Empire State Building shooting

[Alsatian]

"Two people have reportedly been shot dead after a gunman opened fire outside the Empire State Building on Friday morning.

A police source told Reuters two people had died and others had suffered injuries after shots rang out just before 9 a.m. by the New York monument.

It is believed at three or four people were shot before the NYPD swooped on the scene and shot the gunman dead."


Source: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2193065/Empire-State-Building-shooting-Five-people-shot-gunman-NYC.html#ixzz24TIUm2RY

Add another one to the ever growing list this year...

[[SE]Dr_Pepper27]

To my knowledge, the two dead include the gunman.

[Dolfagr]

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/9497417/Empire-State-Building-shooting-two-killed.html

http://www.france24.com/en/20120824-shooting-wounds-several-new-york-usa-empire-state-building-crime

http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/08/24/us-usa-shooting-empirestate-idUSBRE87N0M220120824


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Post Merge: August 24, 2012, 07:17:45 pmJust noticed a topic is already out there, feel free to delete / lock 

[Gandalf]

Get fired, fire, get fired upon.

[FlameMan]

Liberal weapon law in the USA ends with such situations....
Wondering when will they realize that.

[Mashgash]

Nine injured in gunfire - some might have been hit by police bullets

Another trigger happy cop..

This man entered the heart of NY and discharged a pistol. As a result he got shot to death.
Anders Breivik planted and detonated a bomb under Norway's government building and killed 69 teenagers. As a result he got 21 years in prison.
It is a wierd world we live in, people...

[SugarD]

Liberal weapon law in the USA ends with such situations....
Wondering when will they realize that.

1. The whole country does not have the same laws regarding weapons.
2. The laws are not the reason for stupid people getting a hold of guns.
3. Liberal weapon laws can go both ways, depending on the country or place in question. Don't use them as an excuse for shootings. The majority isn't responsible for one's own actions that only that one person has control over.

Another trigger happy cop..

It was a shooting. The cop is not trigger happy...they weren't aiming at civilians. Try putting yourself into their shoes. You have one person with a gun somewhere in a large city area where a lot of people are at, people running and screaming everywhere, lots of vehicles speeding by, people bleeding on the ground, and you're spinning around with your gun out looking for the shooter before you become the next victim. Now tell me you wouldn't have any chance of accidentally shooting the wrong person...especially if they run in front of you when you're shooting at the gunman.

[Gandalf]

1. The whole country does not have the same laws regarding weapons.
2. The laws are not the reason for stupid people getting a hold of guns.
3. Liberal weapon laws can go both ways, depending on the country or place in question. Don't use them as an excuse for shootings. The majority isn't responsible for one's own actions that only that one person has control over.

Actually the whole country is, as through having different laws without border control it facilitates one stupid person who wishes to act out of control.

[SugarD]

Actually the whole country is, as through having different laws without border control it facilitates one stupid person who wishes to act out of control.

Regardless of no unity in the laws, though, a person could still commit such a crime. If you make weapons hard to get, they just get them illegally. If you make them easy to get, they get them legally. It still doesn't stop them from getting them. It just changes the difficulty to obtain them. If they really want to go on a rampage, they will anyway.

[JDC]

Topics merged.

[Gandalf]

Regardless of no unity in the laws, though, a person could still commit such a crime. If you make weapons hard to get, they just get them illegally. If you make them easy to get, they get them legally. It still doesn't stop them from getting them. It just changes the difficulty to obtain them. If they really want to go on a rampage, they will anyway.

The more difficult to obtain, the less chances that someone in a fit of rage decides to grab a gun and shoot.

[Mark_DeCaval]

Argonath have very similiar gun laws, president knows they ain't perfect, still he won't change them, why? The crowd won't like it as they got used to weapons, also what if there will be zombie invasion?

[Gandalf]

Argonath have very similiar gun laws, president knows they ain't perfect, still he won't change them, why? The crowd won't like it as they got used to weapons, also what if there will be zombie invasion?

Because we are not RL.

[TheGreasyChopper]

I'm starting to think Dave Mustaine was right about Obama behind all this shit...  :redface:

[Alsatian]

Regardless of no unity in the laws, though, a person could still commit such a crime. If you make weapons hard to get, they just get them illegally. If you make them easy to get, they get them legally. It still doesn't stop them from getting them. It just changes the difficulty to obtain them. If they really want to go on a rampage, they will anyway.

Of course people will be able to obtain weapons illegally, as is the case with any item. But, should people really be able to purchase assault rifles from local stores?