Shooting At Ft.Hood

[Vuk]

If I may be forgiven for posting something that isn't about Obama, Fox News, Islam or the BBC, I find this kinda freaky:

Killeen, TX, the town in which Ft. Hood is situated? There was an even bigger massacre there, although I expect everyone's forgotten about it. Who knows, maybe the acts of violence really do leave an imprint on the place.

DRRN YOU FOR MENTIONING SOMETHING OTHER THAN OBAMA, FOX NEWS, ISLAM, OR BBC! I will never forgive you!

That said, maybe you are reading too much into a coincidence?

EDIT: I tell you what Lemur, we can take this even MORE off topic! That shooting was a conspiracy by George Bush so that he could make guns easier for his cowboy friends to carry, and this newest one was a conspiracy by Obama to show how muslims are discriminated against in the military and how treating them badly can hurt us all! BRILLIANT! Now you have to say Obama, Fox News, Islam, BBC, AND Bush! (Has there ever been a Backroom thread since 2004 where Bush was not mentioned? (usually involved in conspiracy theories :P ))

[Husar]

and this newest one was a conspiracy by Obama to show how muslims are discriminated against in the military and how treating them badly can hurt us all!

So you're saying that a majority of people who ran amok were outsiders and/or treated badly is purely random?
Were the last five school shooters muslims or were they perhaps outsiders who often got harassed by other students? Well, I thought it was kinda obvious but it seems most here want to find some other angle here that serves the current political climate or whatever much better.

I'm waiting for the first politician to find out the guy played CounterStrike so we can finally ban it worldwide.

[Louis VI the Fat]

I'm waiting for the first politician to find out the guy played CounterStrike so we can finally ban it worldwide.

Speaking of which, considering this shooting took place on an army base, does this shed new light on the idea that if only there is an abundance of arms fewer shootings will occur?

I mean, apparantly the shooter had guns, and the army base had, erm, lots of guns too.

[Evil_Maniac From Mars]

Speaking of which, considering this shooting took place on an army base, does this shed new light on the idea that if only there is an abundance of arms fewer shootings will occur?

I mean, apparantly the shooter had guns, and the army base had, erm, lots of guns too.

Apparently his victims were all unarmed, and he managed to kill a few more because it was thought that one of the victims was the shooter. Or something like that.

[Crazed Rabbit]

Speaking of which, considering this shooting took place on an army base, does this shed new light on the idea that if only there is an abundance of arms fewer shootings will occur?

I mean, apparantly the shooter had guns, and the army base had, erm, lots of guns too.

US Army bases are incredibly strict about personally owned arms; you can't carry them around with you, and some base commanders even ban (legally) carrying your own guns off the base.

EDIT: The PDF of a policy announcement by an Army Major General banning USARAK stationed soldiers from legally carrying guns in public places (in addition to on the army base), unlike civilians in Alaska (where the base is located) who can carry concealed guns without any permits.

EDIT: Info from Fort Hood:

FORT HOOD, Texas (AP) - Pfc. Marquest Smith, on his way to Afghanistan in January, was completing routine paperwork about a bee-sting allergy when the sounds erupted.

A loud, popping noise. Moans. The sudden, urgent shout of "Gun!"

Smith poked his head over the cubicle's partition and saw an extraordinary sight: An Army officer with two guns, firing into the crowded room.

The 21-year-old Fort Worth native quickly grabbed the civilian worker who'd been helping with his paperwork and forced her under the desk. He lay low for several minutes, waiting for the shooter to run out of ammunition and wishing he, too, had a gun.

Packed into cubicles with 5-foot-high dividers, the 300 unarmed soldiers were sitting ducks. Those who weren't hit by direct fire were struck by rounds ricocheting off the desks and tile floor

CR

[Vuk]

So you're saying that a majority of people who ran amok were outsiders and/or treated badly is purely random?
Were the last five school shooters muslims or were they perhaps outsiders who often got harassed by other students? Well, I thought it was kinda obvious but it seems most here want to find some other angle here that serves the current political climate or whatever much better.

I'm waiting for the first politician to find out the guy played CounterStrike so we can finally ban it worldwide.

lmao, and you took that seriously? lolzeroo

[a completely inoffensive name]

I don't think this thread could be any worse if I even tried my best at trolling in it. I am surprised this fiasco of a debate hasn't been locked yet. Oh well, lots of lulz for me at idiotic posts.

[Banquo's Ghost]

I don't think this thread could be any worse if I even tried my best at trolling in it. I am surprised this fiasco of a debate hasn't been locked yet. Oh well, lots of lulz for me at idiotic posts.

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