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Six people killed in mass shooting in Plymouth, England
reuters ^ | 08/12/2021 | Kanishka Singh and Paul Sandle

Posted on 08/12/2021 5:20:43 PM PDT by BenLurkin

Six people were killed in a mass shooting in the city of Plymouth in southwest England on Thursday evening, in an incident described by the British Home Secretary as "shocking".

Two females and three males, including the suspect, died from gunshot wounds at the scene of the incident, the Devon and Cornwall Police said in a statement. Another female died a short time later in hospital, the police added.

Sharron Turner, 57, who lives behind the scene of the shooting, told The Times newspaper that a gunman had "kicked in" the front door of a semi-detached house before shooting a young mother and her daughter, who was aged about five. Turner said she had been told that the man, who was dressed in black and grey, was armed with a semi-automatic weapon.

After the attack, the gunman escaped through a park behind the house and shot two dog walkers, The Times reported.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; United Kingdom
KEYWORDS: banglist; england; gunlaws; nogunsforbrits; plymouth
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1 posted on 08/12/2021 5:20:43 PM PDT by BenLurkin
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To: BenLurkin

Feral descendants of General Cornwallis again.


2 posted on 08/12/2021 5:22:19 PM PDT by Extremely Extreme Extremist (Free Republic: The Internet's 1st social media platform. Since 1996.)
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To: BenLurkin

How’s that possible? UK has very strict gun laws!


3 posted on 08/12/2021 5:23:41 PM PDT by entropy12 (President Trump was the best president in my life time of 81 years and counting..)
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To: BenLurkin

Why don’t these people defend themselves?! Oh that’s right - they can’t.


4 posted on 08/12/2021 5:24:10 PM PDT by NWFree (Somebody has to say it)
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To: BenLurkin

But I thought guns were banned in the UK.


5 posted on 08/12/2021 5:24:15 PM PDT by Qui is (Biden spews and Harris swallows)
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To: Qui is

Only for bobbies.


6 posted on 08/12/2021 5:25:02 PM PDT by mewzilla (Those aren't masks. They're muzzles. )
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To: NWFree

PS - yes I do even when walking the dog it’s perfectly permissible


7 posted on 08/12/2021 5:25:31 PM PDT by NWFree (Somebody has to say it)
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To: BenLurkin

Impossible. They don’t have guns over there.

That being said, very sad. I have a handful of friends over there (one of them a goth musician who is a dead ringer for Christopher Lee and a stealth conservative) who are heartbroken that the country of their birth no longer exists.

I was once talking to him about my days as a co-ed in London 30 years ago and he said, “That London no longer exists. That ENGLAND no longer exists...”

Drug crime and the Religion of Peace are big factors.

The sun has set.


8 posted on 08/12/2021 5:25:45 PM PDT by Mermaid Girl
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist

...or the monster Cromwell.


9 posted on 08/12/2021 5:26:10 PM PDT by miserare ( Respect for life--life of all kinds-- is the first principle of civilization.~~A. Schweitzer.)
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist

THEY NEED SOME GUN CONTROL OVER THERE!


10 posted on 08/12/2021 5:32:04 PM PDT by arthurus (covfefe m)
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To: BenLurkin

Impossible. Guns are illegal in the UK :P


11 posted on 08/12/2021 5:34:20 PM PDT by Boogieman
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To: Mermaid Girl

I visited England for the first time in Sept. of 1976 , alone , and stayed 3 weeks . Was in London for about a week and then drove all over the country . Never had a problem or felt unsafe day or night and I did walk through some somewhat “ dodgy “ areas of London . Between 1976-1983 I visited 6 times ( with various friends and one time with my younger sister ) for a total of 13 weeks . It sure was a different country then . Couldn’t pay me to go there now .


12 posted on 08/12/2021 5:35:45 PM PDT by sushiman
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To: miserare

All Cromwell did was depose a King. That’s always a good thing to do.


13 posted on 08/12/2021 5:36:48 PM PDT by DesertRhino (A coup government may not claim the protection of the same constitution it overthrew. )
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To: DesertRhino

I guess you don’t read Irish History.


14 posted on 08/12/2021 5:38:39 PM PDT by miserare ( Respect for life--life of all kinds-- is the first principle of civilization.~~A. Schweitzer.)
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To: sushiman

I hear you. Even in London, I was safe walking back from the clubs on Oxford Road to the house in the West End. Now... well, they made their decisions. The price will be paid.

I just wish I could have gone back for one more trip.


15 posted on 08/12/2021 5:40:52 PM PDT by Mermaid Girl
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To: BenLurkin

Banning guns doesn’t seem to be working. Time to ban illegal guns as well.


16 posted on 08/12/2021 5:42:42 PM PDT by Telepathic Intruder
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To: BenLurkin

Story can’t be true. England has such strong gun control laws that most of the cops are unarmed.


17 posted on 08/12/2021 5:43:15 PM PDT by PAR35
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To: BenLurkin
No pictures? No problem. Can't fool Mother Nature.

18 posted on 08/12/2021 5:43:50 PM PDT by Governor Dinwiddie ("Success is 10 percent inspiration and 90 percent perspiration." — Thomas Edison)
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To: miserare

Now they need the monster Cromwell, probably the only one who could set things right !


19 posted on 08/12/2021 5:46:18 PM PDT by Reily
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To: BenLurkin

Liar. It’s illegal to own a gun in England.


20 posted on 08/12/2021 5:49:45 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum ("Communism is not love. Communism is a hammer which we use to crush the enemy." ― Mao Zedong)
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