9 Dead in Omaha Shooting

[AG124]

Just read this on the internet; it appears that either 8 or 9 people were gunned down in a mall in Omaha (reports are conflicting on which number it is) - plus 5 more were injured (and the gunmen appears to have shot himself. No word on who is is or why he did it, but some sources are reporting that the police arrested a second suspect who was hiding under a bench at a bus stop dressed in camouflage.

Here's a link:

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071205/...ll_shooting_20

[Chock]

hiding under a bench at a bus stop dressed in camouflage.

Why was a bus stop dressed in camouflage?

Chock

[Letum]

A tragic, yet unsuprising, incident.

[Ducimus]

Originally Posted by Letum

A tragic, if unsuprising, incident.

Saw it on the news in the breakroom as i clocked in. My mental reaction was..

"what? Again?"

[Skybird]

Originally Posted by Letum

A tragic, yet unsuprising, incident.

Heared it on TV. Exactly your words were first on my mind (in German, of course).

[Reaves]

What type of guns? Automatic? Semi?

Just wondering if it could have been avoided by having similar gun restrictions that we have down here.

-gun lover but guns don't kill people, stupid people with guns kill people.


EDIT-

Keith Fidler, a Von Maur employee, said he heard a burst of five to six shots followed by 15 to 20 more rounds. Fidler said he huddled in the corner of the men's clothing department with about a dozen other employees until police yelled to get out of the store.

A witness, Shawn Vidlak, said he heard four or five rapid shots "like a nail gun." At first he thought it was noise from construction work going on at the mall.

[AVGWarhawk]

Not trying to be funny here but why don't these people do something original? For instance, blow there own head off and just leave a note as to why? Is it really necessary to take others with you? Personally I find these individuals chicken sh!t by taking their own life afterwards.

[Yahoshua]

You actually trust reporters to write down the facts in a news article? It could be a semi-automatic but a reporter will still call it an "Assault Rifle."

There are only 2 known incidents of Fully Automatic Weapons being used in a massacre and BOTH were done by LEOs who lost their minds.

Wait a day or so before we start calling the weapon an "Assault Rifle" or as being "Fully Automatic." Fully Automatic weapons aren't as common here in the states as you might think they are.

[AVGWarhawk]

Originally Posted by Yahoshua

You actually trust reporters to write down the facts in a news article? It could be a semi-automatic but a reporter will still call it an "Assault Rifle."

There are only 2 known incidents of Fully Automatic Weapons being used in a massacre and BOTH were done by LEOs who lost their minds.

Wait a day or so before we start calling the weapon an "Assault Rifle" or as being "Fully Automatic." Fully Automatic weapons aren't as common here in the states as you might think they are.

The media likes to embellish. Assault Rifle just sounds great to the news folks.

[Reaves]

Originally Posted by Yahoshua

You actually trust reporters to write down the facts in a news article? It could be a semi-automatic but a reporter will still call it an "Assault Rifle."

There are only 2 known incidents of Fully Automatic Weapons being used in a massacre and BOTH were done by LEOs who lost their minds.

Wait a day or so before we start calling the weapon an "Assault Rifle" or as being "Fully Automatic." Fully Automatic weapons aren't as common here in the states as you might think they are.

It's funny because there was no mention in the article about what type of gun it was, hence why I quoted what the witnesses heard.

Keith Fidler, a Von Maur employee, said he heard a burst of five to six shots followed by 15 to 20 more rounds. Fidler said he huddled in the corner of the men's clothing department with about a dozen other employees until police yelled to get out of the store.

A witness, Shawn Vidlak, said he heard four or five rapid shots "like a nail gun." At first he thought it was noise from construction work going on at the mall.

I think a semi automatic is overkill for hunting the same as an auto. You don't need it, you just want it. A bolt or lever action is sufficient for civillian use. The thing is they can also kill so if you were going to ban semi's you might as well ban all guns, which I certainly don't agree with.

I don't know the solution but if nothing changes these instances are only going to repeat.

[nikimcbee]

Says here, it was a SKS.

http://www.breitbart.com/article.php...show_article=1
found this on drudge.

[Iceman]

It was the second mass shooting at a mall this year. In February, nine people were shot, five of them fatally, at Trolley Square mall in Salt Lake City. The gunman, 18-year-old Sulejman Talovic, was shot and killed by police.

As Skybird once pointed out in some other thread....I think when a kid in some other country killed himself and some people here recently...it is at these ages when life is really hard for kids.They are confused and looking for hope and answers and all life gives them is crap it seems.

I keep telling my wife I want to get a big house like the Waltons and everyone can live there young and old...that is family.

Who says kids need move out when they reach certain ages...who decided this and when?

Well S.O.B. hopefully this will let parents know how important a stable family is and let they're kids know they are always welcome.Granted I know kids need to see life on they're own maybe this is where the prodigal son lesson is so important...if they will only come home then we could help.

[sparkomatic]

terrible

[STEED]

Not the first and not the last, this sickness will continual.