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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsMy only comment about the WHCD incident is that I'm not surprised, I'm not concerned and I really don't care
No one was killed, not even the alleged suspect, and no guests or journalists were injured.
Since the start of 2026 there have been over 120 mass shootings in our country. Over 3,800 people have died and over 6,500 people have been injured. It's been just a little over three months since this administration shot and killed Renee Good and Alex Pretti.
Not a single person in this administration and very few of the guests who attended this event have ever shown any sincere concern or care about the epedimic of gun violence in this country.
Again, no one at this event was killed or injured. It's difficult for me to have concern when the attitude of those involved is gun violence for thee but not for me.
50 Shades Of Blue
(11,474 posts)ShazzieB
(22,758 posts)There's so much I could say...but I know I mustn't
SuzyandPuffpuff
(607 posts)Snore. Too bad dude didn't hit his mark. Just saying. It was so predictable
hamsterjill
(17,689 posts)It's like watching a rerun of some television crime drama! I haven't even kept up with the news because it's all so boring now.
leftstreet
(41,105 posts)He's spent years vilifying the press as the eneMies of tHe peoPle !! Stirring up his MAGA base like a rabid madman
I'll wait to hear from the dumbass shooter
LeftInTX
(34,657 posts)It was Trump and his cabinet, except for Patel for some reason.
gab13by13
(32,543 posts)I want to know what kind of shells did he have in his shotgun? Bird shot? double aught buck? punkin balls?
buzzycrumbhunger
(2,066 posts)he used buckshot because he didnt want unintended victims hurt badly. Sorry I cant remember the source as I saw it scrolling through myriad FB posts.
GiqueCee
(4,517 posts)... was loaded with buckshot, according to his "manifesto". Just one buckshot pellet can wreak serious damage, and even kill if it hits in the right place. A full load can blow a man in half at close range. The cartridge itself would have to be what they call "high-brass", which refers to brass casing at the bottom of a shotgun shell. High-brass is necessary for the increased gunpowder charge behind the wad and the 9 pellets usually found in a double-00 shotgun shell.
I believe that one LEO was hit, but he was wearing a ballistic (bullet-proof) vest. Pellets on the outside of the pattern could have hit an unprotected arm, but regardless, the just force of the impact at close range could inflict internal injuries even through a vest.
Goonch
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Baitball Blogger
(52,561 posts)long ago atrophied. This country does not take shootings seriously. Not even if it involves a classroom of innocent children. So why would it matter for the president, who hasn't lifted a finger to show any interest in stopping this level of violence?
FakeNoose
(42,044 posts)Maybe it wasn't even a potential or planned shooting. For all we know it was a TV reality show, and Chump is always the star, no matter what happens.
Baitball Blogger
(52,561 posts)His ballroom. It was an opportunity he couldnt miss, but did he suspect the probability was high?
LeftInTX
(34,657 posts)FakeNoose
(42,044 posts)However I was referring to a "target" - presumably Chump or other politicians.
Katinfl
(862 posts)Trueblue Texan
(4,552 posts)He's in the toilet now...expect to see a slight bump in polls. But his incompetence and disregard for the needs of the American people will keep those numbers low.
Sneederbunk
(17,575 posts)popsdenver
(2,457 posts)is that with all those Secret Service, he wasn't immediately filled with a hundred bullets. The Secret Service is not trained to do anything but eliminate the threat.......
I suppose now, with him alive, the Republican owned/operated mass Media and Fox News can constantly use him, every day, from now to the next election, in the news.
hardluck
(788 posts)Yet, John Hinkley was not killed, neither was Squeaky Fromme or Ryan Routh. Maybe eliminate the threat encompasses more than just killing the suspect?
popsdenver
(2,457 posts)Have you ever wondered why the Presidential SS Detail keeps their jackets un-buttoned? Or why some have a fake hand hanging out of their Jacket sleeve??????????
I had to laugh at Trumps press gathering afterwards....He gave away one of the SS's security secrets...........
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AverageOldGuy
(4,043 posts). . . one high school grad, one 9th grader.
They have been doing mass shooter drills in school since they were first graders -- that's 20 YEARS OF MASS SHOOTER DRILLS IN SCHOOLS FOR CHILDREN.
School children don't have Secret Service, DC Police and US Capitol Police.
My response to the WHCD affair is the same as the OP: . . . I'm not surprised, I'm not concerned and I really don't care
liberalla
(11,165 posts)Not very dramatic... rather anticlimactic.
The tricks are getting old and tired.
poli-junkie
(1,583 posts)Now he and his influential industrial complex are pushing for his ballroom to be built 🙄 Whenever things look bad for him, something pops up to pivot attention in a positive way for him. Uncanny how this keeps happening for him.
Vinca
(54,185 posts)We're all sitting ducks all the time, even rich people and tuxedoed people and women in designer gowns.
Native
(7,381 posts)Saw my breaking news notification about this last night, and I didn't even bother to open it. I said to myself it can wait till the morning.
Katinfl
(862 posts)I used to live there.
Native
(7,381 posts)Attilatheblond
(9,095 posts)PressSec might be touting the great numbers and profits for local dry cleaners
BattleRow
(2,626 posts)Native
(7,381 posts)marble falls
(72,312 posts)Akakoji
(543 posts)And the stoneless whimps of the GOP fall for his shit again.
He doesnt need a ballroom. No military person, no other POTUS has ever asked for one.
Hes demented, and lying. He should be in jail for breaking the law with his ballroom.
Also, Iran. Also, Epstein. Also, did the price of gas go down following this brief incident? Has anyone gotten their health insurance back? A raise? Or did they just get fired, or have their food stamps taken away? Can anyone afford child care now? Pay off a student loan?
Also, Iran. Also, Ukraine. Also, Cuba.
Sorry or concerned is not at all what I feel. Angry that the media still falls for this garbage.
republianmushroom
(22,497 posts)But, 'MORE DEFLECTION' from the Epstein files.
BattleRow
(2,626 posts)Only genuflection from the myriad sickophants .(And that's not a misspelling.)
LymphocyteLover
(10,005 posts)I'm going to just ignore it"
Good attitude
dave99
(103 posts)Lokee11
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But that is just like my opinion
BidenRocks
(3,421 posts)WHO fired the shots.
I see a guy running through a checkpoint and out of frame.
I see a lot of weapons drawn by security.
Who fired the shots? I say it was security.
The impressive part is that this guy is alive to talk.
Since everyone switched from revolvers to semi-autos, I notice a tendency to 'empty the clip' when shooting anything.
Aiming is optional as everyone is now gangsta.
Watch the news and tell me I'm wrong.
jrthin
(5,230 posts)Katinfl
(862 posts)How did trump put the paper of him on his TS shortly after it happened?
Polly Hennessey
(8,901 posts)malaise
(297,178 posts)Rec
leftyladyfrommo
(20,019 posts)come up with another stunt to keep attention on himself.
3825-87867
(1,994 posts)I really don't care, do you?
Aussie105
(8,081 posts)This is just one of many.
Who said 'gun deaths are the price we pay for freedom'?
Ok, Charlie Kirk, amongst others.
The reaction from the crowd at the WHCD event says 'yeah, ok, but not here, and not me!'
Wolf Blitzer - gosh, guns make a scary noise!
Not much of a 'freedom' to have to live with, really.
Second amendment translation: 'You have the right to be gunned down at any time, by anyone, for any reason.'
red dog 1
(33,313 posts)Cha
(319,862 posts)My only concern is hoping this doesn't make it worse for America and the Planet.
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