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Torchlight

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12. 'These things happen' seems our only national response. Every time.

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Thu Sep 11, 2025, 08:57 AM

Thursday

Important people will say important things. Hateful people will say hateful things. Parades, pontifications and payments...but no policy.

And then it happens again.

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Charlie Kirk shooting witnesses describe lax security measures at event [View all] BumRushDaShow Thursday OP

"these things, unfortunately, they happen" SunSeeker Thursday #1

Karma finally caught up with Charlie Kirk's hatred. Mawspam2 Thursday #2

American police are not going to spend a lot of time or money preventing gun violence. Irish_Dem Thursday #3

Especially in a county in UT BumRushDaShow Thursday #5

What are "lax security measures" at a university that allows people to carry guns on campus? hatrack Thursday #4

Utah had passed a law angrychair Thursday #16

Jan6 encouraged violence bucolic_frolic Thursday #6

And?? Ferrets are Cool Thursday #7

"Sorry your horse escaped. Hey, did you know your barn door was open ?" eppur_se_muova Thursday #8

Lets look at reality when it comes to security melm00se Thursday #9

Trumpsters are protecting them. Did they fire the smart ones? GreenWave Thursday #10

It is not lax security, it is lax gun policies in Utah. Glorious bastard Thursday #11

Doubtful the shooter came from Utah, Bayard Thursday #13

Make it lax gun policies in the US. Glorious bastard Thursday #15

'These things happen' seems our only national response. Every time. Torchlight Thursday #12

It's an open-carry campus, in an open-carry state..THAT was the security. n/t LeftinOH Thursday #14

How much security is required for a talk to less than 3000 people at a small college no one heard of FSogol Thursday #17

Wondering why no one has thought to simply employ drones to track roofs for movement and alert authorities? Lettuce Be Thursday #18

Because "crime" BumRushDaShow Thursday #19