7 dead in Australia's worst mass shooting since 1996

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  1. jmblt2000

    jmblt2000 Well-Known Member

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    Seven people, 3 adults and 4 children were found dead in Osmington, Australia. All had been shot.

    I'm not going turn this into a gun control debate. Just know that our hearts go out to the victims family.
     
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    m2catter Well-Known Member

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    Yes,
    extremely sad.
    Just imagine a car manufacturer would release a car which is responsible/deemed unsafe and therefore responsible for accidents and deaths, our jurisdiction would squeeze their balls.They would be in for 100's of millions.
    We should start thinking of changing the laws, so that the manufacturer of guns/weapons used in such a tragedy are also liable for the death of these people.
    Reg.
     
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    Bowerbird Well-Known Member

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    Thought and prayers

    It is almost a reflex action

    Sadly I am betting this will be another case of depression in the rural communities here
     
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    The problems of society and life especially those that are living lives most of us cannot even imagine are a much bigger issue at this time and especially in circumstances like this. For some reason he didn't seek help that we know of. There was some terrible issue which must be beyond our comprehension underlying this terrible tragedy. We don't live in a country bristling in guns or where there is an ingrained gun mentality. We do however live in a country where mental illness and the associated tragedies are too common. We have to address these.
     
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    Steady Pie Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    I'm astounded that I got more coverage of the Florida shooting than one 200km down the highway from my house. Of course, just over twice the people died in Florida, but this is so close to me.

    I see this as likely leading to more stringent regulation. They'll likely make rifles subject to the same shoot requirements as handguns.
     
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    Possibly - possibly not

    Let us wait for the police investigation - this could yet be the estranged partner - who knows?
     
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    Awe fair go ,jumping to conclusions and making wild accusations is more fun.
     
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    jmblt2000 Well-Known Member

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    If there is some type of memorial fund for the family, I am more than happy to donate. Please let us know if there is one.
     
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    At the end of the day guns don't belong in any hand except for defending soldiers or police.
    It is obviously still to easy to get them even in my close neighborhood.
    What Howard started, needs to be tightened.
    But LRL is right, if you have a mental issue, which is not addressed, it becomes very hard.
    I give credit to all the students walking the streets in the US, to demand change with their gun laws.
    Hopefully the never become tired of demanding, despite their nutter president.
    Reg.
     
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    They are the best gun salesmen out there. What you mean is only government should have guns, like Mao or Hitler.
     
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    Moi621 Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    If they owned a gun,

    they might have been able to defend themselves.


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    It was Peter Miles, Katrina Miles's father, who killed all of his family members in a murder-suicide. This incident is mischaracterized as a mass shooting by the media. It's really tough to do farm work in rural Australia far away from civilization. Miles 'sounded strange' the day before the the incident, according to his neighbor.

     
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    Yeah, right,
    especially as the kids were asleep while being shot.
    What a sick and twisted argument, we normally hear this crap from the NRA,
    reg.
     
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    Dunno, four autistic kids?
     
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    You are right. The Hunt family tragedy involved a farm and disabled children.

    Anyway I found the interview on youtube.
     
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    Yes I thought so too. I think that there is a lot more to this story. What occurred is horrific beyond our imagination, very few here could even imagine it , maybe BB and Diuretic.

    What it would take to drive a person to do that would need to be something incredible.
     
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    I'd never heard the song expression 'family annihilators' before this but it is apt.
    Can a religion give you that sort of stoicism? Lindy Chamberlain was like that and was seen as uncaring.
    Do we expect people to dissolve and collapse before their grief seems real?
    I can't understand why a grandfather could annihilate a family, because he thought that the death of another of his sons would be too much for a sibling to cope with. As you said.
     
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    This bears repeating.
     
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    Yup, plenty of holes in that argument!
     
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    4 window lickers dead, who would have spent the remainder of lives making match stick models and dribbling down their bibs. Seems it might have been a blessing in disguise & saved humanity resources we cannot afford to waste.
     
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    would you have preferred he used an axe?
     
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