Yet another shooting

[STEED]

Here we go again..

The latest from Thousand Oaks in California where 12 people in a bar have been shot dead by a gunman.

Key points:

• 12 people, including a police officer, have been shot dead in a bar in Thousand Oaks, California
• The gunman is also dead but little is known about them
• The Borderline Bar and Grill was full of hundreds of people attending a 'College Country Night'

https://news.sky.com/story/police-of...oting-11547986

To be honest what can anyone say as this is so common now.

[Dowly]

Thoughts and Prayers!

[HunterICX]

Originally Posted by STEED

Here we go again..

To be honest what can anyone say as this is so common now.

Think you already said it, but yeah just another day in the USA.

[Jimbuna]

Senseless

[Mr Quatro]

This one hurts the vets ... the shooter was a ex-Marine 28 years old. The VA needs to do a better job of caring for their patients.

[vienna]

The gunman actually posted to social media during the shooting; he took a break and posted to Instagram:

'Fact is I had no reason to do it': Thousand Oaks gunman posted to Instagram during massacre --

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/...re/1958013002/

Long, 28, first posted on Instagram at 11:24 p.m: "It's too bad I won't get to see all the illogical and pathetic reasons people will put in my mouth as to why I did it," the military veteran said in the post. "Fact is I had no reason to do it, and I just thought....(exploitive), life is boring so why not?" Long posted, according to ABC News and Buzzfeed.

Three minutes later Long posted, "I hope people call me insane (two smiley face emojiis) would that just be a big ball of irony? Yeah... I'm insane, but the only thing you people do after these shootings is 'hopes and prayers'...or 'keep you in my thoughts'."

He added, "Every time...and wonder why these keep happening... --(two smiley face emojis)."

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[Onkel Neal]

but the only thing you people do after these shootings is 'hopes and prayers'...or 'keep you in my thoughts'."

Yeah, true.

Bad enough he kills for no reason. Has to taunt us, too.

Honestly wish we could all agree ( all people in the population, not just us in this forum) to stop treating these shootings as entertainment and strip these killers of their notoriety by having the media print bare facts, excluding his name, and move on.

I read that he had mental issues and was checked out by professionals; California has laws that could have stripped him of his firearms but apparently he was deemed not a risk. Alas.