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JohnnyRingo

(20,207 posts)
Tue Apr 12, 2022, 02:41 PM Apr 2022

About the terror on the subway. I was thinking....

...it could very well be another domestic mass shooting, but how hard would it be to realize strapping a bomb vest on and blowing yourself up on a suicide mission is not necessary in the US? Most anyone can get their hands on a firearm and extended magazines to take out more people than a nail bomb. Plus, they live to do it again. We'll see if any group takes credit.

Homemade bombs are so primitive when hand held killing machines are widely available.
You want gun control? Just wait until non-white people start doing the mass shooting.

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TheAverageDUer

(3 posts)
11. JohnnyRingo said that if we wanted gun control then we need to wait until non-whites start shooting.
Tue Apr 12, 2022, 06:11 PM
Apr 2022

Since this is apparently the first time a non-white has committed a mass shooting in America ever, we should expect serious gun control reform any day now.

JohnnyRingo

(20,207 posts)
13. How about if The Gipper banned guns because black people had them?
Tue Apr 12, 2022, 08:27 PM
Apr 2022
The Black Panthers, NRA, Ronald Reagan, Armed Extremists, and the Second Amendment

In 1967, California codified into law A.B 1591, otherwise known at the Mulford Act. Sponsored by Oakland assemblyman Don Mulford, A.B. 1591 made it a felony to publicly carry any firearm—either openly or concealed—in public places without a governmental license to do so. The law came about after the events of May 2, 1967, when a group of thirty Black Panthers appeared visibly armed at the California State Capitol building to protest an earlier version of A.B. 1591. At that time, there was nothing in California law that expressly prohibited the open carriage of firearms, either in public or private. A.B. 1591 effectively closed this loophole.

More here.
https://sites.law.duke.edu/secondthoughts/2020/04/08/the-black-panthers-nra-ronald-reagan-armed-extremists-and-the-second-amendment/

Claustrum

(5,052 posts)
3. The bomb vest is probably to kill himself so he/she doesn't face the consequences.
Tue Apr 12, 2022, 02:57 PM
Apr 2022

It's similar to those who shoot themselves after they finished shooting people.

As far as non-white doing the shooting, I doubt it will have any meaningful impact on gun controls. I've been hearing from right wing people that complains about inner-city "black-on-black" crimes for years.

JohnnyRingo

(20,207 posts)
14. See: Mulford Act 1967
Tue Apr 12, 2022, 08:30 PM
Apr 2022

Legislators in California sprung into action when the Black Panthers showed up with long guns.

Probably before your time.

abqtommy

(14,118 posts)
6. After the initial reports I saw I thought: 5'5" man or woman? Black or some other ethnicity
Tue Apr 12, 2022, 04:43 PM
Apr 2022

who knows how to use theatrical makeup? I sure hope the NYPD goes through this
thought process before they stop and frisk every black man in NYC while the perp gets
away!

jcmaine72

(1,822 posts)
10. Theatrical makeup?
Tue Apr 12, 2022, 04:57 PM
Apr 2022

Since we're strolling all the way down last gasp lane on this, I guess we can't rule out the possibility that the REAL shooter may have also used hypnosis on some innocent person to transform them into their own personal Kill Bot.

Celerity

(52,463 posts)
16. New York subway shooting: Police release details of man wanted after attack
Tue Apr 12, 2022, 08:38 PM
Apr 2022
Investigators are searching for 62-year-old Frank James, although they have not confirmed how he might have been involved in the rush-hour attack.

https://news.sky.com/story/new-york-subway-shooting-police-release-details-of-man-wanted-after-attack-12588989

jcmaine72

(1,822 posts)
7. "Just wait until non-white people start doing the mass shooting."
Tue Apr 12, 2022, 04:46 PM
Apr 2022

The people trapped inside that subway car with the shooter this morning certainly didn't have to wait long for that.

So I guess this means we'll have better gun control now?

JohnnyRingo

(20,207 posts)
15. I wouldn't be surprised.
Tue Apr 12, 2022, 08:31 PM
Apr 2022

What if black people with guns made Ronald Reagan ban them on the streets of California?


The Black Panthers, NRA, Ronald Reagan, Armed Extremists, and the Second Amendment

In 1967, California codified into law A.B 1591, otherwise known at the Mulford Act. Sponsored by Oakland assemblyman Don Mulford, A.B. 1591 made it a felony to publicly carry any firearm—either openly or concealed—in public places without a governmental license to do so. The law came about after the events of May 2, 1967, when a group of thirty Black Panthers appeared visibly armed at the California State Capitol building to protest an earlier version of A.B. 1591. At that time, there was nothing in California law that expressly prohibited the open carriage of firearms, either in public or private. A.B. 1591 effectively closed this loophole.

More here.
https://sites.law.duke.edu/secondthoughts/2020/04/08/the-black-panthers-nra-ronald-reagan-armed-extremists-and-the-second-amendment/

electric_blue68

(24,253 posts)
12. About that "theatrical make up" - Not So Far Fetched. They arrested a White Guy in Black Face...
Tue Apr 12, 2022, 08:04 PM
Apr 2022

in the (I believe) original (or soon after) George Floyd protest!

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