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What I don’t understand is why we re-enact this tortuous ritual of heartbreaking remembrances of gun victims when we refuse to do anything about curbing gun violence, other than shaking our heads? It’s macabre.

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Welp, this one caught me by surprise.

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/02/us/montana-search-suspect-anaconda-bar-shooting.html

I was in this shithole bar last September killing time before checking into a cabin I rented on nearby Lake Georgetown for the weekend. Much like this shooting, I was in there on Friday around noon. I ended up knocking back a few beers with a retired Vietnam vet who had spent his whole life in the area, and he gave me the lowdown on the are... cool dude. He was the only person in the joint other than the haggard bartender and the owner who was already drunk at  that time. I looked up the photos of those killed and it doesn't seem to be the people I met. Still weird to see this story about one of the tiniest random dive bars I've spent time in the last 20 years. Shit happens everywhere I guess. 

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7 minutes ago, C-Man said:

Fort Stewart shooting live updates: Casualties reported, post on lockdown

https://www.fox5atlanta.com/news/lockdown-fort-stewart-army-post-georgia

A lockdown is currently in place at Georgia's Fort Stewart after what officials are calling an "active shooter incident." 

This is going to quickly become so common no one who isn't part of it will really notice anymore. This country really is in the beginning of a soft civil war

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3 hours ago, Hermanator said:

This is going to quickly become so common no one who isn't part of it will really notice anymore. This country really is in the beginning of a soft civil war

"Beginning?"

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27 minutes ago, Pancho said:

What is happening in ATX?

I don't understand the question. Is this still Texas, in America? This is expected. I've resolved myself to getting shot at at some point in my life. hopefully later, but it's gonna happen. 'muricuh

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Reportedly, and predictably, he suffered with mental illness but still allowed to possess a firearm. If we have to suffer the inconvenience of being shot, we’ll…

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Just now, hornmpa96 said:

Mentally ill with a criminal history. Why does Greg Abbott want this person to have a gun?

Now, that's silly.  Policy in this state isn't that they WANT everyone to have a gun.  The policy is that they'd really like to REQUIRE it.

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On 7/29/2025 at 8:08 AM, jimmyjazz said:

Statistically speaking, life is not all that fragile.  Poor diet, alcohol, drugs, sedentary lifestyle, excessive speeding or driving under the influence, carcinogens in our food & environment, chemtrails, viral and bacterial outbreaks, gun and other modes of violence, war, the list goes on, and yet the average life expectancy of Americans is at an all-time high.

I look at life as being precious. It is so painfully short the time we are given. Like most everyone here I am just numb to the shootings unless it involves children. When the life of a human being is taken in its infancy that really stops me in my tracks. 

Every day when I am at work and someone is having a rough day the thing I remind them of is that today they were able to wake up to another day. I also tell them that only they have the power to decide how today goes and to make the best of it because for many people yesterday was it and they did not wake up today. You soldier on and find the beauty in the small moments and hopefully you get to wake up the next day and do it all over again. 

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5 minutes ago, GhostOfTomJoad said:

So only one kid dead vs dozens in Uvalde? See how much better things are under Trump's strong leadership?

-- Greg Abbott

 "IT COULD HAVE BEEN WORSE" ®

 

That really is our official state motto now, isn't it? 

Edited by Brisketexan
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2 minutes ago, Goofyboy said:

How long till our first school shooting of the season?

BackToSchool_tosblog.jpg

The scent of freshly sharpened pencils, the smell of gunpowder, the gentle jingle of hot brass hitting the pavement, the sounds of children screaming (removed from this video at the governor's request).  Goshdarnit, it's morning in America!

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18 hours ago, Brisketexan said:

Now, that's silly.  Policy in this state isn't that they WANT everyone to have a gun.  The policy is that they'd really like to REQUIRE it.

Only the males, though. 



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