I'm from the New Orleans area, and you shouldn't include it in the national statistics. N.O. is a special case. Let it stand alone as a lunatic city-state.
@5
Well this might be a stretch for you but it just might be because of the FACTS of this incident .
"Police are still gathering information on the suspects. One of them is described as a black male in his late teens or early 20s with short hair, a white shirt, and blue jean shorts. "
And don't worry because the crime was perpetrated by "dark skinned males" in the "Chocolate City" we should not be hearing too much more from the press. There is no gang related inner city gun violence, nothing to worry your pretty little head about.
Now lets get back to banning the "assault weapons" that belong to the racist patriot militias,
Nobody talks about why God's Speshul Americans open fire in populated areas. "Gentlemen" Americans of a less technologically advanced age took their pistols and seconds to a hill at dawn. Now men are spraying bullets at as many innocent people as possible. Nothing I read about gang warfare suggests that "street cred" points are awarded for shooting innocent people. The Mafia can hit without disturbing some seotuagenarian - A Toronto mob boss was found dead in a waste dump in Sicily, nothing about university students or pregnant women as collateral damage. The East Indian and Hong Kong gangs in BC's Lower Mainland can pick off their targets without robbing some bystander family of their toddler darlings. But Americans need to be speSHUL. "Don't expect us to have aim, we're speSHUL! speSHUL in the head!" All those guns and you pricks have no goddamn aim. Probably because having aim or showing respect for society isn't enshrined in your Bill of Rights or Constitution.
So let's hear from those patriotic Americans how shooting into a crowd makes them freer, worthier human beings than other people from less gun-lovin' countries who are better with their aim. I know you won't want to miss this chance to explain how Americans are superior.
Just wondering: what would gun fatalities look like if men didn't have access to guns? I'll say it: I bet this gun violence was perpetrated by males. Female shooters generally stick to their families or other trash grabbing their fave outfits on sale at Forever XXI.
And here am I getting ready for my day, heading downtown on the bus. I endure the silent sneers of those who belittle me because I don't take my real good gun into a cafe or parade or kiddie school to start shooting, because I don't have a real good gun. I'll collect for deportation. I'm sure America doesn't need non-violent people like me contributing to its "greatness".
@8,9, Your absolutely right we absolutely need to be armed to the teeth to protect our great nation from crazed Cascadian separatist. After all if Iraq and Afghanistan proved anything it proved the US Government is worthless at fighting radical extremist jihadist groups like Cascadian separatist.
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"....But since they were predominantly African American we don't have to spend too much time talking about it."
Imagine The Stranger covering every shooting (even non-fatal) in the same area that they cover other shootings. That is, America. That would be an average of 20,000 suicides and 10,000 deaths plus at least another 10,000 non-fatal shootings. So around 40,000 incidents a year.
Over 100 a day.
But the problem would be that the majority would be suicide or non-White.
Which would not get the same page hits that the stories they do cover get.
Look at the stories that they do cover.
Look at the stories that they do not cover.
will they put me in the firing line?
Is it just a waste of time?
Think of Chris Hadfield returning from space.
Well this might be a stretch for you but it just might be because of the FACTS of this incident .
"Police are still gathering information on the suspects. One of them is described as a black male in his late teens or early 20s with short hair, a white shirt, and blue jean shorts. "
http://www.wwltv.com/news/crime/Several-…
Now lets get back to banning the "assault weapons" that belong to the racist patriot militias,
gang shootings are on my list of shit that's got to stop, along with accidental child shootings, familycides, and rampage shootings.
but when you have 300 million guns at large, a percentage of them are going to be in the hands of testosterone-addled dumbfucks.
Well, we're talking gangbangers here. Not really skill at anything.
"....But since they were predominantly African American we don't have to spend too much time talking about it."
Imagine The Stranger covering every shooting (even non-fatal) in the same area that they cover other shootings. That is, America. That would be an average of 20,000 suicides and 10,000 deaths plus at least another 10,000 non-fatal shootings. So around 40,000 incidents a year.
Over 100 a day.
But the problem would be that the majority would be suicide or non-White.
Which would not get the same page hits that the stories they do cover get.
Look at the stories that they do cover.
Look at the stories that they do not cover.