Gay club attacked in Florida

[Rhiannon]

Breaking news on the BBC.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/36510272

[Brownie]

Grim stuff Rhiannon  .

[Rhiannon]

Yes. 

[floo]

SICK and then some!

[Walt Zingmatilder]

Apparently a talented young pop star was murdered by a stalker in the same town.

[Aruntraveller]

Now reporting 20 killed. It is being described as a "terrorist Incident".

And already on Twitter some lovely homophobe out there proclaiming the murderer as somebody doing "God's work".

Some sick dudes in this world.

[Brownie]

Apparently a talented young pop star was murdered by a stalker in the same town.

That's right, not long before the shooting at the club.
Yes Trent, there are sick individuals in this world, unfortunately.  We never know the minute nor the hour.

[Shaker]

Suspect provisionally identified as Omar Mateen, 29.

[Hope]

This was mentioned and prayed for at church, this morning - alongside prayers for the leadership of our own nation, at all levels.

[Keith Maitland]

Now it is "50 dead" and a "state of emergency" has been declared.

[Rhiannon]

There's nothing sensible I can say. 

[Nearly Sane]

There may not be anything sensible to say, not now, all we can do here is offer thoughts.

[Harrowby Hall]

Indeed.

And again, this was made possible by an unnecessary adherence to a so-called Constitutional "right".

[L.A.]

When every nutter has access to assault weapons it's difficult to see how these kinds of tragedies can be avoided.

[Hope]

There may not be anything sensible to say, not now, all we can do here is offer thoughts.

You put it very well, NS.  Thanks.

[floo]

One cretin stated if more people carried guns in the US  there would be less gun related atrocities! YEH RIGHT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Nearly Sane]

You put it very well, NS.  Thanks.

. There is a rush to judgement at such times that feels to me unseemly. Were we posting near Orlando.  I would say just go and  donate blood.

[Nearly Sane]

Of course some won't resist the rush to judgement

[Rhiannon]

. There is a rush to judgement at such times that feels to me unseemly. Were we posting near Orlando.  I would say just go and  donate blood.

Unseemly, maybe. Futile, definitely.

I don't get why any human being wants another human being to suffer. Judging gun laws, culture or religion won't change that it's something that human beings inflict on other human beings.

[Nearly Sane]

There is also a hint at glorification in the whole 'deadliest' shooting stuff. A whiff of a challenge to other nutters.

[Rhiannon]

And now we have a return to the war on terror. Helpful comments from the homophobe Marco Rubio here.

http://edition.cnn.com/2016/06/12/politics/marco-rubio-orlando-shooting/

[jakswan]

Perhaps the murderer was filled with "compassion", a sad day.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qBlwxqqAprQ

[Harrowby Hall]

According to the BBC website, the USA last year had 372 mass shootings (an incident which causes four or more deaths or injuries) in which 475 people died and 1,870 people were injured.

Pat Robertson's comments are despicable. At least Rubio encouraged people to give blood.

[Aruntraveller]

I have read many articles and posts since this terrible attack on LGBTI people. This article sums up, pretty much, my present state of mind:

http://www.pride.com/firstperson/2016/6/12/puzzle-empty-crosswords

[L.A.]

According to the BBC website, the USA last year had 372 mass shootings (an incident which causes four or more deaths or injuries) in which 475 people died and 1,870 people were injured.

Pat Robertson's comments are despicable. At least Rubio encouraged people to give blood.

The only surprise is how low these numbers are given the availability of these deadly weapons. You wonder just what kind of atrocity it will take to make people realise that something needs to be done.