Could the LAX Shooting Have Been Prevented?

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The LAX shooting incident on November 1, 2013, resulted in the death of a Transportation Security Administration officer and injuries to several others. Investigators discovered that the shooter harbored anti-federal government sentiments, particularly against the TSA. The discussion highlights the alarming frequency of mass shootings in the U.S. and the societal implications of such events, emphasizing the need for a dedicated forum to address these occurrences.

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I'm confident that the NRA will say that the reason so many people were injured (shot) was not that the gunman had an assault rifle but that they should have ALL had guns and it is that lack that allowed the gunman to go so far before being brought down.
 
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The location isn't the scariest thing. The fact that every American forum now needs a thread dedicated to mass shootings is scarier.
 
Tobias Funke said:
The location isn't the scariest thing. The fact that every American forum now needs a thread dedicated to mass shootings is scarier.
It's news and this is the news sub-forum.
 
Evo said:
It's news and this is the news sub-forum.

I meant it in the sense that they're so common, it's easier to just have a single thread for them instead of individual ones, and that's unbelievably depressing.
 
Tobias Funke said:
I meant it in the sense that they're so common, it's easier to just have a single thread for them instead of individual ones, and that's unbelievably depressing.

It's not common (at a well guarded airport or anywhere for that matter), that's why it's news. What's common is thugs in the inner city being killed by other thugs everyday but that's not news unless innocents are also killed or injured.

Another recent airport shooting.
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/03/world/europe/03frankfurt.html?_r=0
 

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