If any of you have ever wondered what it felt like to hear Martin Luther King’s speeches or FDR’s “Day that will live in infamy” speech in the present day, without knowing if it would have an impact on history but somehow believing that, yes, what you are hearing will be in a museum someday…listen to this.
“The
shoppers’ immediate response to the violent event ‘absolutely slowed’
investigation as it left authorities scanning through surveillance tapes
in pursuit of the single armed attacker.
The
few innocent yet armed individuals were eventually weeded out as
suspects, amid the several hour-long investigation which began Wednesday
night and into Thursday morning.
A
police spokesperson confirmed after the building had been deemed ‘safe
enough’ to enter, officials quickly began examining footage from inside
the supermarket, according to The Denver Post.
‘That’s
when we started noticing that a number of individuals had pulled
weapons,’ said Victor Avila, who works in part for the Thornton Police
Department.
‘At that point, as soon as
you see that, that’s the one you try to trace through the store, only to
maybe find out that’s not him, and we’re back to ground zero again,
starting to look again. That’s what led to the extended time.‘”
Oh! Oh, do I understand correctly that none of these innocent yet armed individuals went on to shoot the actual shooter? I feel faint with surprise
I am shocked. Stunned even. You mean all of those good guys with a gun didn’t do a damned thing. Quick, I need my smelling salts.
Oh but they COULD have done something!!! They VERY EASILY could have mistaken EACH OTHER as the Active Shooter and started a full blown firefight AMONGST THEMSELVES/Arriving Police.
The longer this infantile attidute about guns persists? The more shit like this is gonna happen and, INEVITABLY, SOMBODIE is going to pull a trigger. Then? Once THAT kind of adrenaline fueled/panic stricken shit STARTS? Luck/Fate will be the ONLY thing that determines who/how many get hurt or die.
You mean to tell me that not only did these people with guns not instantly fix the situation like the NRA and Rupublicans love to say they would, but they actually made it worse and weren’t American heroes ? NO WAY!
Yall. The shooter was the same age as me, went to the same high school as a lot of my friends did.
Fuckin hell. I probably saw this dude graduate.
In case you were wondering what kind of person Devin Patrick Kelley was.
He was kicked out of the Air Force for assaulting his wife and kid, and this was the kind of thing he regularly posted on facebook.
Don’t let them try to paint him as some sad, mentally ill loner. He was an angry, violent conservative misogynist.
The number one thing mass shooters have in common is a history of violence against women. This has been true over and over and over again but is almost never reported on. Don’t ever forget this when people say you’re “too sensitive” for pointing out misogyny.
He fractured his toddler’s skull… He also abused animals. Everybody who knows him says this shooting isn’t surprising which makes me wonder why he was able to legally purchase a weapon + why he wasn’t incarcerated for doing bodily injury to his wife and baby.
If your argument against gun control goes like this “what if a bad guy has a gun I need one to defend myself” then you’re already stating that a gun is a threat to the safety of those nearby. You’re tickling your ego by thinking you with your gun will be faster and smarter than the bad guy and frankly my life is not worth testing out your bullshit attitude. You already know guns are bad, you just think you with a gun is better. If they shoot you or you shoot them that’s the same number of people killed. You still believe guns are dangerous you just wanna feel cool idk what to tell you champ just stop sniffing the glue.
You put this into words way better than I could have
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