at least 10 people shot outside of Empire State Building

A box on the table keeps my jimmies stable.

Wish our shooter knew the same.

work at uniqlo and gave us the day off.... unpaid

more importantly an increasingly note of this country's embarassing gun laws/control

11:11- gun laws would have done exactly nothing to control this (assuming you are taking the stance that stricter gun control is the answer). The man was obviously mentally ill/disgruntled. Why do you think he would care if his gun was obtained legally if he had no problem shooting innocent people?

What a horrible tragedy that left trail of injury, death and pain.

Without a doubt, the "logical" response of the gun nuts will be that if a civilian was carrying a piece they could've taken matters of defense in their own hands. It's sad that it seems most against gun control think MORE guns is the right answer. Hey, if we're all packing then we can protect ourselves, right? WRONG!

Wake up people, the right wings and gun advocates are selfish pricks! They don't want what is best for the people, they want what is best for themselves while totally ignoring the betterment of society. Such a scared negative outlook on life. This is NOT the answer!

Don't forget to vote on election day!

Never vote

In this situation, my heart really goes out to the Uniqlo guy.

11:22 - It's nice that your uselful liberal arts degree gives you the arrogance to piss away your freedom. Please sit back and tell me how we'll never accomplish anything with the current 2-party system as you sit back and do NOTHNG to make things better for anyone. Always remember, you were born here by luck, not choice. Therefore you are more fortunate than millions of others in the world who live in poverty, tyranny and opression. This is your life, don't bitch - make things happen!

"work at uniqlo and gave us the day off.... unpaid"

They will make no money, so YOU will make no money. Pretty simple economics pal. If you're upset, start up your own business and call the shots. Until then, live with perspective that exsits beyond the realm of your own selfishness.

This shit happens all the time in Brooklyn and no one gives a fuck. 2 weeks ago there was a drive-by where 6 people were injured, including a 2 year old girl and a 14 year old boy. No one seemed to care then. Worse yet, the suspects are still at large. Is this because these people are white and in Manhattan that this is suddenly big news?

uniqlobro...you guys have any navy cardigans in stock? pref under $40? Thanks in advance.

11:39 - I think you answered your own question.

11:39, I hadn't realized the war between sausages and trendies had spilled onto the streets, heaven help us...

"and call the shots"

bad choice of words

11:39 How do you know they are white?

Last time I checked there were no internationally acknowledged landmarks and tourist destinations in East New York. But, nice way to throw race baiting into the discussion where there was clearly no need for it 11:39.

White people scare me.

11:39- I, along with any reader of the major newpapers (online) read about that shooting, so I have no idea what you are talking about. It was covered. As far as the attention this shooting is getting, less people are shot at the Empire State Building throughout the year than in East New York. When something like this happens it is called a statistical outlier so it stands out more. Stop trying to be a race baiting douchebag.

11:18- You are painting a foolishly binary picture. There are more than just gun nuts and those completely against guns. I happen to support gun control, within reason. But, as I stated before, it would have done nothing to stop something like this. Chicago has some of the strictest gun laws in the country and is a warzone.

I didn't even give 11:18 the credit of a rational post. I got a sentence into his tirade and discerned rather quickly that this was garden variety regurgitation of MoveOn.org talking points from a garden variety crazy eyes leftie zombie. They are all over the deep blue areas nowadays, and they are about as easy to spot as movie zombies. Best to just disregard it and move on to the adult participants in the discussion.

There were times at my last job I wanted to kick the shit out of my boss because he was an abusive ass hole. I wouldn't imagine taking it as far as shooting my boss in the head, but I can see where the shooter is coming from. I'm glad he got what he wanted, and I hope he got his boss to pray for his life before he took it away from him...

However, I don't condone him shooting innocent people, that's just fucking wack.

^ thanks for sharing, nut job

Guns are a symptom. The problem is the sickness in the American workplace; the after effects of Reaganonmics.

But, managing class, go on treating working people like shit. Nothing bad has ever happened with that. #HistoryOfRevolutions

It's because Republican assholes (like the Walkmen) prevent any sort of legitimate gun control because somehow to them that impedes our "freedom."

Hi, this is 1:06 back again. Please consider my post to apply to 1:21 as well. That is all.

and 1:27

the cops did most of the shooting. as usual.

1:21- a little simplistic, blaming it all on Reaganomics (and I think he was one of the worst presidents in our history). If anything, workers are treated better now in the workplace than in our past history, as horrifying as that may be.

The Walkmen are Republicans?

Also - 1:16 is creepy.

He's not "a little simplistic", he's a zombie. Go try reasoning with a cantaloupe in the supermarket, you'll have an easier time.

according to reports the woman he killed was someone who he had had problems with regarding a harassment situation at work

all my prays uniqlo guy....

Agree with 11:22. Never vote. In this country Democracy is a sham, voting supports the illusion that the people hold any power. It hurts more then helps.

Obviously, there are tons of ways you can help your community, help people and rebel against this shitty government and police force while not voting. 11:30 you seem quite angry, I hope you one say channel that into something more useful then voting and typing anonynous comments here.

Re: the shooting. Whatever. Can't wait to watch the media demonize some mentally ill guy.

BROOKLYN VEGAN, KEEP THE DEPRESSING NEWS OFF THE SITE (please)
News is depressing.
I like it when you only put music stories.

Let's make fun of musicians and douchey hipsters CMON!!!!

1:42- No, 1:16 is one step above a Juggalo, his attempt at attention seeking is so transparent.

The country would be MUCH safer without gun control. If that whacko in the movie theatre or this guy wanted to start shooting people who had guns, he would have been stopped. Police take time to arrive and cannot control everybody all the time.

BELOW IS A FEW COMMENTS MADE BY OUR FOUNDING FATHERS.
( so this ends all debate about gun control)

“A free people ought not only to be armed and disciplined, but they should have sufficient arms and ammunition to maintain a status of independence from any who might attempt to abuse them, which would include their own government.”
- George Washington
“Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety.”
- Benjamin Franklin
“The strongest reason for people to retain the right to keep and bear arms is, as a last resort, to protect themselves against tyranny in government.”
- Thomas Jefferson
“No free man shall ever be debarred the use of arms.”
- Thomas Jefferson
“The laws that forbid the carrying of arms are laws of such a nature. They disarm only those who are neither inclined nor determined to commit crimes…. Such laws make things worse for the assaulted and better for the assailants; they serve rather to encourage than to prevent homicides, for an unarmed man may be attacked with greater confidence than an armed man.”
- Thomas Jefferson (quoting 18th century criminologist Cesare Beccaria)
“A strong body makes the mind strong. As to the species of exercises, I advise the gun. While this gives moderate exercise to the body, it gives boldness, enterprise and independence to the mind. Games played with the ball, and others of that nature, are too violent for the body and stamp no character on the mind. Let your gun therefore be your constant companion of your walks.” – Thomas Jefferson
“The Constitution of most of our states (and of the United States) assert that all power is inherent in the people; that they may exercise it by themselves; that it is their right and duty to be at all times armed.”
- Thomas Jefferson
“On every occasion [of Constitutional interpretation] let us carry ourselves back to the time when the Constitution was adopted, recollect the spirit manifested in the debates, and instead of trying [to force] what meaning may be squeezed out of the text, or invented against it, [instead let us] conform to the probable one in which it was passed.”
- Thomas Jefferson
“I enclose you a list of the killed, wounded, and captives of the enemy from the commencement of hostilities at Lexington in April, 1775, until November, 1777, since which there has been no event of any consequence … I think that upon the whole it has been about one half the number lost by them, in some instances more, but in others less. This difference is ascribed to our superiority in taking aim when we fire; every soldier in our army having been intimate with his gun from his infancy.”
- Thomas Jefferson in a letter to Giovanni Fabbroni, June 8, 1778
“Arms in the hands of citizens may be used at individual discretion in private self defense.”
- John Adams
“To disarm the people is the most effectual way to enslave them.”
- George Mason
“I ask sir, what is the militia? It is the whole people except for a few politicians.”
- George Mason (father of the Bill of Rights and The Virginia Declaration of Rights)
“Before a standing army can rule, the people must be disarmed, as they are in almost every country in Europe.”
- Noah Webster
“The supreme power in America cannot enforce unjust laws by the sword; because the whole body of the people are armed, and constitute a force superior to any band of regular troops.”
- Noah Webster
“A government resting on the minority is an aristocracy, not a Republic, and could not be safe with a numerical and physical force against it, without a standing army, an enslaved press and a disarmed populace.”
- James Madison
“Americans have the right and advantage of being armed, unlike the people of other countries, whose leaders are afraid to trust them with arms.”
- James Madison
“The right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed. A well regulated militia, composed of the body of the people, trained to arms, is the best and most natural defense of a free country.”
- James Madison
“The ultimate authority resides in the people alone.”
- James Madison
“Necessity is the plea for every infringement of human freedom. It is the argument of tyrants; it is the creed of slaves.”
- William Pitt
“To preserve liberty, it is essential that the whole body of the people always possess arms, and be taught alike, especially when young, how to use them.”
- Richard Henry Lee
“A militia, when properly formed, are in fact the people themselves … and include all men capable of bearing arms.”
- Richard Henry Lee

^ so then it's not a lack of gun control that you want. You would actually like mandatory gun ownership. Please don't breed.

Yes, the constitution should be hailed like its the ten commandments. Fuck off republican troll.

2:41 was in response to 2:36, but 2:40 seems equally lacking in judgment. I'm sure you found all those quotes yourself and know their context.

^ the comstitution is great... fuck off brainless sheep.

2:36 PM- This statement always makes me laugh. Why do you think that people would have been able to take him out in a smoky theater, that was dark, with people running around in panic? There are other situations in which you might be right, but the Colorado shooting is not one of them.

2:44- I am a different poster, but your implication is maddening. I am as far from a Republican as one can get, but I strongly believe that our Constitution is what sets our country above others. And, as I am sure you know, there are something called Amendments build into its structure, meaning that that the drafters of the original document always left the possibility open for it to be changed and never saw it as gospel.

2:41 was in response to 2:36, but 2:40 seems equally lacking in judgment. I'm sure you found all those quotes yourself and know their context.
Posted by Anonymous | August 24, 2012 2:49 PM

The context is pretty clear. I think it's your reading comprehension that is clearly in question.

@2:41 thru 2:50:
Yeah, we should disregard the document that governs our society and *constrains* our government from metastasizing into totalitarianism or fascism. By all means it's much better to just give Glorious Leader full power over all things, then we will really be "progressive" and "enlightened".

One question - what do you do when someone dies in the meth house you live in? Do you bury them yourselves, or do you just leave the body where it is like the rats?

What about the innocent people who were shot in killed in Brooklyn in the last few days? 17 year old Darius Robinson? 13 year old Ronald Wallace? Brooklyn Vegan does not care about Black People.

people, People, PEOPLE!!!

IF YOU DON'T FEED THE TROLLS THEY WILL GO AWAY

THESE IDIOTS ARE CLEARLY TROLLS

DO NOT FEED THE TROLLS

YOU ARE NOT GOING TO WIN ANY ARGUMENTS WITH THEM
THEY WILL NOT BECOME RATIONAL AFTER READING YOUR POSTS

^^^ 3:03 I have absolutely no issue with masturbating into totalitarianism

3:03 - you are obviously well trained in Constitutional Law. I bow to your superior intellect. Maybe you could lead a new militia for us?

AND BRAINLESS PEOPLE LIKE ABOVE WHO TYPE IN ALL CAPS ARE UNABLE TO THINK FOR THEMSELVES.
All they do is listen to mainstream media and spend all day on Facebook trying to act smart.

Neocons are as hard to listen to as Corganites.

3:17 - So true! I do volunteer work with kids on the spectrum, and they fall in the same category.

^ has not idea what "Neocon" means

prove me wrong, genius

Great work guys. Several people died today, and you are changing the world by droning on about your politics.

You are real class acts.

3:20 - you understand that we're on computers, correct? Even if 3:17 didn't know before, with a keystroke or two he could find out. You win for dumbest comment of the day. At least the Neocons try to think.

still waiting

Neocons think with their asses.

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The ethnically ambiguous man from yeasayer looks over these comments with thinly veiled disgust.

2:17, agreed. Whenever articles like these are posted here, it's nothing but political bickering ala "obama's an idiot because....." (an example) and other BS along those lines. Just like those comment sections on all those AOL articles.

3:31 is possibly the funniest comment in history.

Bearing arms has absolutely no relation to your ability to preserve liberty in our modern world. You really think a handgun is going to repeal the Patriot Act? Or defend yourself against a drone strike?

All you're doing is essentially creating a micro-version of the Cold War; mutually assured destruction is the only outcome. More people will die, not less.

And innocent people will always die in shootings like these. Because 'innocent people' are the ones who don't buy guns, and never will. At least not in an effort to prevent an incident like this.

^ although 3:38s opinion is respectable, I disagree.

If somebody had a handgun in that movie theatre, maybe a couple would have been killed instead of twenty something.

Gum control makes this country MORE dangerous.

A criminal will always be able to get a gun... So why not allow good law abiding people to get one to protect themselves and stop whacks like this.

I guarantee that if this guy or batman guy knew people had guns on them they wouldn't be so inclined to pull crazy shit like this. End of story.

How could you "the good law abiding person" have stopped this? If you had a gun, you'd carry it on your hip, ready to draw and fire at the first notice of trouble?

you're an idiot.

BTW all the defenses of the 2nd Amendment stem from a time when we had to physically protect our homes from angry natives and imperialistic Brits. Why would any private citizen in our nation Need a gun?

Because not everyone in this country is as nice or honorable as you - people can, and do, invade others' homes and sometimes the people in those homes are robbed, raped and/or killed. The world is a violent place, I'd rather be prepared and never have to use a gun than be unprepared and wish I had one.

The gunman killed one person. A coworker. The rest were shot by police in "friendly fire."

If you want "law abiding citizens" to pack heat make sure they are expert marksman because the ones that are there to serve and protect can't seem to shoot straight.

amadouuuuuuuuuu

3:29 + 3:31 = Legendary

amadou what the cops tell me next time

3:31 wins the internet for today

I didn't even give 11:18 the credit of a rational post. I got a sentence into his tirade and discerned rather quickly that this was garden variety regurgitation of MoveOn.org talking points from a garden variety crazy eyes leftie zombie. They are all over the deep blue areas nowadays, and they are about as easy to spot as movie zombies. Best to just disregard it and move on to the adult participants in the discussion.

Posted by Anonymous | August 24, 2012 1:06 PM

This guy sounds about as in touch with reality as the tea party nut who flew a small plane into the IRS building a while back.

And as far as all this 2nd Amendment talk regarding "protecting your self" from the govt, get back to your Fox "news" & Ayn Rand psycho drivel.

3:20's 'genius challenge' was very D-like and equally inane... that you, D?

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