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[Financialgrl]

Yeah, I saw Chief Kathy Lanier's interview (Wash DC) on TV and its pretty sad, but true.  I'm retired so don't work.  I've ALWAYS been very observant of everything around me and I went to the movies in the middle of the day yesterday.  Bc theatres have been a repeated source of shootings, I sat near the exit and watched everyone coming in - like I think I'd be able to pick out a disgruntled or mentally ill shooter!  It's funny though and I hate to say this - I looked around a relatively empty theatre and bc it was in the middle of the day it was mostly much older ppl than me in there and I found myself thinking - if overpowering someone was my only option - that day I might be lucky.  I thought to myself - how sad it's come to that but we don't live in a bubble and I'm not barricading myself inside my house and will continue living my life. 

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[IamMrsG]

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@MaggieMack wrote:

My dad was a police officer for many years, after being an MP during WW2. Whenever we went out in public, he would always sit where he could see the whole room. His first instinct was always to protect. I used to think it was a bit overzealous, but not anymore. A good lesson for all.

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@MaggieMack  Thank God for men like your father.  It is comforting to think someone like him could be present in a public place--watchful, ready and capable.  We need more like him. 

[ChynnaBlue]

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@dex wrote:

I don't like living like this and I really don't like that my children and grandchildren have this kind of future....and I don't want it for anyone else either!I think our melting pot has a few extra ingredients that won't melt.

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Most mass shootings have been perpetrated by white males who were born and raised in America. Is that who you mean? 

[SharkE]

[dex]

no China I don't mean people with mental health problems but people that don't like us and what we stand for.

[esmeraldagooch]

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@ChynnaBlue wrote:

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@dex wrote:

I don't like living like this and I really don't like that my children and grandchildren have this kind of future....and I don't want it for anyone else either!I think our melting pot has a few extra ingredients that won't melt.

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Most mass shootings have been perpetrated by white males who were born and raised in America. Is that who you mean? 

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Actually if you look at the mass shooting list, most mass shootings are done by gangs.  Do you have proof the race of gang members is white?

[Nancy Drew]

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@ChynnaBlue wrote:

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@dex wrote:

I don't like living like this and I really don't like that my children and grandchildren have this kind of future....and I don't want it for anyone else either!I think our melting pot has a few extra ingredients that won't melt.

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Most mass shootings have been perpetrated by white males who were born and raised in America. Is that who you mean? 

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The wife of the married couple that killed 14 people was foreign born . Neither of the were white.

[ChynnaBlue]

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@esmeraldagooch wrote:

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@ChynnaBlue wrote:

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@dex wrote:

I don't like living like this and I really don't like that my children and grandchildren have this kind of future....and I don't want it for anyone else either!I think our melting pot has a few extra ingredients that won't melt.

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Most mass shootings have been perpetrated by white males who were born and raised in America. Is that who you mean? 

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Actually if you look at the mass shooting list, most mass shootings are done by gangs.  Do you have proof the race of gang members is white?

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I should have specified office and school shootings. The OP is talking about active shooter training in an office and public schools also have drills for active shooters. Gang violence is terrible, but the gangs aren't the ones shooting up offices, schools, theaters, churches, or clinics.

[Karnerblue]

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@dex wrote:

I don't like living like this and I really don't like that my children and grandchildren have this kind of future....and I don't want it for anyone else either!I think our melting pot has a few extra ingredients that won't melt.

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So we need to turn the heat on high so we can do away with those ingredients.

[Marp]

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@dex wrote:

no China I don't mean people with mental health problems but people that don't like us and what we stand for.

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Uh, have you been paying attention to the news for the past oh, let's say a little more than eight years now?  There are as many natural born American citizens, seemingly mostly in their 40s and up, that don't like many of us or what we stand for.  Are they included in your "those that don't melt" ?