#massshootings

dredmorbius@diaspora.glasswings.com

6 dead, more than two dozen hospitalized in shooting at Highland Park parade north of Chicago

Six people were killed and more than two dozen others wounded when a gunman used a high-powered rifle to fire from a rooftop on people attending the Highland Park Fourth of July parade Monday.

Authorities continued to hunt Monday afternoon for the shooter, and “the offender still has not been apprehended so far,” Christopher Covelli of the Lake County sheriff’s office and the Lake County major crimes task force said at a news conference hours after the shooting.

The gunman used “a high-powered rifle” that’s been recovered, Covelli said, and he fired from a rooftop. “He was very discreet and very difficult to see.”

He called the crime “very random, very intentional.” ...

The shooting occurred in a lakeside suburb north of Chicago at about 10am local (US/Central) time.

The latest reports I have as of posting this, the gunman remains at large.

Via ABC News Chicago:

Police identified the shooting suspect as Robert E. Crimo III, 22. He is from the area, police said.

https://abc7chicago.com/highland-park-police-fourth-of-july-4th-deerfield/12017116/

https://www.wbez.org/stories/mass-shooting-at-highland-park-fourth-of-july-parade/91f7e3e6-0b11-4919-a08f-4f21ab0837b4

#News #MassShootings #Chicago #HighlandParkIL

psych@diasp.org

See this last night? If not, it's worth a look. (

"We Will Buy Them Back And We Will Destroy Them" - PM Jacinda Ardern On Gun Control In New Zealand

This is Stephen Colbert/Late Show with the PM of New Zealand.
In the aftermath of the (most recent) Texas massacre.
They had a traumatic school shooting in NZ, but never again. How? (Hint: Action)

Actually almost everywhere else on earth is sane by comparison.

NZ's straightforward response: collect the guns, pay the owners, melt them down. (the guns)
Sure, "it'll never happen in America", where once again people will talk up the value of mental health (valid) but the truth is that the most dangerous and deluded of minds, requiring mental health intervention (or better yet, screening beforehand) are in Congress!

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buzzkill@diaspora.schoenf.de

Coercive Control is a Pattern of Coercive Behaviors used to Gain or Maintain Power and Control of One Person over Another.

Coercive control is a strategic form of ongoing oppression and terrorism used to instill fear.

It is illegal in some countries.

"Coercive control creates invisible chains and a sense of fear that pervades all elements of a victim’s life. It works to limit their human rights by depriving them of their liberty and reducing their ability for action. Experts like Evan Stark liken coercive control to being taken hostage. As he says: “the victim becomes captive in an unreal world created by the abuser, entrapped in a world of confusion, contradiction and fear.”

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dredmorbius@joindiaspora.com

Victims of 2019 San Diego synagogue shooting allowed to sue gunmaker

A judge says victims of the 2019 synagogue shooting in San Diego County that killed one worshiper and wounded three can sue the manufacturer of the semiautomatic rifle and the gun shop that sold it to a teenager.

A 2005 federal law shields gunmakers from damages in most cases for crimes committed with their weapons, but allows lawsuits if the manufacturer was negligent or knowingly violated a state or federal law. In this case, victims and families in the Poway synagogue shooting have adequately alleged that Smith & Wesson, the nation’s largest gun manufacturer, knew its AR15-style rifle could be easily modified into a machine-gun-like or an assault weapon in violation of California law, San Diego County Superior Court Judge Kenneth Medel said Wednesday. ...

https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/Victims-of-2019-San-Diego-synagogue-shooting-16302184.php#photo-21215095

#MassShootings #PowayCA #guns #FederalShieldLaw