Shooting at Columbia, Md., mall leaves 3 dead

[Gerald]

As throngs of patrons strolled and browsed at the Mall in Columbia on a gray, cold Saturday, shotgun blasts rang out and bodies fell as a familiar tragedy — homicidal lunacy in a crowded public place — brought terror to a suburban Maryland shopping complex.

It happened just after 11 a.m., about 25 miles northeast of Washington. A gunman opened fire on the mall’s second level, killing two employees of Zumiez, a clothing store for skateboarders and snowboarders, Howard County police said. Minutes later, when officers arrived, they found the shooter dead of an apparently self-inflicted wound.

Unpleasant news.


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[Tango589]

What the hell is wrong with these people?

[Wolferz]

Originally Posted by Tango589

What the hell is wrong with these people?

They're bloody friggin crazy!
This is the result you get by closing mental health facilities.
Plus all the other societal pressures that push these people over the edge.

IIRC we can thank Ronald Reagan for that idiocy.

[Tango589]

What a great combination: the mentally unhinged walking round with easy access to firearms. I'm surprised this is not a more regular occourance.

[Gerald]

In the late 90s,(In Sweden) so shut down the institutions where patients had lived for decades, but now would it saved money, they vast majority who had lived there were psychologically unable to fend for themselves, but many had no choice and they then moved into "regular" neighborhoods, and it had consequences among ordinary citizens.

[Jimbuna]

Originally Posted by Tango589

What a great combination: the mentally unhinged walking round with easy access to firearms. I'm surprised this is not a more regular occourance.

Sounds like my local city centre on a weekend evening

[Tango589]

Originally Posted by Jimbuna

Sounds like my local city centre on a weekend evening

You should move to the Medway area of Kent, it's live a lively night in Bhagdad high street!