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Tommy_Carcetti

(43,173 posts)
Thu Oct 1, 2015, 02:38 PM Oct 2015

Bloody Groundhog Day.

http://www.cnn.com/2015/10/01/us/oregon-college-shooting/index.html

Oregon shooting: Initial reports of 10 dead at Umpqua Community College


(CNN)—Preliminary information indicates 10 people were killed and more than 20 others injured in a shooting at Oregon's Umpqua Community College on Thursday, said Oregon State Police spokesman Bill Fugate.

Douglas County Commissioner Chris Boice told CNN that the shooter is in custody. It was not immediately clear whether the shooter was injured.
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Damn it.

And I'm sure we'll learn absolutely nothing from it, either. Again.
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Bloody Groundhog Day. (Original Post) Tommy_Carcetti Oct 2015 OP
Distressing. Nothing anybody can seem to do about it, either. TwilightGardener Oct 2015 #1
I lost all hope after Sandy Hook eissa Oct 2015 #2
I saw people flocking to gun stores to buy AR-15s in response to Sandy Hook. Tommy_Carcetti Oct 2015 #3

eissa

(4,238 posts)
2. I lost all hope after Sandy Hook
Thu Oct 1, 2015, 02:54 PM
Oct 2015

If blowing away 20 school kids didn't move people to act on gun control, I really don't think anything else will.

Tommy_Carcetti

(43,173 posts)
3. I saw people flocking to gun stores to buy AR-15s in response to Sandy Hook.
Thu Oct 1, 2015, 03:01 PM
Oct 2015

Which was pretty much the most disgusting response to a tragic event I've ever seen in my life.

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