Shooting takes place at Florida gaming tournament

IMG_0680.JPG

Today, a Madden NFL 19 gaming tournament took place in Jacksonville Florda. Sadly, it appears a shooting occurred at the event, leading to four currently confirmed deaths. One of the competitors, Drini Gjoka claimed that they fled the area, and was grazed by a bullet while the shooter was active. Jacksonville's Police Department have stated that a shooting did happen, but have not explained any further details at this time, while also telling citizens to stay away from The Landing, where the tragedy took place. The tournament was a qualifier event, which was officially backed by EA Sports. At the time of writing, there are a total of 11 victims. A potential suspect was found dead at the scene.

:arrow: Source: Twitter

:arrow: Source 2: Twitter

:arrow: Source 3: Local News Outlet
 

orangy57

bruh
Member
Joined
Aug 17, 2015
Messages
916
Trophies
1
Age
21
Location
New Jersey
XP
2,948
Country
United States
sweet jesus, that audio sent a chill down my spine.

Why do people do this shit? It feels like every day it seems more and more reasonable to ban guns in the US.
 

The Catboy

GBAtemp Official Catboy™: Boywife
Member
Joined
Sep 13, 2009
Messages
27,944
Trophies
4
Location
Making a non-binary fuss
XP
39,317
Country
Antarctica
I really hate when shootings like these happen because, as tragic as they are, they're immediately repurposed as ammunition for the anti-2nd Ammendment crowd, even before the blood is dry and the bodies cold. Every single day I keep hearing that mass shootings are now part and parcel of American life when in reality they're at an all-time low. In fact, once you factor in that most "mass shootings" are inner city gang violence using illegal guns and not what the average person understands as a mass shooting, as in a maniac shooting random people, your likelihood of ever being in one becomes slightly higher than that of being shot by lightning. This thread is no different - it only took a handful of replies before the big question was asked. The actual question being posed is "what is the cost of freedom?", not "why do people need guns?" - self-preservation is a natural instinct and self-defense is an inalienable right, people must pursue it unrestricted if they are to be free. Tyranny is always preceeded by confiscation of arms as only an unarmed populace is docile. Americans are one of the few nations that still have their inalienable rights and I hope they retain them, as heartbreaking as this kind of news is. There will always be crazy, evil people out there, but law must be tailored to the majority, not the exceptions.
So when is ok to talk about gun control? It's always "too soon," then another one happens, then it's "too soon" again. These issues that only exist in the US won't fix themselves if we keep saying that "it's too soon."
Gun regulations do not violate the Second Amendment. The 2ND protects people from full gun bans and from the government coming to your house and taking your guns. It does not mean that there can't be a bans on the sale of select guns, it does mean that there can't be deeper background checks, it does mean freedom from regulation. Our system is the problem and there needs to be something done, something that apparently the rest of the world has already figured out.
 

Priestiality

Well-Known Member
Member
Joined
May 23, 2018
Messages
116
Trophies
0
XP
293
Country
United States
funny how it's never "too soon" if the shooter is black or brown.

RIP to the murdered, wishing a fast and full recovery to those injured.
Within minutes of it happening the #MAGAt side of Twitter was trying to claim it was a black dude upset he lost before any information had even come out.
 

XDel

Author of Alien Breed: Projekt Odamex
Member
Joined
Jul 25, 2012
Messages
2,714
Trophies
2
Age
49
Location
Another Huxleyian Dystopia
XP
3,549
Country
United States
because this was a guy who lost in the tourney ergo not terrorism.


oddly enough video games are partly to blame because someone who hates loosing decided to join a game tournament.

the rates are much lower than they used to be. The problem is that the news prey on negative events that make us afraid or angry as it brings in more ratings. the spin and higher occurrences of these shootings being televised are purely greed from some sick people.

Oh, I don't doubt that they misuse Operation Mockingbird, despite Wiki claiming it was an alleged program.
Before Youtube took me down, I was sharing a clip I'd downloaded from CNN's Web Stream where in George Bush Jr. openly stated during a press meeting, that they (who ever they is) create and use false media, but said that there are laws and guidelines that they have to follow and insisted that they do.

I was shocked because before that moment, I'd never see anyone within government openly admit to Operation Mockingbird's existence, not to mention openly admitting that such methods are used.
In this case, Bush said that they were legalized, in case the media did not have the footage they needed to get the effect they were trying to invoke from the public. So in short, what the laws of Operation Mockingbird (legalized in the 70's though I forget the exact date), allow, is for a re-enactment to be aired as the real thing, so long as the re-enactment does not attempt to distort the truth of what really happened in any way.

I of course have seen no reason to believe that these guidelines are followed, nor do I believe that everything we are presented really happened, or at the very least, happened as they are said to have happened. I could list a few examples, but then I'd be written off as a tinfoil hat wearing lunatic, as opposed to someone who studied as if trying to present a case before a judge in a court of law.

That being said, the wars across the world, and not just the ones America has been involved in, have taken more life than through out recorded history. Likewise, as the 20th century went on, violent crime has begun to increase. The irony is that data basing, social security, the mass prison system, and so forth, were put into place during a time when violent crime was still relatively low. Though thanks to the betrayal to the American people during the course of World War I and World War II, violence and resistance against the newly found Empire did begin to increase, and once the media mastered the art of turning us upon one another, it increased even more. And so it is my belief that Data Basing, Prison Building, and Personal ID, and so forth; these blatant breachs of the Fourth and Fifth Amendments if not others, were done in preparation for the New World agenda which they knew there would be much resistance against.

Human's can be shady little monsters, but we'd be a lot less shady without the new propaganda technologies that enchant us so.
 

aaronz77

Well-Known Member
Newcomer
Joined
Jul 14, 2011
Messages
97
Trophies
1
Location
USA
XP
707
Country
United States
My parents retired and moved to Jacksonville, FL a few years ago. I knew they went downtown almost every Sunday for lunch. Kind of a tense few minutes for me trying to get in touch with them earlier today. My dad said they were watching the news coverage on TV, from home thank goodness. I just don't understand the hatred everyone has for everyone else in this world. wtf..
 
  • Like
Reactions: TotalInsanity4

Cha0tic

Well-Known Member
Member
Joined
Mar 14, 2013
Messages
733
Trophies
1
Age
30
XP
1,881
Country
United States
God damn and I almost moved to jacksonville, honestly I will never understand why people do this and they may sound messed up but instead of taking others lives for no reason just put the gun to your head and end yourself instead of ending peoples lives who have done nothing to deserve a fate.

I'd rather them get help then end their own life but sometimes seeing this gets me so heated and upset, no one deserves to have their life taken.
 

TotalInsanity4

GBAtemp Supreme Overlord
Member
Joined
Dec 1, 2014
Messages
10,800
Trophies
0
Location
Under a rock
XP
9,814
Country
United States
Within minutes of it happening the #MAGAt side of Twitter was trying to claim it was a black dude upset he lost before any information had even come out.
Here in my neck of the woods there was a teenaged girl that was kidnapped earlier in the summer who was unfortunately very recently found dead. The right-wing news outlets immediately published spin stories about how her suspected murderer was in the country illegally. Guess what isn't the case.
 

Sicsuicide

Console Zombie
Member
Joined
Nov 15, 2008
Messages
139
Trophies
0
Age
38
XP
479
Country
United States
Sad news, it seems the US is no longer a safe place. I wonder what's wrong with their society that the mass shootings are more and more common every day.
It's not an everyday thing in the us.
I actually live in FL and shooting or the likes of this is rare.
Now over all violence not so rare
 
  • Like
Reactions: Subtle Demise

Limp-Bones

Well-Known Member
Newcomer
Joined
Mar 23, 2014
Messages
97
Trophies
0
Location
Nevada
XP
572
Country
United States
My opinion is civilians don't need an assault rifle or some kind of automatic weapons to defend themselves. People change. One moment the person is normal then something happens to they're lives and he/she goes nuts and starts shootin. Too much freedom isn't a good thing nowadays... maybe 10-20 years ago yeah but now its fairly exploitable to do nasty deeds...
 
  • Like
Reactions: pustal

Glyptofane

Well-Known Member
Member
Joined
Feb 12, 2009
Messages
1,751
Trophies
2
XP
2,918
Country
United States
It's Florida. Lots of crazies over there. Seriously, just look up Florida Man on Google and you'll see what I mean. I would never go near there. May the people who died rest in peace.. :sad:
I have to go to Florida for a work trip in November... Man, I have never wanted to go there and still don't.
 

Sicsuicide

Console Zombie
Member
Joined
Nov 15, 2008
Messages
139
Trophies
0
Age
38
XP
479
Country
United States
My opinion is civilians don't need an assault rifle or some kind of automatic weapons to defend themselves. People change. One moment the person is normal then something happens to they're lives and he/she goes nuts and starts shootin. Too much freedom isn't a good thing nowadays... maybe 10-20 years ago yeah but now its fairly exploitable to do nasty deeds...

Automatic weapons aren't for sale to anyone in the civilian class
Cops and Military have access to those
Any automatic weapons on the street are ill gotten goods.
 

LightyKD

Future CEO of OUYA Inc.
Member
Joined
Jun 25, 2008
Messages
5,541
Trophies
2
Age
38
Location
Angel Grove, CA
XP
5,336
Country
United States
If you think it's better anywhere else, what about the UK and having a CCTV camera on every street corner? What about making knives illegal? People get arrested for being mean on facebook for Christ's sake.

My point is, governments aroubd the world are perpetuating the police state and people are acting out. We live in a world where everyone is treated as a potential criminal, guilty until proven innocent. Police shoot first and ask questions later. People wonder why I think that government has no right to have a monopoly on violence.

If the person who did this had no access to a gun, they would have gotten creative and attacked with something far more sinister. Crude explosive devices and incendiaries like molotov cocktails are easy to make and rarely require any sort of controlled substance. The number of people you can kill with a gun is limited to how much ammunition you can carry. Potential kill counts of bombs and napalm are much higher. Even simple arson has the potential to kill an entire building plus even more if the fire spreads.

People who commit these terrible acts are depraved and borderline subhuman. Don't underestimate the lengths they would go to in order to destroy as many lives as possible. The shooter at least had the decency to kill himself before he took any more lives. I have nothing but the deepest sympathy for the survivors and the families of the dead and hope that someday they'll be able to recover from the loss and horror.

I actually agree with you. It's part of the reason why I'm not 100% anti gun. I'm all for good government but we simply don't have good government any more except for a few places. People need a way to fight against the police-state and if the "government" in power has all of the weapons then you can consider all of us toast. I believe there should be better background checks and maybe a little bit more in restrictions but to completely ban guns or weapons in general, that's just silly. I think a major issue is that people aren't able to just "fight it out". What the fuck ever happened to letting two people fight, one person wins and the both get to walk away alive?! We're humans, we will always have some form of aggression. It's all about how we use that aggression and not taking it too far. People just gave up on having a bit of edge and went all submissive to the 1%.
 

spotanjo3

Well-Known Member
Member
Joined
Nov 6, 2002
Messages
11,145
Trophies
3
XP
6,211
Country
United States
Not surprised. You gotta expect it. More murdering is continue to come all the time. It is not getting better at all. Gun banned wont work. Gun blackmarket are everywhere and its the problem. Nothing we can do about it. Very sad, indeed.
 

Site & Scene News

Popular threads in this forum

General chit-chat
Help Users
    I @ idonthave: :)