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Gunman Opens Fire At LAX
McGruber tips news that today at 9:30AM PST, a man removed an assault rifle from a bag at Los Angeles International Airport and opened fire. The shooter moved into the screening area, and then further into the terminal. One TSA agent was killed; roughly six more people were injured. The gunman was a ticketed passenger. (Early reports suggested he worked for the TSA — this does not seem to be the case.) Police engaged him in gunfire, and he's now in custody. His motive is unknown at this time.
And, since the gunman used a rifle, all rifles will be banned or limited to 3-round magazines, and the homosexual liberals and their whining will once again set the direction of this state.
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No...the perpetrator used an "assault rifle"...which people in the military call "small arms" which are banned for hunting deer with because of their inability to kill them cleanly. I wonder if the weapon type will change like the DC Naval Yard shooting where the weapon was initially erroneously reported as an "assault rifle" then changed to a Vice-President Biden-approved shotgun. Let's avoid knee-jerk gun control and let's instead focus on the problems that cause people to lash out...most likely shitty jobs, shitty attitudes, and stupid politics that screw up people's lives and livelihoods. If guns were outlawed, the perpetrator would use a so-called "assault knife" or "assault baseball bat" to commit the crimes with.
Yeah. Maybe warrantless wire-tapping by the NSA is a good idea. They can't afford it over there, but we're better off in America because of it.
Assault rifles have been illegal in all 50 of the United States since 1986 at the very least.
Chuuch. Preach. Tabernacle.
Ok, so lets continue to have guns while it takes us hundreds of years to fix a problem we can never fix (Human nature).
We can work on the problem you mention but we should put gun control in place ASAP. It's BS to say gun control won't help the issue. Actually no!!!! Lets give everybody a hand gun instead. What a stupid way of thinking.
Hunting riffles kill to but with 5 shot mags it's hard to shoot down a whole room. That's what gun control is about. It's control, not elimination. Everybody knows there will still be deaths caused by guns, we just won't see 50 people die in the span of 10 seconds.
There are many other reasons why gun control works. It's been proven to work in many 1st world countries.