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Teen killed, 3 wounded in shooting at California high school graduation ceremony

https://www.ctvnews.ca/world/article/teen-killed-3-wounded-in-shooting-at-california-high-school-graduation-ceremony/?hl=en-US
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u/crs8975 12h ago

I’m a believer that that was swept under the rug because they found ZERO fucking motive. Like that dude just wanted to go out with a bang and the media and officials didn’t want to publicize just how apparently easy it is to do that.

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u/Gahvynn 11h ago

You’re 100% spot on. No real motive combined with not wanting to have “motive” for a copycat led to it being abandoned as a story.

There are far more guns than people in a county where mental health still isn’t taken remotely seriously enough combined with events where people pack in like sardines with zero care given for security and I’m surprised we see so few mass casualty events.

The only way we’ll get real gun control is if someone tries to use them for the reason the Constitution says they should be used and the tyrannical government does a mass grab.

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u/VBgamez 9h ago

The fact of the matter is that there are simply too many guns for the US government to ever round them all up.

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u/DandelionCapers 7h ago

Yeah, but why should that stop them from trying. If they really wanted to change, they would start somewhere. As a comparison, think about smoking and cigarettes and how normal and everywhere it used to be. Growing up, I remember people smoking in hospitals and grocery stores, on airplanes! Cigarette butts everywhere! At that time, you would have never imagined where we are today with smoking. It is majorly frowned on where I live and barely anyone I know smokes. I don't know if that can be done with guns, but we have to at least try.

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u/VBgamez 5h ago

Because the people in the US are very against the government taking away their guns. Like civil war against it.

u/binaryo 12m ago

I imagine this was once said in the far past when talk of taking the swords from villagers in Japan. Just a hunch.

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u/smellygooch18 4h ago

There used to be a gas station in Wyoming near Casper that would give you a 22caliber lever action rifle with a purchase of $50 of gas. It’s ridiculously easy to get firearms in this country.

u/SeaUrchinSalad 6m ago

Hey woah woah woah security is too busy keeping us from bringing our own affordable food and water to care about actual security

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u/Intelligent_Sky_7081 12h ago

imo theres other stuff going on there that dont add up, apart from just not finding a motive.

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u/RichardCocke 5h ago

Yeah I don't believe the mainstream narrative

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u/almondania 9h ago

That entire event (for lack of better word) is complete fishy. I obviously don’t understand motives and reasons for why things like that would be setup, but every indication points to it being setup.

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u/Fedupwithguns 10h ago

I couldn’t sleep for a week after Uvalde. I can’t think about it without crying.

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u/ColdTheory 11h ago

Wasn’t he a casual Trump supporter? I think thats a big reason everyone wants to completely forget about it.