News: 20 Kansas City shootings: Suspect in custody

Thirty All

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(CNN) -- A male suspect has been taken into custody in connection with as many as 20 highway shootings in the Kansas City, Missouri, area, that began in early March, police said Thursday.

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Local and federal authorities, including the FBI and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, have been trying to find out who is behind the shootings on major highways and roads around the city since they began on March 8.

http://www.cnn.com/2014/04/17/us/kan...html?hpt=hp_c2

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Glad there's way stricter gun control here...I would feel super unsafe
Hope people stay safe on the highways

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Goosey

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Originally posted by Thirty All

Glad there's way stricter gun control here...I would feel super unsafe

That works both ways

in Kansas you can have your own gun and be equal to the criminals... in Hamburg you're left defenseless.

Skywalker

Kansas City has been feeling a whole lot safer until this incident. So happy a suspect has been found.

Thirty All

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Originally posted by Goosey

That works both ways

in Kansas you can have your own gun and be equal to the criminals... in Hamburg you're left defenseless.

But where was a gunman to save the 20 children and 6 adults at Newton, 82 people shot in the Colorado movie theater?

Have you also considered how many more innocent people could potentially die by stray bullets?

Slow Down

I was literally just there to meet Miley (until she got sick) & this is all I could think about when we were driving. I don't understand the point in shooting at random cars, they're obviously sick in the head.

Cάrter

Mezter

No, not KC

Was the last part necessary though?

Slow Down

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Originally posted by Thirty All

But where was a gunman to save the 20 children and 6 adults at Newton, 82 people shot in the Colorado movie theater?

Have you also considered how many more innocent people could potentially die by stray bullets?

Let's be real, even if gun control laws were stricter, criminals are just gonna break the law & get guns in some way if they really want to. I'd rather have the safety & right of owning a gun & having one in my home rather than to be defenseless in a state of emergency.

If someone's really determined to do something bad, they're going to find a way to carry it out regardless of the law.

Skywalker

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Originally posted by Slow Down

I was literally just there to meet Miley (until she got sick) & this is all I could think about when we were driving. I don't understand the point in shooting at random cars, they're obviously sick in the head.

I got in a wreck and was stranded on the highway for a solid 30 minutes.

Thank god no one told me about a shooter.

Goosey

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Originally posted by Thirty All

But where was a gunman to save the 20 children and 6 adults at Newton, 82 people shot in the Colorado movie theater?

The theatre was supposedly a "gun free zone"... maybe that's why he picked it. Personally I would rather have a gun, than no gun, if someone was trying to kill me...

But anyways that is adifference between Germany and the US... in the United States the mentality is "look out for number one". They have more personal rights but perhaps society is less safe (maybe the NSA is trying to change this though)...

In Germany the mentality is "keep society safe". They have less personal rights in the interests of keeping society safe.

For example Germany has strict regulations on certain expression (Nazi symbols etc), strict laws around violence in video games, even insulting people can lead to large fines and lawsuits (Beleidigungsgesetz). In the US people like Neo-Nazis or Westboro Baptist Church are protected under the First Amendment for better or for worse...

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Originally posted by Thirty All

Have you also considered how many more innocent people could potentially die by stray bullets?

Very few people die by stray bullets and those who do are usually killed in gunfights between gangs, drive-by shootings, etc. Innocent people usually die in accidents or suicide involving guns.

Thirty All

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Originally posted by Slow Down

Let's be real, even if gun control laws were stricter, criminals are just gonna break the law & get guns in some way if they really want to. I'd rather have the safety & right of owning a gun & having one in my home rather than to be defenseless in a state of emergency.

If someone's really determined to do something bad, they're going to find a way to carry it out regardless of the law.

Well how many shootings have actually been stopped by another shooter aiming to protect others? It's usually the police, which would be unaffected by stricter gun control.

Violence is not the answer

Goosey

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Originally posted by Thirty All

Well how many shootings have actually been stopped by another shooter aiming to protect others? It's usually the police, which would be unaffected by stricter gun control.

Violence is not the answer

In the UK lots of people think even police should not carry guns. Most UK police do not carry any type of guns... they have to call a special "Authorized Firearms Officer" if they need someone with a pistol.

Bey_Rihstan

kii, I was wondering why all those cops were around there while driving to practice.