There won't be much discussion of this shooting ... just like there wasn't -- CharlestonSC 06/29/2018 12:12PM It could also be that they don't stay in the news as long because these -- BocaHoo91 06/29/2018 12:29PM It occurs to me that there may psychology related to the magazine capacity -- NJHoo 06/29/2018 1:45PM The issue is how many clips they can carry in a backpack or vest...clip -- Tuckahokie 06/29/2018 2:23PM Counterpoint -- WahooMatt05 06/29/2018 2:53PM Of course...time aids the responders. My point was that in the case of Cho -- Tuckahokie 06/29/2018 3:01PM Change some nouns... -- Beerman 06/29/2018 8:35PM Please don't even speak his name. Just call him (and yes, it takes more -- Late 80s Hokie 06/29/2018 3:09PM I really wish the media would stop repeating these sick f'ers names. That's -- Hoodafan 06/29/2018 3:16PM They appear to be learning. CNN's headlines state gunman & shooting suspect -- WahooMatt05 06/29/2018 3:34PM I agree, but I'll take smaller numbers per event going forward -- WahooMatt05 06/29/2018 3:03PM Also, why is body armor available to the public? ** -- hooshouse 06/29/2018 2:20PM You want to ban clothing now....wtf ** -- hoothat 06/29/2018 2:26PM Why do you need a bullet proof vest? ** -- hooshouse 06/29/2018 2:40PM Why does it matter? -- hoothat 06/29/2018 2:45PM Maybe you’re just an asshole; ). I know, it takes one to know one. ** -- Cold Hoober Hoo 06/29/2018 2:56PM My lawyer once advised me -- hoothat 06/29/2018 3:11PM Because if you don't allow him his bullet proof vest, a dystopian -- BocaHoo91 06/29/2018 2:41PM He posts on The Soapbox (as a Republican :>) ** -- Tuckahokie 06/29/2018 2:40PM Funny that -- hoothat 06/29/2018 3:00PM I know nothing about guns but I heard one person say yesterday that the -- 111Balz 06/29/2018 1:29PM If you're modifying shotgun shells to be more lethal, my sense is that more -- CharlestonSC 06/29/2018 3:04PM For a 12 gauge shotgun, a buckshot shell has from 6 to 9 shot per shell. -- NJHoo 06/29/2018 1:53PM Gotcha. Thanks ** -- 111Balz 06/29/2018 1:58PM According to wiki (i know) there have been 27 mass shootings since 1949 -- CharlestonSC 06/29/2018 1:27PM Feels like a pretty strong correlation between semi-auto rifles and -- BocaHoo91 06/29/2018 1:57PM I think you are incorrect -- Tafkam Hokie 06/29/2018 5:35PM Maybe so ... I think my larger point is that we have a right to own guns -- CharlestonSC 06/29/2018 3:19PM You really think we have a small problem? -- BocaHoo91 06/29/2018 8:16PM Statistically, yes, it is a small problem -- Tafkam Hokie 06/29/2018 10:30PM As a country we've made a decision that the freedom to own a gun is more -- CharlestonSC 06/29/2018 9:41PM I don't know. If you eliminate suicides and unintentional deaths, I think -- BocaHoo91 06/29/2018 9:53PM Just guessing a bit here, but I expect that points more to our drug/gang -- Tafkam Hokie 06/29/2018 10:36PM You're comparing dissimiliar things. -- hoothat 06/29/2018 10:17PM Right, they're nothing like us. We kill each other with guns at a rate -- BocaHoo91 06/29/2018 10:53PM We're also free. ** -- hoothat 06/29/2018 11:03PM Yeah, unlike all those unfree people of Western Europe, Australia -- BocaHoo91 06/29/2018 11:07PM You honestly think those countries are akin to the US? ** -- hoothat 06/29/2018 11:23PM No, as I said, they have far fewer guns and kill each other -- BocaHoo91 06/29/2018 11:54PM And what I see is a country with a violence problem. It's not hard to get a -- CharlestonSC 06/29/2018 10:08PM Switzerland has a higher gun death rate than most other countries and has -- BocaHoo91 06/29/2018 10:15PM Switzerland is a lazy comparison. The "guns" they have are state-issued -- WahooRQ 06/30/2018 10:52AM Right, but the correlation of more guns and more gun deaths holds even in -- BocaHoo91 06/30/2018 11:44AM Was this shooting less deadly because he wasn't aren't a semi-automatic or -- Hokie5150 06/29/2018 12:49PM And were police really on the scene in 60 seconds? Is the newspaper -- BocaHoo91 06/29/2018 1:00PM 60 seconds in a business district isn’t unusual ** -- 757 06/29/2018 4:03PM Could have just been lucky to have a car in the area. Happens sometimes. ** -- Late 80s Hokie 06/29/2018 3:11PM I don't know...simply going by what has been reported from multiple outlets ** -- Hokie5150 06/29/2018 1:23PM I heard 60 seconds too. Must be a 7-11 -- hooshouse 06/29/2018 1:56PM It isn't. Reported as 60 second response. ** -- hoothat 06/29/2018 1:01PM I'm going to go with both -- BocaHoo91 06/29/2018 12:51PM