My message to Ed:
Well, Ed, I’d normally chalk up the fact that you said that to mendacity. After all, most thinking humans would understand that if a potential mass shooting was successfully stopped, it WOULDN’T END UP BEING A MASS SHOOTING. And there are in fact MANY examples of armed citizens doing EXACTLY that, namely stopping a mass shooting!
But in your case, I’m going to have to attribute what you said to just pure stupidity (or brain damage from chronic alcoholism?) instead of ill intent.
I’d say seek help, but frankly, the world will be better off if you don’t.
The problem here is that one can claim that it is impossible to know whether the shooter intended a mass shooting, or had just planned to shoot less than 4 anyway.
It’s kind of a stupid claim, but is being made by implication.
Shouldn’t he be called Mr. Ed? Certainly he resembles the Southern exposure of a horse traveling North
Shouldn’t he be called Mr. Ed? Certainly he resembles the Southern exposure of a horse traveling North