Las Vegas shooting

[think positive]

[Mugwump]

Thanks TP. It is interesting that this hypothesis is reported as a "bizarre theory" in the newspaper, and some open minded person immediately asked her to "sit down". The idea is quite plausible, as rage is reported as a side effect in the notes of this medication. Has there ever been an age quite as conformist as this age of so-called liberalism ?

But yes, restricting guns would be a start while we try to understand why this type of crime has exploded since it began, like so many social pathologies, in the 1960s (there was a horror at a school in the 1920s, I think, but they were very, very rare.

[stui magpie]

The argument for gun control is strong. Look at Australia as a case study. Since guns were more tightly controlled, no mass shootings.

Now that fuitcake with the commodore mad a mess in the bourke st mall, but as I said earlier people will find a wy. How much worse could that have been if he's had easy access to guns?

[Culprit]

I don't have the urge to own a military grade weapon. I don't see it as my right, then again I'm not American. Let Americans keep killing their own and all I can really say, if nothing was done after the Sandy Hook murders of innocent kids then another 58 people massacred really doesn't mean that much. The irony of all this, if NK killed just one American there would be WWIII.

[Pa Marmo]

The irony of all this, if NK killed just one American there would be WWIII.

Wrong, Otto Wurmbier?

[Culprit]

^^Maybe of they shot him

[David]

[K]

On the possible drug link...

Quotes on benzodiazepines and violence:
http://www.benzo.org.uk/violence.htm

For SSRIs, see links in:
https://www.peoplespharmacy.com/2015/09 ... -homicide/

[stui magpie]

Interesting article David.

The same argument has been used about Suicides and terrorist acts. There's a line between informing and educating the public and encouraging copy cats i suppose.

Anyway, for those interested in how a Bump Stock works, see here. https://lifehacker.com/what-is-a-bump-s ... 80018?IR=T

There's a video which shows how it works, the gun is still a semi auto, it still requires the trigger to be pulled for each round. What it does is uses the recoil of the shot to basically bounce the gen back and forward so your stationary finger hits the trigger. it means the gun bounces around, impacting accuracy and making it useless for any shooting where aiming is important, but perfect for strafing a target where you don't really need to aim.

[Mugwump]

On the possible drug link...

Quotes on benzodiazepines and violence:
http://www.benzo.org.uk/violence.htm

For SSRIs, see links in:
https://www.peoplespharmacy.com/2015/09 ... -homicide/

Thanks K. I am sure these drugs have been subjected to clinical trials, but on the scale that such trials are performed, they may well fail to pick up the (say) one in five thousand who may have this type of extreme reaction and who might pick up a gun if guns are widely available. Yet the side effects packaged with the medications list rage and aggression as a side effect. The question becomes "is the benefit to many worth the cost from a few ?".

I am sure it is not just SSRIs and other drugs, even if they are a key factor, but culture plays a role as well. The hyper-individualism of American life puts terrible pressure on some people.

[stui magpie]

It is a different culture, being an Introvert is almost considered a personality disorder or mental illness

[Pa Marmo]

Make the NRA answer for a change.

You do realise the NRA are against bump stock guns in general right, and while we are at it, why isnt it being mentioned that it was in fact Barry Obamas administration that legalised their sale and use.

[stui magpie]

I don't have the urge to own a military grade weapon. I don't see it as my right, then again I'm not American.

You didn't grow up being told it was your right.

[think positive]

[Wokko]

Assange puts it on the FBI

https://twitter.com/JulianAssange/statu ... 8681830400

I don't know if Assange himself counts as Wikileaks, but nothing they've released has ever been wrong. The fastidiously fact check everything they post.

The plot thickens.