# Colonie Center Shooting (accidental)

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**Created:** [July 25, 2012, 12:20am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/colonie-center-shooting-accidental/264491 "2012-07-25T00:20:24Z")
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### Author: ![Vovchandr](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/vovchandr/32/6275_2.png) [@Vovchandr](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Vovchandr)
#### Post date: [July 25, 2012, 2:59pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/colonie-center-shooting-accidental/264491/31 "2012-07-25T14:59:50Z")

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> [@Gas mileage thread](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/gas-mileage-thread/50164/75):
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> I didn’t say he broke any laws.

He did, by discharging a gun in public. (AFAIK)

> [@WOOT of the day!](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/woot-of-the-day/46135/105):
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> Mostly yes. A major problem is that SOOOOOOOOO many people who are PRO gun never get off the fat lazy asses to go vote down the bullshit restrictions and laws in most areas. They’re the first ones to bitch and complain when things are too tight, and the last fucking ones to get in line when it comes to actually taking a stand.
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> That doesn’t help when it seems these days that 95% of govt officials are hell bent on putting an end to civilian gun use and most of them have never picked up a firearm in their life. They make generalized laws and regulations that affect the whole and really don’t do dick in the long term, yet never focus on the ACTUAL problems associated with handing out permits.
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> The main problem is there is really no logical way to make it better. We are human and humans are flawed in ways that nobody can ever 100% define. You cannot give every a psyc exam, and even if you did then what? How can you without a doubt guarantee that information is going to do anyhting against FUTURE events that may happen in that persons life? You simply can’t.

Politicians will continue to try to ban all the guns they can because even one idiot firing off a gun by an accident in their state, their town, their mall etc is too many to have on their record and the public will demand an action to be taken.

If action towards gun accidents or shooting sprees didn’t affect their votes they would care less on the matter.

Like I said, blame the individual idiots, not the guns, not the laws. I’ve worked retail long enough to know how stupid the average person is towards the most mundane and logical things.

Personal safety is often not a factor in peoples minds, drunk driving, not wearing gear on the bike, not wearing your seat belt etc. However your personal safety with guns often does affect others.

I can only imagine the panic that occurred in the mall when they heard a gun shot go off and loud scream right after, considering how close this was to the Colorado shooting.

:Idiots

I’m surprised nobody filed a lawsuit yet for trauma or whatever else.

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