If only there was something we could do...

[garyfromterrace]

36 mass shootings thus far this year. Maine had 29 murders last year, which makes this 18 dead Hit really hard here. Deadliest one of the year too

If only there was something that could be done...

[SumJongGuy]

Must be a lot of shooter video game behavioral medicated PERSON in Maine..

[Ted Striker]

36 mass shootings thus far this year.

As defined by 4 dead.

3 dead is an additional 74.

And If you sort for 4+ shot it climbs to 364.

[mcphee]

^the 4+ shot stat sheds the real light. You’re indiscriminately firing into a crowd there.

The 3 and 4 dead stats will include situations like armed robberies and domestic violence

[jono]

As defined by 4 dead.

3 dead is an additional 74.

And If you sort for 4+ shot it climbs to 364.

Going from memory I thought I heard it went over 500 counting 4+ shot including the shooter.

[CarlMega]

you guys are confusing mass shooting w/ mass killing.

[Ted Striker]

Attempted murder. Now honestly, what is that?! Do they give a Nobel prize for "attempted" chemistry?

[Ted Striker]

Going from memory I thought I heard it went over 500 counting 4+ shot including the shooter.

Probably. I selected by victims only.

[TBS]

Early reports that the Lewiston ME shooter has been found. Dead
Press conference at 10pm eastern

[Cisco Kid]

Good as it could be ending.

[SKIP IN7RO]

Early reports that the Lewiston ME shooter has been found. Dead
Press conference at 10pm eastern

Yay, no delay for opening day

[SumJongGuy]

Good as it could be ending.

The "R" is now for RUSSIA.

[SumJongGuy]

As defined by 4 dead.

3 dead is an additional 74.

And If you sort for 4+ shot it climbs to 364.

So 16 dead should count as FOUR mass shootings/killings/whatevers..

[byates1]

At least he saved us money..

[ex-powderbroker]

related:

https://apnews.com/article/shootings...80e1039405a196

[SumJongGuy]

At least he saved us money..

Are the police going to sell his guns to the general public after the investigation is closed?

[byates1]

Who knows. They'll probably just drive around w them in unlocked cars.

[J. Barron DeJong]

I had assumed he had just been able to keep his stash of guns, which is bad enough, but WTF:

Gunman in Maine Mass Shooting Had Paranoid Beliefs, Officials Say

The man was found dead on Friday night, ending a two-day manhunt. The police said he had legally purchased several guns, including in recent days.

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/28/u...g-suspect.html

[The SnowShow]

It’s mindblowing that we as a country cannot pass any federal legislation that would at least be an attempt to prevent someone this mentally ill from getting guns, especially weapons of war. Look gun nuts, the left doesn’t want to come for your guns. They want to try to prevent things like this happening over and over and over and over and over and over and over again. And Yes, it’s a two issue problem: mental health AND the guns.

[mcski]

That shark got jumped back at Sandyhook

[Ted Striker]

Stephen King's NYT letter to the editor

"There is no solution to the gun problem, and little more to write, because Americans are addicted to firearms.

Representative Jared Golden, from Maine’s Second Congressional District, has reversed course and says he will now support outlawing military-style semiautomatic rifles like the one used in the killing of 18 people in Lewiston this week. But neither the House nor the Senate is likely to pass such a law, and if Congress actually did, the Supreme Court, as it now exists, would almost certainly rule it unconstitutional.

Every mass shooting is a gut-punch; with every one, unimaginative people say, “I never thought it could happen here,” but such things can and will happen anywhere and everywhere in this locked-and-loaded country. The guns are available and the targets are soft.

When rapid-fire guns are difficult to get, things improve, but I see no such improvement in the future. Americans love guns, and appear willing to pay the price in blood."

[heckacali]

"...a loud, stubborn and organized minority of Americans with entrenched political support and powerful well funded lobbies love guns..."

[beaterdit]

I'm just waiting for the reports from his neighbors that he "seemed like a nice guy" but "a bit of a loner," Or maybe everyone recognized he was batshit crazy, but there was nothing anyone could do about it.

related:

https://apnews.com/article/shootings...80e1039405a196

Yeah but this isn't news. We've known the "good guy with a gun" is fantasy for years if not decades. Big part of the problem is that a large swatch, if not fully half of our country are immune to facts and only believe what they want to believe.

[The SnowShow]

That shark got jumped back at Sandyhook

Agree. Amazing that dead ELEMENTARY kids didn’t turn the tide.

[anotherVTskibum]

... Look gun nuts, the left doesn’t want to come for your guns. ...

I would disagree. The data is pretty clear when comparing the US to other countries: the quantity and availability of firearms is part of the problem. Mitigation of that problem needs to involve removing a significant portion of those guns from circulation. If I thought we had a snowball's chance in hell of implementing it without triggering violence from the radical right, I'd suggest that an Australian-style buyback was in order.

I'm also not sure where you draw the line to define sanity, but believing that this is "another" case where the government, specifically including the FBI, intentionally allowed a shooting to happen to improve support for gun control sure meets my definition of paranoid, if not the medical one. And, as evidenced far too many times, firearms and paranoia aren't a great combo.

Believing that being armed is the best way to protect yourself and your family from gun violence seems to indicate being either paranoid or gullible, as again, the data pretty clearly indicates otherwise.