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Even 'safe spaces' are no sanctuary from mass shooters
NBC News ^ | May 16, 2022, 7:16 PM EDT | Minyvonne Burke, Deon J. Hampton, Hanna Park and Corky Siemaszko

Posted on 05/17/2022 9:25:12 AM PDT by Olog-hai

A grocery store. A hair salon. A church.

In less than a week, these everyday settings have become the tragic backdrops for the latest outbreak of what has become the quintessential American expression of deadly violence — a mass shooting staged by a lone gunman armed to the teeth with guns and grievances.

Experts who have studied the phenomenon said the three shootings, which have left 11 people dead and 11 more wounded since Wednesday, underscore a sad fact that most of us already understand on some level — that no place is safe anymore.

“They are targeting people in places like nail salons or churches or grocery stores because they think this is where the victims will be the most vulnerable, this is where they think they will find people who won’t fight back,” Seamus McGraw, the author of “From a Taller Tower: The Rise of the American Mass Shooter,” said of the suspected shooters. “Because in the end, these killers are not the supervillains they are made out to be. They are weaklings and cowards.” […]

In Southern California, the FBI opened a hate crimes investigation Monday, a day after a man described as a Chinese immigrant opened fire on the congregation at Taiwanese Presbyterian Church, which shares a space with Geneva Presbyterian Church.

Describing it as a “politically motivated hate incident,” Orange County Sheriff Donald Barnes said the suspect, David Chou, 68, of Las Vegas, was apparently upset over the political tensions between his native land and Taiwan. …

(Excerpt) Read more at nbcnews.com ...


TOPICS: Heated Discussion
KEYWORDS: banglist; corkysiemaszko; deonjhampton; hannapark; massshootings; minyvonneburke; nbcia; rkba; safespaces
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No mention of allowing people in such “safe spaces” to be armed themselves. Wonder why.
1 posted on 05/17/2022 9:25:12 AM PDT by Olog-hai
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No mention of allowing people in such “safe spaces” to be armed themselves. Wonder why.

Nope. I always carry and make my own safe space; well, safer.

2 posted on 05/17/2022 9:27:22 AM PDT by Sans-Culotte (11/3-11/4/2020 - The USA became a banana republic.)
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3 posted on 05/17/2022 9:27:31 AM PDT by Kevmo (Give back Ukes their Nukes https://freerepublic.com/focus/news/4044080/posts)
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Murdered people= MSM opportunity to distract from the f’n disaster that is Biden with rats having both houses.


4 posted on 05/17/2022 9:28:24 AM PDT by gibsonguy
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“Even safe spaces”?!?! ESPECIALLY safe spaces a-wipes!


5 posted on 05/17/2022 9:29:09 AM PDT by albie
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[[underscore a sad fact that most of us already understand on some level — that no place is safe anymore]]

So,their solution is to make us even less safe by making it near I possible for the good guys to be armed. Thry should be sued for intentionally making us less safe while making the cr8minals life safer


6 posted on 05/17/2022 9:29:45 AM PDT by Bob434 (.)
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As long as the media continues to glorify mass shooters and give them the fame they desperately seek, we will keep having mass shootings.

The media has created this problem, the media perpetuates it, and the media owns it.


7 posted on 05/17/2022 9:29:53 AM PDT by Boogieman
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My church ain’t safe......for a shooter. The security guys always look like slobs, their shirts are baggy and never tucked in.

These shootings never take place in rural areas where many of the folks would already be armed.....and good shots because they eat what they shoot.


8 posted on 05/17/2022 9:36:47 AM PDT by SteelPSUGOP
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Also note that the Buffalo shooter was a socialist.


9 posted on 05/17/2022 9:38:06 AM PDT by bobbo666 (Baizuo)
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armed to the teeth with guns

Huh? I don't recall reading that ANY of these maniacs had a cache of firearms on their person during the attacks.

Maybe they had multiple magazines, but that's not "armed to the teeth with guns."

Of course I'm assuming NBC knows the difference between a gun, magazine, and clip. Or while we're at it, a man and woman.

10 posted on 05/17/2022 9:48:23 AM PDT by DoodleBob (Gravity's waiting period is about 9.8 m/s^2)
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Every time something like this happens it reminds me to pack. I get lazy sometimes thinking, “I’m just going to the store, etc..”. There’s just no safe place anymore. We all have to be porcupines now, totally harmless if left alone, but God help you if you take a bite. Any call for a single new rule or law should be met with a resounding middle finger. There will never be a safe place in America anymore no matter what, and the government is our biggest threat.


11 posted on 05/17/2022 9:52:32 AM PDT by Dogbert41
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Steven Crowder: 21h The Buffalo shooter chose the location of the attack since he knew there were strict gun laws and people wouldn't be able to defend themselves. This is straight from his manifesto that the left won't share or show you because they know it'll destroy their gun control narrative!

Below a screen cap from the "manifesto."


12 posted on 05/17/2022 9:54:13 AM PDT by Travis McGee (EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com)
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I always CCW, w/ extra mags, to make my Lady Friend and myself, SAFE.


13 posted on 05/17/2022 9:56:15 AM PDT by Carriage Hill (A society grows great when old men plant trees, in whose shade they know they will never sit.)
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See my tagline and always CCW. By the way, it does not mean you are guanateed to win an engagement but at least you have a chance to fight back.


14 posted on 05/17/2022 9:57:35 AM PDT by joma89 (Buy weapons and ammo, folks, and have the will to use them.)
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Ummm...if you notice...nut jobs prefer “safe spaces” to commit their cowardly acts.


15 posted on 05/17/2022 9:59:48 AM PDT by Sergio (An object at rest cannot be stopped! - The Evil Midnight Bomber What Bombs at Midnight)
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The only people who obey “no firearms” rules are the victims.


16 posted on 05/17/2022 10:01:21 AM PDT by faithhopecharity (“Politicians are not born. They’re excreted.” Marcus Tillius Cicero (106 to 43 BCE))
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And what do these shooters all have in common - they are leftists.


17 posted on 05/17/2022 10:06:38 AM PDT by circlecity
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“Safe Spaces” are for the safety of the criminal to the detriment of the victims.


18 posted on 05/17/2022 10:11:50 AM PDT by T.B. Yoits
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19 posted on 05/17/2022 10:14:22 AM PDT by PROCON (Sic Semper Tyrannis)
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No safe space from libtards 🤪


20 posted on 05/17/2022 10:22:56 AM PDT by NWFree (Somebody has to say it)
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