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blue_13 t1_jeac3gz wrote

So, are we to expect these every other day now? This is getting absolutely ridiculous...

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GarethPW t1_jeac6tr wrote

I'm resigned to the conclusion that nothing will ever be done at this point

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SlimChiply t1_jeac7g7 wrote

WXII just reported that there is now no active shooter on campus

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Sawdamizer t1_jeac9f7 wrote

God works in such mysterious ways! Bless! /s

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immalittlepiggy t1_jeacndi wrote

That’s what, 4 in 3 days now? Or am I missing some?

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srandrews t1_jeacu5d wrote

I think we need "no active shooter" news flashes and headlines.

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NickDanger3di t1_jeacvbr wrote

Looks like we're at 'Today's school mass shooting'. Soon it will be 'First school mass shooting of the day'. I'm pretty sure the founding fathers would have addressed this in the second amendment, had they known how stupid our politicians would become.

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SlimChiply t1_jeadfmu wrote

One of the cops on the scanner at one point said no press will be allowed on campus, while a WXII employee is on the scene

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-SaC t1_jeaewbn wrote

Replying to GarethPW (#2,488,840)

After Sandy Hook E: Columbine (sorry - got my mass shootings mixed up) it was obvious nobody with any power actually gave a shit over there. Now it's just...US things.

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dongstrongmd t1_jeafctb wrote

I’m talking to a girl who’s currently under lockdown on the campus. They haven’t heard any updates that it’s safe yet, and the fact that they try to report that it’s under control on campus while simultaneously having no clue where these guys are is wigging me out. Haven’t heard from her in about 10 minutes.

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-SaC t1_jeafocn wrote

Replying to Scoutster13 (#2,489,721)

We were talking at work that evening and basically said "this was fucking horrible, now at least something will get done - after all, it took us until Dunblane to actually put some solid stuff into action, so now the US will act. Shame it came to this, what a waste. Never again though; they'll put something through over there."

Yeah nah, we were naïve as fuck.

 

E: Spelling

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el_grort t1_jeafvf0 wrote

Replying to -SaC (#2,489,607)

Columbine, tbh.

The UK clamped down with the Hungerford Massacre and then outright banmed handguns following the school shooting in Dunblane, the UK's only school shooting.

The Australians fixed things after Port Arthur.

It shouldn't reallt take more than one to mend the issue. By Sandy Hook, the US had already made its decision, it was already too late.

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danielisbored t1_jeag0gu wrote

Replying to NickDanger3di (#2,489,044)

Most of them, Jefferson especially, would be confused as hell as to why we are so doggedly trying to maintain the late 18th century version of a law, when the document was explicitly written in such a way as to make it updatable to changing political and social attitudes.

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No___ImRight t1_jeag4h1 wrote

Replying to Pickle_Slinger (#2,489,089)

Like 20 seconds after this article got posted they updated the first sentence on the article:

>School officials at Forsyth Tech Community College in North Carolina briefly reported an active shooter incident Thursday before police said that was not the case.

Funny how like 80 different news outlets jumped on it. Gotta get them clicks for $$$$

This "jump to report first" shit is worse than the 24 hour news cycle.

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Scoutster13 t1_jeaghyj wrote

Replying to -SaC (#2,489,791)

Yeah, we were actually consoling each other with that belief for a short time - my gut didn't believe it. I so wanted it to be true. And then, once again, a certain group said "it's too soon to talk" and I knew it was done.

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No___ImRight t1_jeagxz5 wrote

Replying to cameronbrady (#2,489,954)

Media just wanted to get it out ASAP for the ad revenue/clicks.

30 years ago this would have been isolated to the local newspaper.

Now we got half the country on edge thinking it's another school shooting like Covenant or Sandy Hook.

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Mijam7 t1_jeahs02 wrote

Lock him in a room with Republican voters

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cameronbrady t1_jeai1nd wrote

Replying to [deleted] (#2,490,215)

there's always a chance that someone sees it on national news that has connections to the school/area, so I personally disagree.

for example, I live very close to this school & actually attend this exact campus where this happened. I've had multiple friends and family members contact me & my mom in the last two hours making sure I'm okay because they saw it on national news.

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elle23nc t1_jeairl9 wrote

Replying to cameronbrady (#2,489,954)

What a shit show. The NBC article makes it sound like the school administrators are a bunch of idiots who falsely claimed an active shooter incident. Meanwhile, the school remains on lockdown while the cops are investigating the "non-threat"?!

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Jaded_Prompt_15 t1_jeaiu5h wrote

Replying to Pickle_Slinger (#2,489,089)

It's weird how many take that as "there wasn't one"...

Like, there was a shooter, he was active, but he stopped shooting people.

So he's not an "active" shooter anymore.

No idea how people could not understand that, but it seems to be all over this thread

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No___ImRight t1_jeaj52x wrote

Replying to cameronbrady (#2,490,531)

Yea..he made it seem like the area was your typical "factory closed and the area is rundown, but this community college shows how we can recover"

That's why I asked about crime...Obama made it seem a little destitute, but a lot can change in 10 years.

https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/the-press-office/2011/01/25/remarks-president-state-union-address

>Because people need to be able to train for new jobs and careers in today’s fast-changing economy, we’re also revitalizing America’s community colleges. Last month, I saw the promise of these schools at Forsyth Tech in North Carolina. Many of the students there used to work in the surrounding factories that have since left town.

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elle23nc t1_jeajwl9 wrote

Replying to No___ImRight (#2,490,648)

I was a student at Forsyth Tech when Obama visited. Winston-Salem was not destitute. Community colleges just provide an alternative to universities for students to learn a trade without taking on student debt. I think that was his overall message.

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cameronbrady t1_jeakea5 wrote

Replying to elle23nc (#2,490,547)

there's rumors right now that someone shot themselves in the bathroom accidently, so that may be what you're referencing in terms of them falsely claiming an active shooter incident (since in that case it would've been an accidental shooting).

the local news is reporting that some kids who were on campus heard that someone did shoot themselves accidentally, so im curious if that ends up being true.

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sdforbda t1_jean2y1 wrote

Replying to danielisbored (#2,489,867)

Taking it a bit out of context one of my favorite short quotes is "Indeed I tremble for my country" as it has been so fitting over the years, unfortunately. It is truly baffling how something that was written to be a living document is treated as uneditable now.

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N8CCRG t1_jeangp4 wrote

Replying to Jaded_Prompt_15 (#2,490,566)

If there's one thing I know, redditors will blame the wording as "being intentionally misleading" instead of acknowledging that it's their own error in thinking it said something different than it actually said and/or not bothering to read the article.

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moneyfish t1_jeanny3 wrote

Replying to No___ImRight (#2,489,893)

>This "jump to report first" shit is worse than the 24 hour news cycle.

It’s not the News fault that people demand news about events in real time. Every time there’s a major event like this Reddit demands information and updates every 5 minutes. Reddit also demands that news is free with no ads. If people could chill the fuck out and wait a day, we’d probably have better news because they’d have time to sort the facts out.

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Nebuli2 t1_jeaouqe wrote

Replying to No___ImRight (#2,489,893)

> Funny how like 80 different news outlets jumped on it. Gotta get them clicks for $$$$

Because being the first one to report something is clearly more important than getting the facts straight. :(

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bishcalledwanda t1_jeautlm wrote

While republicans show up to work in AK47 pins…disgraceful

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WVPrepper t1_jeaxafb wrote

School officials at Forsyth Tech Community College in North Carolina briefly reported an active shooter incident Thursday before police said that was not the case.

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DanYHKim t1_jeaxptq wrote

Someday, there will be an announcement like this and all the "good guys with guns" will be out hunting for the active shooter. One will see another armed guy and shoot at him. Everyone will converge to the sound of the gunfire, and then there will be a war zone

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Zodiac-Gacy t1_jeazgf8 wrote

At this point it no longer phases me to see these headlines. I almost expect them in my news feed

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Cthulia t1_jeb0v55 wrote

I am a Forsyth Tech student, but I am not enrolled this semester. They have a thing called "Tech Alerts" which is a text message alert you can sign up to get, it's for stuff like bad weather campus closures, power outages, etc. Here are the two texts I received today, plus one I received yesterday:

https://imgur.com/a/PbTiKuM

I was just looking at classes for summer and fall semester, oof.

2:41pm: newest text sent out

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Dreamscarred t1_jeb14zj wrote

Replying to No___ImRight (#2,490,943)

Don't act dumb, use common sense, trust your gut. Winston has some sketchy areas, but they're not hard to avoid. Trade St. isn't a bad location and there are some really cool stores on that stretch.

I recommend visiting Reynolda House/Gardens and Old Salem during your visit here in June. :) Both are easily walkable in a couple hours - Old Salem not being far from Sweet Potatoes.

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Itsme_sd t1_jeb34ji wrote

Hey wasn't NC the state that less than 24 hours ago made getting a handgun permitless? That seems to be working out great!

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WalkerBRiley t1_jeb6obf wrote

Replying to danielisbored (#2,489,867)

Yea. It was meant to be a living document that changes with the times. The FF realized a rigid doctrine that couldn't be changed was a great way to cause a country to collapse in like 200-250 years.

checks watch yep...we appear to be on schedule.

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senorcoach t1_jeb8p3u wrote

Isn't this the school that just hit headlines the other day because there was a drag show at an on-campus restaraunt and people got upset because the campus also hosts some high school students?

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preferrred t1_jebebxi wrote

I live 20 min away. I saw info on it like 2 minutes after the first news article dropped and the story has changed wildly. At first there were shots fired, two men who are armed and dangerous on campus and at large. Then it said there is no active threat to the community, an investigation is ongoing, and the suspects are still at large. Now it’s saying that there is no active shooter, one person injured (non critical), and no arrests have been made. Classes cancelled for the rest of the week.. and I don’t go to that school but I’m not going on my campus for the rest of the week either personally.

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derezzedmind t1_jebedpk wrote

How are these news if these happen at a weekly basis now.

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Optinaut t1_jebfibp wrote

Replying to [deleted] (#2,497,958)

I would assume so. The consequences are too severe if they don’t and get caught. Why would they take the risk?

Do you have any evidence to suggest they do not comply with the background checks?

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Madmandocv1 t1_jebpc0w wrote

We live in a country so insanely violent and gun ridden that we have a specific term “active shooter.” That way we can distinguish between the boring run of the mill situation where some people were shot but now it’s done and the worse situation where a killer is still going around shooting anyone they can. That way we can have conversations like this: “Hey there was a shooting at school today”. “Oh, is it an active shooter situation?” “No, a guy shot two people and then himself.” “Oh thank goodness. For a minute there I thought you were talking about the worse kind of shooting. So I’m think pasta for dinner, that good for you?”

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BabylonianKnight t1_jebtbtj wrote

Guns dont kill people. Insane people with access to guns because a lack of gun laws kill people.

Time for gun laws and mental health programs in America

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ComprehensiveAdmin t1_jecjliv wrote

Fuck you, fear-mongering news outlets. It’s already bad enough.

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cameronbrady t1_jecusfw wrote

Replying to preferrred (#2,498,195)

yeah it was a high schooler who was there on one of the trips to visit the school since they're nearing the end of their school year. for whatever reason, he had a gun with him and somehow shot himself in the bathroom accidentally

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preferrred t1_jed8whp wrote

Replying to cameronbrady (#2,511,541)

God I just want to yell. I am SO thankful it was not any worse than it was. It being this close to home really sent me into a spiral for a few hours I was not feeling good. That kid is a fucking idiot.

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