…that every time one of these things makes the news my first reaction isn’t “Oh lord, how terrible!” but “Oh, lord. Here we go again.”?
Predictions:
a. Umpqua Community college is a gun-free zone.
b. The level of coverage will be directly proportional to the shooter’s level of right-wingedness. Which won’t stop “Umpqua” from being the next gungrabber battle cry.
c. Assuming this isn’t a muslim thing, the shooter will be on some antidepressant we won’t hear about. Because guns. Assuming it is a muslim thing, it’ll still be about guns.
d. After careful investigation requiring as much as 15 seconds of fevered typing on the part of opinion leaders, the whole tragic matter will turn out to be the NRA’s fault.
ETA: Apparently the prez decided he didn’t need no stinking details about … anything. He was pre-empting radio time and hollering for “common sense gun control” before the last body hit the floor. It’s almost as if his speechwriters just penciled in the name on a pre-written speech. So whatever it’s about, it’s about guns. I feel kinda naughty for listening to his enlightening words about dirty guns while actually wearing a dirty gun.
Also: Yup. Certified Gun-Free. So this couldn’t have happened, and predictions a and c have already been fulfilled and I still don’t know what if anything the shooting was even about. Gosh, I wonder if I could get a gig predicting the future on one of those supermarket papers?
An earlier report said the “shooter” was in custody, so either the SWAT boys just can’t stand not to play their stupid game, or they really didn’t find him yet. Wonder if this one will kill himself or provide target practice for the swatties…
UNCONFIRMED REPORTS OF 7-TO-15 DEAD — MORE THAN 20 HURT — IN SHOOTING ON OREGON COLLEGE CAMPUS http://www.foxnews.com/us/2015/10/01/oregon-cops-respond-to-report-shooter-at-community-college/
LOCAL AUTHORITIES AND MEDIA are reporting at least 7 people are dead — with reports of up to 15 — in a shooting at Umpqua Community College in Roseburg, Ore. SWAT teams reportedly are moving building-to-building, but the Douglas County, Ore., sheriff is telling Fox News that there no longer is an active threat.
(Ok, then, which is it? Of COURSE they can have it both ways…. just ask them. sigh)
Bad? Nope, you’re normal, i.e., your brain works.
There s one paper so far finding a statistically significant increase in violent offending in teens to 25 year olds on SSRI.
Which is interesting, other statistically significant effects include doubling of suicide risk, doubling of miscarriage, doubling of birth defects, doubling of still born, double risk of neonatal death
Trashed sex life, sometimes permanently.
But what isn’t statistically significant is difference between SSRI and placebo for lifting depression.
Guns’ll be blamed though.
If the TV news is to believed, it was a single shooter (who is now said to be a shootee)
I’m not surprised at this. I was wondering why it took so long, after they realized the fake reporter shooting would not fly.
I heard about this today, after being in the woods for the last week, with no phone, internets, radiotelegraph – nothing but me and the puppy. As I came out of the mountains, I turned on the radio, got a signal, and the first thing I heard was “OMG! Another senseless shooting at a (gun-free) university!”, So I turned off the radio, I feel that I’ve become inured to the whole thing, and just do not care anymore. And the scary thought is: that might be what they have in mind.
Cherry on top- I was told that objecting to Universal Background Checks here in Oregon would lead to more mass shootings. Wait, that PASSED… That was going to SOLVE this problem!