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[–] blandfordforever@lemm.ee 113 points 6 months ago (3 children)

JD Vance says that school shootings are just a "fact of life."

I wonder if all this rage and hopelessness is starting to find a more productive outlet.

[–] WhatAmLemmy@lemmy.world 39 points 6 months ago (1 children)

If the choice is between school shootings or CEO shootings, the latter is preferrable. I'd take that trade even if I were a CEO, but I doubt most CEO's would.

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[–] kreskin@lemmy.world 7 points 6 months ago

JD Vance says that school shootings are just a “fact of life.”

Then it's logical that preventing politician shootings should be budgeted similarly. Time to defund the entire secret service as part of those 75% government employee cuts. School shootings being resourced differently than oligarch shootings is a violation of the equal protections clause of the constitution, and therefore an illegal waste of our tax money.

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[–] ccunning@lemmy.world 73 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (2 children)

The children should consider working harder to increase shareholder value…

[–] zbyte64@awful.systems 19 points 6 months ago

Layoffs increase shareholder value and this one gave their stock a boost.

[–] Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world 4 points 6 months ago

Those hard working school shooters are doing their best to promote growth in the funeral home industry. Won't anybody think of the jobs!?!

[–] shittydwarf@lemmy.dbzer0.com 63 points 6 months ago (1 children)
[–] hOrni@lemmy.world 30 points 6 months ago (1 children)
[–] Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world 26 points 6 months ago

"CEO shootings are a fact of life"

There's another one for you.

[–] Th4tGuyII@fedia.io 45 points 6 months ago (4 children)

Oh absolutely. Start letting the gun violence get too close to home and the rich will force that legislation through overnight

[–] chiliedogg@lemmy.world 19 points 6 months ago (1 children)

A reminder that California's famously strict gun laws started as a Republican reaction to black people owning guns and forming citizen militias to protect their neighborhoods from criminals and oppressive government thugs.

[–] Gammelfisch@lemmy.world 4 points 6 months ago

Indeed, Ronnie Racist Fucking Reagan and a senator who panicked when the armed Black Panthers(?) walked into the State Capitol building during a protest. Before that, California was open carry, locked and loaded.

[–] bitjunkie@lemmy.world 9 points 6 months ago

Literally where California's strictness on handguns originated.

[–] Aneb@lemmy.world 6 points 6 months ago

Exactly this. But you wont see one gun from rich people, while the rest of us have to mandatory turn in our guns. There are no laws for people that can throw money at the courthouse to let them do what they want. In america its only "legal" to do illegal shit if your rich

[–] kreskin@lemmy.world 5 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

I keep seeing evidence that the rich don't give 1% of a shit about the rest of us, but I keep sending myself "thoughts and prayers" that that's not totally true and we don't have an open class war going on in the US.

[–] CodexArcanum@lemmy.world 39 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Many school shooters talk about wanting to be seen, wanting fame/notoriety, and so on. With the huge positive response to this, it wouldn't be too surprising to see copycats. "If I do this, people will remember me and love me for it."

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[–] ccunning@lemmy.world 23 points 6 months ago (3 children)

78 school shootings in 2024

77 more in the next 25 days could be a challenge

[–] WalrusDragonOnABike@lemmy.today 14 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Would probably be followed by a wave of CEO resignations though, if such was accomplished.

[–] inv3r510n@lemmy.world 5 points 6 months ago

Where’s the problem in that?

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[–] Gullible@sh.itjust.works 20 points 6 months ago
[–] NaibofTabr 17 points 6 months ago

Or, gun ownership will just become more expensive.

[–] danc4498@lemmy.world 13 points 6 months ago

It won’t happen. The government will spare no expense to protect CEOs. Same cannot be said for our children.

[–] joel_feila@lemmy.world 12 points 6 months ago (1 children)

12 more and you get a free sub

[–] And009@reddthat.com 3 points 6 months ago

I love rushing with SMGs

[–] hOrni@lemmy.world 12 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Yeah, but it will be done so that only the rich have guns.

[–] butter@midwest.social 2 points 6 months ago (1 children)

"No guns unless it's for armed security or military" This is how to accomplish that

[–] Alwaysnownevernotme@lemmy.world 3 points 6 months ago (1 children)

It's a metal tube baby. Genie is out of the lamp.

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[–] Xanthrax@lemmy.world 11 points 6 months ago (1 children)

The immediate citation got me.

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[–] technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (3 children)

Capital can always afford more guns / storm troopers. That's been the nature of the state since forever.

[–] Olgratin_Magmatoe@lemmy.world 12 points 6 months ago (1 children)

But those hired guns have limits. They have to protect their oligarchs at all times, a potential shooter only needs one time.

[–] bitjunkie@lemmy.world 15 points 6 months ago

"Today we were unlucky, but remember we have only to be lucky once, you will have to be lucky always"

[–] capital@lemmy.world 4 points 6 months ago

Even I have my limits.

[–] TheReturnOfPEB@reddthat.com 2 points 6 months ago

now robotic guard dogs included for free! not for schools for but for at least one man

[–] SulaymanF@lemmy.world 9 points 6 months ago

The NRA would scream about it and MAGA would turn it into demonizing the rich; “y’all can afford bodyguards!”

[–] ByteOnBikes@slrpnk.net 8 points 6 months ago

Motherfucker. This happened today.

[–] mynameisigglepiggle@lemmy.world 5 points 6 months ago (2 children)

They can take our guns, but they can never take our rusty dull guillotines

[–] doingthestuff@lemy.lol 5 points 6 months ago

Nah let's not let them take the guns from the working class.

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[–] Snapz@lemmy.world 5 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

"Now is not the time to focus on solutions to CEO shootings, we're thinking and praying, and then we just need to move on... As then it won't be time to look in the past."

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