Only in America

[Tero]

National Review unhappy with MSNBC reading facts when Kirk was shot.

“Individuals 21 or older can legally own a gun and carry it openly or concealed in public without a permit,” she noted. “Again, no permit is required or needed to buy or possess a firearm. There’s no waiting period, no state mandate, state-mandated time period for firearm purchases. Utah does not require the registration of firearms.”

[JimC]

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09-29/ ... /105828872

US police say they have shot dead a man who they suspect rammed his truck into a Mormon church and opened fire before setting the building on fire.
Four other people were killed and eight were injured, with more victims expected to be found, local authorities in the state of Michigan say.
Police have identified the suspect as Thomas Jacob Sanford, a former US marine and Iraq war veteran.

One supposes there will be thoughts and prayers...

[Svartalf]

well, if the cops shot whoever just because they suspected him, I sure hope they shot the right guy, we don't need more attacks even if mormons are pretty much as nocive as JW

[pErvinalia]

Another left wing ANTIFA lunatic.

[Svartalf]

Another left wing ANTIFA lunatic.

given his choice of targets, I'd bet more on a born again chretinous fanatic.

[JimC]

Or a war veteran suffering from chronic PTSD...

[Svartalf]

Or a war veteran suffering from chronic PTSD...

don't those need some kind of brutal trigger to become erratic and dangerous?

[Brian Peacock]

Perhaps just living in America is triggering enough?

[Svartalf]

I wish I could tell you wrong

[Tero]

A Mississippi woman shot and killed one of the monkeys that escaped from an overturned truck last week because she reportedly feared for the safety of her children.

“I did what any other mother would do to protect her children,” Jessica Bond Ferguson told The Associated Press. “I shot at it and it just stood there, and I shot again, and he backed up and that's when he fell.”

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/worl ... 57105.html

[Brian Peacock]

Jeez.

[JimC]

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11-07/ ... /105984208

A teacher who was shot by her six-year-old student in January 2023 has been awarded millions of dollars in damages by a US court.
The teacher brought a negligence lawsuit against a school administrator, arguing she ignored multiple reports a firearm was on school property and likely in the boy's possession.

All US teachers clearly need bullet proof vests as part of their employment package...

[Tero]

Millions of MAGA rejoicing death of Trump opponent in Hollywood. Close any social media threads.
Rob Reiner explains America and Kirk death earlier this year.
https://www.threads.com/@adamparkhomenk ... ETYALykAPA

[Brian Peacock]

FFS

Mass shooting rampage in Louisiana leaves eight children dead and others wounded

At least eight children were killed, and two adults were wounded in a mass shooting in the Louisiana city of Shreveport, in what police called a “domestic violence incident”.

Chris Bordelon, the Shreveport police department spokesperson, said on Sunday evening that the suspect, Shamar Elkins, killed seven of his own children and wounded their mother, as well as killing another child.

The victims ranged in age from one to about 12 years old. The mother and another woman are in critical condition. Elkins died after a police pursuit.

Bordelon said the suspect had been arrested in 2019 in a firearms case.

Wayne Smith, Shreveport’s police chief, said the suspected killer was shot and killed by police after he committed a carjacking.

The violence occurred early on Sunday morning in Shreveport’s Cedar Grove neighborhood, with police suggesting there were at least four separate but nearby scenes involved in the deadly rampage. Investigators did not discuss a possible motive for the killings but said it appeared to be domestic in nature.

The relationship between the killer and the children means that Sunday’s mass murder in Shreveport fit the definition of a type of offense known since the 1980s as a family annihilation.

The overwhelming majority of these cases involve a male killer armed with a gun who ultimately kills himself or is killed after murdering multiple close family members. American communities tend to view family annihilations as isolated tragedies. But a July 2023 Indianapolis Star investigation found they had been occurring across the US every five days on average...

[pErvinalia]