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DanieRains

(4,619 posts)
Fri Jan 24, 2020, 03:34 PM Jan 2020

Seattle Mass Shooting - My Instincts Were Right This Time

The assassins in mass shootings are different in every case. Since I was familiar with the "bad area" the shooting in Seattle took place, I figured the shooters were violent people who should be behind bars where they can't shoot anyone. Not someone "mentally ill" or "homeless" even though the area shows depravity on a huge scale on most days.

I was 1000% right.

Previously convicted violent felons with multiple arrests shot all them people in Seattle. People who should have been locked up.

The right wing blowhard media scumbags are having a field day here in Seattle. They are partially right though. Violent criminals need to be locked up until they are rehabilitated. If they repeat offend, they need to be removed from society. Sorry. It is not a cop issue, it is a jail issue. If you join a gang, any gang "you will spend your entire life behind bars if you do crimes" should be the message.

https://mynorthwest.com/1682456/dori-downtown-seattle-shooting/

Dori Monson is a RWNJ but when it comes to babying gangstas he is right. It is not "socialism" or "liberals" that is the problem though Dori. It is basically lack of socialism is one crass way to put it. Giving Boeing 10 billion in aid but not taking care of the problems THAT CREATE GANGS, or taking care of drug users with treatment, or helping the mentally ill PROPERLY is insane.

Career criminals need to be somewhere they can't hurt anyone until they have been rehabilitated. If they don't help themselves, they need to be somewhere they can't hurt others.

Maybe if the gangstas went to Davos and opened fire things would be different. Oh wait. They can't even get close to Davos. The filthy rich have security. We don't. We have to live with the result of their pillaging.

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Seattle Mass Shooting - My Instincts Were Right This Time (Original Post) DanieRains Jan 2020 OP
Curious - what are the hand gun laws in Seattle? nt jmg257 Jan 2020 #1
The firearm laws are uniform across WA state by state law. ManiacJoe Jan 2020 #4
Ah _ I'll look it up - likely easier - thanks!! NT jmg257 Jan 2020 #5
Starting point for you: ManiacJoe Jan 2020 #6
Why are you posting a libertarian's opinion piece as if it is evidence based and fair? pnwmom Jan 2020 #2
Reality Is Reality DanieRains Jan 2020 #3
Sounds a bit like Chicago... jmg257 Jan 2020 #7
career criminals are in the White House... stillcool Jan 2020 #8
Trump Kills In Worse Ways DanieRains Jan 2020 #10
I visited Seattle last year for the first time. cwydro Jan 2020 #9

ManiacJoe

(10,136 posts)
4. The firearm laws are uniform across WA state by state law.
Fri Jan 24, 2020, 04:03 PM
Jan 2020

Anything particular you are wondering about?

pnwmom

(108,988 posts)
2. Why are you posting a libertarian's opinion piece as if it is evidence based and fair?
Fri Jan 24, 2020, 03:46 PM
Jan 2020

Dori Monson is a libertarian who can't stand the Democratic leadership in Seattle.

jmg257

(11,996 posts)
7. Sounds a bit like Chicago...
Fri Jan 24, 2020, 05:07 PM
Jan 2020

"In 2018 80.88 percent of homicide victims had previous criminal records....additionally, 92.14% of homicide offenders had prior criminal records.

As a related side note, 84.07% of criminal homicide injury was by gun shot wound.

http://home.chicagopolice.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/2018AnnualReport-05July19.pdf

Chicago police have long advocated for adjustments in the sentencing of perpetrators, as they can identify potential offenders (and victims) fairly easily.

 

cwydro

(51,308 posts)
9. I visited Seattle last year for the first time.
Fri Jan 24, 2020, 05:27 PM
Jan 2020

Always wanted to go.

I was gobsmacked by all the homeless encampments right in the streets.

On one day, I was walking back from the ferry and ended up near a huge group of people, obviously on drugs and/ homeless screaming and threatening one another.

The cops were pulling up as I beat a hasty retreat. A nice city, but there’s a real problem there.

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