Atlanta mass shooting live updates: 1 killed, 4 hurt; suspect at large

[Scott]

 

One person is dead and four are injured from a mass shooting at an Atlanta medical center on Wednesday, police said.

 

Police have released these images of the suspect, identified as 24-year-old Deion Patterson, who they say is at large.

 

 

https://abcnews.go.com/US/live-updates/atlanta-shooting/?id=99048067

 

[eisfeld]

We obviously need more guns. If everyone in the medical center was armed with heavy assault rilfes this guy would have thought twice!

[it is what it is]

 

arm the receptionist, arm the nurses, arm the doctors, give the patients a gun on arrival - just in case. next.

[VillageIdiot]

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Edited May 4, 2023 by VillageIdiot

[bamnutsak]

I think we need a sub-forum for mass shootings in the U.S.

 

That Oklahoma shooting was pretty horrific.

 

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/oklahoma-sex-offender-jesse-mcfadden-fatally-shot-6-people/

 

[riclag]

“Why number of US mass shootings has risen sharply”

Some factors

Distress, law and societal trends can also factor in

Some experts also point to the rise in life stressors, both in general and as a result of the pandemic, especially hardships related to finances, employment or family and relationships.

 

These issues can lead some people "to act out or respond violently", said Jaclyn Schildkraut, the interim executive director of the Regional Gun Violence Research Consortium at the non-partisan Rockefeller Institute of Government.

 

Also worth noting people are scared and are buying guns in record numbers to protect themselves and others.

 

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-64377360

 

[Tug]

They got the perp in custody off to the supermax tomb for life I expect 

[Bkk Brian]

24 minutes ago, riclag said:

“Why number of US mass shootings has risen sharply”

Some factors

Distress, law and societal trends can also factor in

Some experts also point to the rise in life stressors, both in general and as a result of the pandemic, especially hardships related to finances, employment or family and relationships.

 

These issues can lead some people "to act out or respond violently", said Jaclyn Schildkraut, the interim executive director of the Regional Gun Violence Research Consortium at the non-partisan Rockefeller Institute of Government.

 

Also worth noting people are scared and are buying guns in record numbers to protect themselves and others.

 

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-64377360

 

Interesting in how you quote that article. Considering the main cause they cite is the increasing gun ownership, which happens to be above the paragraph you refer to:

 

Gun ownership is on the rise

One is that Americans have more guns now than they did before. US gun sales reached a record 23 million in 2020 - a 65% increase from 2019 - and remained high in 2021.

The FBI conducted significantly more firearm background checks - required by law when someone buys a gun - during times of uncertainty, like the first Covid-19 lockdown in March 2020, the unrest following the police killing of George Floyd, and the US Capitol riots in January 2021.

Josh Horwitz, co-director of the Johns Hopkins Center for Gun Violence Solutions, said the rise in sales is tied to "the idea that guns keep us safe, especially in uncertain times".

 

[Credo]

1 hour ago, riclag said:

“Why number of US mass shootings has risen sharply”

Some factors

Distress, law and societal trends can also factor in

Some experts also point to the rise in life stressors, both in general and as a result of the pandemic, especially hardships related to finances, employment or family and relationships.

 

These issues can lead some people "to act out or respond violently", said Jaclyn Schildkraut, the interim executive director of the Regional Gun Violence Research Consortium at the non-partisan Rockefeller Institute of Government.

 

Also worth noting people are scared and are buying guns in record numbers to protect themselves and others.

 

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-64377360

 

....and you forgot the biggest one..... a gun; preferably an assault-style weapon to keep the body count high.