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Gunman Shoots 4 at Middleton Software Company; Dies in Shootout With Police (madison.com)
Several Slashdot readers shared this report overnight: A gunman shot four people, none fatally, at his Middleton, Wisconsin workplace Wednesday morning before he was killed in a shootout with police, Middleton Police Chief Charles Foulke said. Authorities had not released the man's name or age, but police said he was from Madison and worked at WTS Paradigm, a software company at 1850 Deming Way where the shooting occurred. Police said a motive for the shooting was not yet known. Foulke said the shooter had been in the building before he began shooting at fellow employees around 10:29 a.m. One of the four people injured was just grazed by a bullet police say was fired from a handgun. Citing UW Health, a local NBC affiliate reported that two victims are in serious condition and one is in critical condition. "In a situation like this, you learn how great a community really is," WTS Marketing Manager Ryan Mayrand said. "We cannot thank the Middleton Police Department, the Dane County Sheriff's Office and other emergency personnel enough for their amazing response."
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What was WTS Paradigm's policy on carrying while at work? I'll venture a guess that this is one of these 'gun free' zones.
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There's likely to be a ton of towns called Middleton in the US and the main story links to local paper and even TFA doesn't say which Middleton. It was only looking at the banner of the TFA that I saw it was Wisconsin.
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We say gunperson now, you sexist pig.
Women can shoot up places, just ask YouTube.
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One of the standard employee contract clause is banning guns at company property. It's there to limit liability to the company in events like this and doesn't deter possession unless the carrier is an idiot. I've been carrying Glock 43 for years and non of my co-workers are non the wiser. You are personally responsible for your own safety. Society and laws are there to remediate after the crime has been committed. Police catch criminals after the fact and aren't there to protect you.
Actually, could we get a cheat sheet with 10 easy to remember rules? Write it in stone too, so people know they're not up for negotiation. I'd split it into 2 tablets to make it easier to carry down the mountain.
Lastly, we'll need a sacrifical lamb, of sorts. He'd have to be a really good guy. Someone who wants to help but says things not politically correct. If we could then figuratively crucify him in the court of public opinion, maybe then we could wake up as a society.
Not sure if this has ever been tried before, but it might work.
So, if four people were stabbed, would you want fewer knives in this country? No, I am not being sarcastic. In England, they have "sane" gun laws, but now they are cracking down on knife ownership. You can't make this stuff up!
https://www.met.police.uk/Stop...
So, you go after the weapon, and the criminals choose another weapon. In France, they had a HIGHER death toll that America's worst mass shooting using just a TRUCK! If only they had sane truck laws, with mandatory training and licensing, that would not happen, right?
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Our office, 15-20 people midwest, we have the OWNER that carries and probably 4-5 people that carry. We are all 2nd amendment promoters and believe everyone that is responsible and has the legal right to carry, should be permitted to do so. These "gun free" zones are just like dangling a worm on a hook, near a fish.
If it happened because of the existence of guns, or because non state agents have some, you would have some kind of point.
Since it didn't, it's just you politicizing a murder.
Ahh, so San Bernardino, Orlando, Rothschild, San Francisco, Fort Lauderdale, the Bronx, Antioch, and many more were all angry white alt-right guys? Thanks! Wasn't aware of that... Maybe I should ask you about the dozens of mass shootings in Chicago every year, alt-right angry white guys too?
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Yeah, that's why there's so many more mass shootings in Israel.
Oh... wait a second...
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It is somewhat more difficult to stab someone to death, not to mention drive a truck in an office building.
Yes, but there is MORE of a difference between the two countries than JUST gun laws.
Using your logic, Japan has no guns, but a much higher suicide rate. Clearly, if they had easier access to guns, suicides would drop, right? England also has a different economy, different culture, and different health care system. I guess that none of that matters, right?
Back when they had easier access to guns, they STILL had a lower homicide rate. Simply stated, if you look at the big picture instead of cherry-picking a few numbers, the data doesn't back you up.
In America, you are as safe as the safest parts of Europe, as long as you avoid the "wrong" neighborhoods. Most areas of the US are very safe, as most of the crime is concentrated into a few, small areas.
If you avoid areas with a high population density and high poverty, you will be OK.
Check out this headline: "Murders in US very concentrated: 54% of US counties in 2014 had zero murders, 2% of counties have 51% of the murders"
https://crimeresearch.org/2017...
If you want to reduce violence, then improving the economy would be a big step in the right direction.
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If taking away weapons does not name it safer, why is the US so against North Korea having some weapons?
Don't fight for your country, if your country does not fight for you.
I think we must immediately begin once again, calling for the ban on AR-15 and other scary looking rifles, and banning standard 30 round capacity magazines!!!
I mean, this is usually what the anti-gunners start yelling after a shooting, right....?
Light travels faster than sound. This is why some people appear bright until you hear them speak.........
But against unarmed victims, they all work great. Nice, France: 86 killed with a truck. Manchester, England: 20 killed with a homemade bomb.
But those are OK because nobody used a gun, right?
Oh, hello Mr. Strawman! Why, what a load of crap you are! I don't know who told you that it is legal to kill people with knives or trucks, but you're pretty gullible if you believe them.
Regarding "they all work good".
You point a gun at an unarmed person- you have very little resistance and a very high chance of killing your victim.
You try to stab someone with a knife- you stand a reasonable chance of failing, being disposed of your knife, and suffering wounds yourself. And if you do make contact- it's hard to make a quick kill and move on to the next victim.
Same with a vehicle- yeah the potential is there to get a lot of people at once- but you essentially get one shot- and then your "Weapon" is disabled.
There's a reason why our soldiers are equipped with guns as their primary weapons and not knives or trucks. Driving trucks at the opposition in war wouldn't work very well- and our knife wielding soldiers would be quickly shot down.
Guns are much more efficient killing weapons... in fact that is their primary purpose. It's a lot harder to ban knives or trucks because they serve a purpose other than killing- in fact, killing isn't what they're primarily designed to do.
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American is doing great. Though, it would be even better if more responsible people were armed instead of just criminals.
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Look at your link again. It's not comparing Houston to Chicago, it's comparing Houston to Chicago Ridge, which is a tiny suburb of 14,000 people way outside Chicago. It's a bedroom community, and as someone who has lived in both Chicago and Houston, it makes complete sense that Houston would have 800% more violent crime than Chicago Ridge.
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