That I agree with and honestly that kind of regulation would be just as important as gun reform, you can walk into any pawn shop around here and buy 100 magazines no questions asked.
I’m a nerd on many things, I get haughty if someone like Tony romo calls a jet sweep an end around. but man gun nerds that “well actually” nomenclature after a killing can fuck all the way off
Suspect In Chiefs Parade Shooting Had GoFundMe The family of a suspect arrested in relation to the shooting at the Kansas City Chiefs' Super Bowl LVIII victory parade launched a GoFundMe to help him through a "tragic time," the New York Post reports. Teneal Burnside, the mother of Lyndell Mays, 23, shared a photo of her son in a hospital bed recovering from nine bullet wounds from the shootout he later confessed to starting. “He is in the ICU fighting for a recovery from several surgeries from going to the Chiefs’ Super Bowl celebration with his older sister,” Burnside wrote on the since-deleted fundraiser. “Getting shot multiple times at a time that was [meant] to bring so much joy to so many has [brought] pain and sadness to all that was attending." The GoFundMe reportedly raised $100 toward Mays' medical bills before he was identified as one of two people arrested in relation to the shooting on Tuesday (February 20). Mays admitted to initially pulling his gun and shooting first during an argument with Dominic Miller, 18, who was the other shooting suspect arrested, according to court documents obtained by the New York Post. Spoiler Mays and Miller were both charged with second-degree murder, two counts of armed criminal action and unlawful use of a weapon, Baker confirmed, Jackson County Prosecutor Jean Peters Baker announced via ABC News. “Mays confirmed that he drew his gun first … and started shooting, all because they said, ‘I’m going to get you,’ and to him, that meant, ‘I’m going to kill you,’” court documents stated. “Mays stated the other individuals started shooting only after [he] shot first.” Investigators asked Mays why he "advanced with them to begin with," to which he allegedly replied, “Stupid, man. Just pulled a gun out and started shooting. I shouldn’t have done that. Just being stupid," according to the documents. Mays and Miller were reported to have had no history prior to the argument. A bullet from Miller's gun struck Lisa Lopez-Galvan, the lone victim killed during the incident, which also resulted in at least 22 other injuries. Both suspects are being held on a $1 million bond. The Chiefs were celebrating their third Super Bowl victory in the past five years days after defeating the San Francisco 49ers, 25-22, in overtime during Super Bowl LVIII, having previously defeated San Francisco, 31-20, in Super Bowl LIV. Kansas City is also the first team since the New England Patriots in 2005 to repeat as Super Bowl champions and the ninth in NFL history.
Pretty sure the Chiefs have banned native attire and face painting for like 5 years now. Way too late clearly but at least they did it.
Could Alleged Super Bowl Parade Shooters Use Stand Your Ground Law Defense? Several legal experts believe that the two men accused of opening fire near the end of the Kansas City Chiefs Super Bowl parade could use Missouri's "Stand Your Ground" law as a defense, according to a report by the Associated Press. Spoiler Lyndell Mays, 23, and 18-year-old Dominic Miller have both been charged with second-degree murder for allegedly firing into the crowd, leaving one woman dead and nearly two dozen others, including 11 children, injured. Both men told investigators that they felt threatened before the shooting. Mays said that he heard somebody in the crowd say, "I'm going to get you," and thought that meant, "I'm going to kill you." He then scanned the crowd and started shooting at the person he thought said it. When questioned by the police, Miller said he only fired several shots because somebody else was shooting at him. Trial attorney Daniel Ross told the AP that many defense lawyers expect Mays and Miller to evoke the "Stand Your Ground" defense when they go to trial. Ross explained that under the law, the prosecution must disprove claims that a shooting was an act of lawful self-defense. "Collateral damage under Missouri law is excused if you’re actually engaged in lawful self-defense and there’s other folks injured," Ross noted. However, Eric Ruben, a law professor at the S.M.U. Dedman School of Law in Dallas said the law doesn't mean people can blindly fire into a large crowd and claim self-defense. "Even though Missouri has robust stand-your-ground laws, that doesn’t mean you can spray bullets into a crowd in the name of defending yourself or others," Ruben said.
So even the veterans who are so proud of their firearms training can’t be trusted to have guns in the civilian world. That helps solidify the fact that the second amendment needs to be repealed.
8 teens wounded by gunfire at Philadelphia bus stop in city’s 4th transit shooting in as many days BY RON TODT Updated 9:50 PM CST, March 6, 2024 PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Police say eight Philadelphia high school students waiting to board a city bus after classes Wednesday were wounded by gunshots from suspects who jumped from a car and opened fire, the fourth shooting on the transit system in as many days. The previous three shootings each involved a fatality. Those wounded at the bus stop included a 16-year-old who was hit nine times and was in critical condition, Kevin Bethel, the city’s police commissioner, said at a news conference. Police said later that a second victim was also in critical condition. The others were said to be in stable condition. Spoiler Bethel said the Northeast High School students, ranging in age from 15 to 17, were waiting for the bus around 3 p.m. when three people emerged from the car, which was waiting at the scene, and fired more than 30 shots. Police said the attackers were masked and the car was a dark blue Hyundai Sonata. Police then received numerous 911 calls about a “mass shooting on the highway near Dunkin’ Donuts,” in northeast Philadelphia, according to police spokesperson Tanya Little. The injured teens were taken to Einstein Medical Center and Jefferson Torresdale Hospital, according to John Golden, a spokesperson for the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority, or SEPTA. Two buses — a Route 18 bus and a Route 67 bus — were hit by gunfire, but there were no reports of injuries to passengers or the driver. Northeast High School is more than a mile from where the shooting took place and the largest public high school in the city, with more than 3,000 students. Monique Braxton, deputy chief of communications for the Philadelphia school district, said the shooting occurred near Crossan Elementary, which was dismissing students at the time but pulled them back inside and locked down. It later got an all-clear from police. Mayor Cherelle Parker, standing at the scene with the city police commissioner and prosecutor and the school superintendent, said she wanted people to know that “we will not be held hostage, that we will use every legal tool in the toolbox to ensure the public health and safety of the people of our city.” Superintendent Tony Watlington Sr. said officials were “absolutely heartbroken and angry that innocent children walking home from school would be impacted by gun violence, and we agree with the mayor: Enough is enough.” In the evening, police released surveillance camera video showing the Hyundai in a parking lot, its windshield wipers swiping back and forth. Suddenly three figures in dark clothing burst from the front passenger side and both rear doors and run across the lot, apparently toward the bus stop. Some people can be seen fleeing. A person apparently has remained in the driver’s seat and steers the vehicle part of the way toward the three, who return and quickly pile back inside. The car then speeds off. The vehicle’s windows were darkly tinted and the license plate was unknown, police said. The car was missing an “H” emblem on the front grill. The department asked for the public’s assistance in identifying the suspects but warned against approaching them. The scene was cordoned off with yellow police tape in the aftermath of the shooting, with dozens of evidence markers lying on the rain-slicked pavement. Neighborhood resident Jessica Healy, who was with her 2-year-old daughter, said the area has become more unsafe in recent years, and she has neighbors who are already in the process of moving due to previous incidents. “I think it’s really sad and just dangerous that I don’t even want to walk my daughter out here,” Healy said. “It’s not safe. … I don’t like it here. I would like to move. But my boyfriend has a good job here, so this is why we stay,” she added. Another longtime resident, Brenda Keith, said she doesn’t take extraordinary measures to stay safe, other than being aware of her surroundings in case she suddenly needs to get away from trouble. She understands if people don’t feel safe in the city right now or are uneasy about riding SEPTA, but she’s determined not to let shootings stop her from living her life. “But we’re not the only city that’s going through this. … I’ve been here a long time and things have gotten worse, but that’s the way life is,” Keith said. Wednesday’s shooting followed shootings the previous three days in which someone was killed while riding, entering or leaving a SEPTA bus. Tuesday’s shooting occurred around 6:35 p.m., when police said a verbal argument and then a physical fight began. One of the two passengers exited, turned and fired two shots from a 9 mm handgun, hitting a man later identified as 37-year-old Carmelo Drayton. He died shortly afterward at a hospital. The shooter, who officials said was wearing one of the kinds of masks not allowed on the transit system, fled. Authorities were investigating possible motive, and no other injuries were reported. SEPTA’s chief of transit police, Charles Lawson, said the shots were fired at the victim while the driver was “immediately behind.” On Monday, a 17-year-old student was killed and four other people were wounded when gunfire erupted at a bus stop. The victims included two women who were riding on a bus. And on Sunday, around 11:30 p.m., a 27-year-old man was killed by another passenger moments after they both got off a bus. Witnesses said the two had argued, but a motive remains under investigation. No arrests have been made in any of the shootings, Frank Vanore, deputy commissioner of the Philadelphia police department, said Wednesday. While serious crime overall is down along the transportation system, Lawson said, a pattern that has emerged over the past year and a half is people carrying weapons, usually illegally, getting into an argument and then opening fire. He vowed that officials would enforce crime aggressively and unapologetically and use “every legal means at our disposal to target illegal gun possession.” “We’re going to target individuals concealing their identity. We’re going to target fare evasion. We’re going to target open drug use,” Lawson said. “We’re going to target every criminal code on the books.” Officials are increasing monitoring of security cameras and looking into ways to let employees report potential problems discreetly and safely, Lawson added.
Imagine how many people wouldn’t be sitting in prison if it weren’t for easily accessible guns. Teenagers lives are ruined while they rot in prison because they were given guns by their parents, took them from family, or just went to Dicks and bought one. We’re going to see more parents doing time as people are looking to place blame on anyone but the NRA/SCOTUS. I don’t mean to say these people shouldn’t be held responsible, just that our society makes it too easy to acquire a tool for murder.
Same with suicides. I personally have lost 4 people in my life to suicide, 2 of which were spur of the moment decisions that absolutely would have gone differently if a gun wasn't available.
Very true. Now imagine all the people also in jail because THC. Legal man made killing devices and an illegal (literal) weed ruining live but gay damn that prison industrial complex just prints money.
Assholes who use this (bullshit) rationale should immediately be asked what steps they are taking to address prison reform and emptying jails of nonviolent criminals. He likes to rub it in peoples’ face how he has such a strong faith yet is apparently comfortable with his god allowing this to happen. Remove guns from the hands of these “sinners” and there would be one less dead women, dozens fewer with bullet wounds, and hundreds fewer with lifetime trauma. (I won’t even address the absolutely disgusting racist assumption about the family dynamics of the teen shooters)
This wasn't a shooting with 3 people, it was 3 SEPARATE unrelated shootings within an hour in the same area. Not in a rough area, this was at Jax Beach.
He wore a pro life tie on the Chiefs’ White House visit last summer (also discussed in this EWTN interview, apparently).
Considering he just won reelection I’m not sure why he’d do that… this shit sounds like that mission on call of duty where ur walking though the airport gunning people down
The few videos I've seen make it look like they aren't trained very well. Some come close to walking in front of each other while the other is firing and a whole lot of wild shooting.