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Two hurt and gunman killed in ‘active shooter’ incident at Virginia college campus (www.independent.co.uk)

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Two people are injured and the suspected gunman is dead following a shooting at Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Virginia.

A gunman opened fire just before 10:49 a.m. in Constant Hall, an academic building on the school’s campus, according to university officials.

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[–] gAlienLifeform@lemmy.world 29 points 4 days ago (4 children)

Majorites have supported stricter gun laws for a while now but our government doesn't care what we want

[–] comrade_twisty@feddit.org 5 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Majority of your dumb fuck voters elected this government knowing full well they’ll do nothing to curb gun violence.

[–] meco03211@lemmy.world 15 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Which oddly enough was only the second time since Bush 1.0 Republicans scored a majority of voters. The bigger nuanced items for any non-Americans to understand is that the president is not elected by a popular vote. The Electoral College votes for president. That is comprised of electors selected by each state dependant on how the popular vote within the state turns out. The number of electors is based off congressional representation. That is determined partially/loosely by population for House Representatives plus two for Senators. So our least populous state, Wyoming, has 3 electors at a population of about 590k. Our most populous state, California, only has 55 electors and a population of 39.4M. So the ratio of population to Electoral voter is 197k and 716k respectively. That means for the same amount of influence in a presidential election, California needs to match 716,000 voters for every 197,000 Wyoming voters. This issue is horrifically lopsided in favor of Republicans.

[–] crazycraw@crazypeople.online -1 points 4 days ago

well gee, you kinda make things sound grim!

[–] IAmYouButYouDontKnowYet@reddthat.com 4 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

I'm pro gun. The issue seems to be the faulty foundation we live on that gets worse everyday and leading people to snap. Like... We live in a shitty system that makes life fucked up and inhumane for people, why wouldn't they flip their lid? It almost seems like it's on purpose, and it's becoming more clear that our government doesn't care about people.

Not to mention many people watched and harassed by feds somehow still manage to do mass shootings. It's like a bully egging them on. In the end they profit from it. Antagonize a lone wolf until they commit a crime and profit. They could use all their tech and money to actually reform people but instead they do this. It's all psychology and marketing for patriotism and to grow support behind the American brand, which is then used as a tool for shitty people to use for influence. Human can be and are written off like products that don't meet quality control.

As it is now though 2a is bullshit because there's no way our puny guns could go against the American war machine.

America isn't even a real democracy anymore. How long are people going to deny that and overcome the surreal fact it's all basically corrupted an bullshit, completely. Once you learn the marketing and psychology you can't hide from the truth. America is owned and will remain owned regardless of political parties. Key parts of our governments are employing people that use the nation as a tool and don't care about the nation as a nation outside of their interests. And the corruption isn't just infecting America, the intelligence networks working with USA also get corrupted. It's almost like CIA and Mossad are working up a global coup. And both are holding america hostage. There's a reason maga is spreading to Canada.

[–] dotCody@lemmy.world -2 points 4 days ago

Oh if only the majority voted for the lesser of two evils... or if the subhumans whom chose to not vote at all did not exist...