741)   ranked 18 out of 6,994 in have discussion on day to day issues  9 months ago

Yeah, I totally agree with you on that!
They want to go, GO!angry
Why need to vent their frustration on innocent people before ending their own.
Sad... it is just sad! sad

 
7. myLot reputation of 100/100. JenInTN (3453)   ranked 899 out of 6,994 in have discussion on day to day issues   9 months ago

It's scary my friend. It could be any of us at anytime, a victem. More and more people resort to violence as a means to express anger and it is the innocent that suffer.I think there are desperate people in desperate times and things are so different than they used to be. What next,right? I sometimes fear to send my chidren to school.


myLot reputation of 98/100. ahgong (3741)   ranked 18 out of 6,994 in have discussion on day to day issues  9 months ago

Yeah, it is scary. And with the gun culture in many parts of the states, it is even scarier.
And violence begets violence. People who are frustrated see this and thinks, "hey, he could do it, why not me? I will inflict pain upon others as other have inflicted on me!".

I sure hope that something would be done to prevent people like them from getting their hands on guns. Or any weapons for that matter!

 
8. myLot reputation of 95/100. Savvynlady (2964)   ranked 1,148 out of 6,994 in have discussion on day to day issues   9 months ago

Yes, I believe we are. I believe we are turning to violence which to me doesn't solve anything but make widows and orphans out of people. I don't see how that will do anything. Down here in Alabama where I live about three or four hours from where this past shooting taken place, it's not unusual to see folks carrying arms, that is the norm here. It is very unlikely when you don't. But I also feel it's all about using it responsibly. Personally, I am tired of folks resorting to guns because they failed in other aspects of their lives and now this is the only way. No it isn't. Last Saturday was the first day they started having funerals for the victims and I just feel bad.


myLot reputation of 98/100. ahgong (3741)   ranked 18 out of 6,994 in have discussion on day to day issues  9 months ago

My heart really goes out to the ones that got shot just because they were in the wrong place at the wrong time!
I pray that their souls will rest in peace.
And than all those gun toting people will think twice before disengaging the safety of their weapons.
sad

 
9. myLot reputation of 100/100. arkaf61 (5729)   ranked 470 out of 6,994 in have discussion on day to day issues   9 months ago

I think that people were always too violent. Or rather that there were always people that were too violent in all centuries. Now there is more exposure, more and easier access to weapons and more people. Do the math . Sad but true.
It's one of those things that I have trouble understanding but see happening time after time and can't even offer a suggestion for a way to stop it, because I have no idea of what would be able to stop this.
Sad, so sad.


myLot reputation of 98/100. ahgong (3741)   ranked 18 out of 6,994 in have discussion on day to day issues  9 months ago

Well, better education in how to deal with rejection and failures can be a starting point!

The banning of weapons to the ordinary citizens would be another.

That two alone will go a long way in preventing such things from happening.
But with the gun culture so ingrained into the minds of some individuals in the west, it is near to impossible to get them to give up their guns!

But at the same time, they want these kinda situations to stop.
What a predicament we put ourselves in eh? whistle

 
10. myLot reputation of 77/100. xfahctor (5105)   ranked 1,357 out of 6,994 in have discussion on day to day issues   9 months ago

It was indeed a horrific tradgedy and that is the focal and main point of everything. However, there are two other things about this that concern me. Firat, I already saw it in here, people and their pavlovian response of "gun control blah blah". Please don'e let this be used as another excuse for more gun control, we don't scream for banning cars every time there is an accident do we?
My second concern, was that Somoen called in to the army for assistence. HIGHLY ILLEGAL. Not only illegal but pretty damn Orwellian.


myLot reputation of 98/100. ahgong (3741)   ranked 18 out of 6,994 in have discussion on day to day issues  9 months ago

Hmm... We are talking about guns here my friend.
A tool that is used for killing. Not for work, not for transport nor for anything useful other than to kill.

Regulating the use of guns to professions that needs it is a way to go to prevent the rampant misuse of the weapon.
It is only a tool if it is not abused.

Taking your example of the car, it is a tool used by everyone. AND it is regulated. As it is a necessary part of life, anyone who abuses it gets banned from driving them.

You don't see people driving and ramming everyone down in rage being reported on the news ALL the time. But with guns, weapons, everytime you see a report in the news, it is always used to harm people, innocent or not.

Asking to regulate the use of guns is not wrong then. No? confused


myLot reputation of 77/100. xfahctor (5105)   ranked 1,357 out of 6,994 in have discussion on day to day issues  9 months ago

"You don't see people driving and ramming everyone down in rage being reported on the news ALL the time. But with guns, weapons, everytime you see a report in the news, it is always used to harm people, innocent or not."
no, we don't see it in the news as much, because it isn't as sensationalist as guns are, guns sell more news, but it happens none the less, dui crashes, road rage, people evading police in a chase, intentional rammings, it all happens. People die far more as a result of vefical misuse and negligence.
guns are a tool when used propperly, just like a car is. If we begin banning guns, it only makes it harder for honest decent people to own them, criminals will still have no trouble getting them because they don't obey the law in the first place. Look at germany, the school shooting that just took place. Germany has some vert strict gun control, yet things like this happen there anyway.

"Asking to regulate the use of guns is not wrong then. No? "
In this country, yes it is VERY wrong. there is no constitutional authority for them to do so, it would be Ilegal and litteraly a crime of treason.

 
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