AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A gunman opened fire Monday in a Target store parking lot in the Texas capital, killing at least three people, then stole two cars during a getaway that ended with police using a Taser to detain him on the other side of the city, authorities said.
Maybe trump should send the DC national guards and the Marines.
Oh, wait, it’s a red state. Never mind.
😂
I live in Austin. I’ve had some people tell me I’m being paranoid for not wanting to go shopping anymore. I’ve had all my groceries delivered for the last few years, because I hate the idea of being inside a crowded store these days.
I fucking hate it when my paranoia is validated.
So you’re cool with sacrificing some poor sap who delivers your groceries to you, is what I’m hearing.
Most grocery stores offer delivery directly from the store
Store deliveries from large corporations often just use Door dash drivers who do curbside pickup.
I don’t blame you. I have to use 2 hands to count how many times either myself, or my wife have been dangerously close, or within a mile of a high profile shooting. I don’t even live in Austin, and I have been to that Target numerous times. People think I’m lying when I start listing them off . It’s also why I began carrying.
I’ve lived in Austin almost 25 years now and don’t have a single friend, family, or colleague who has been shot by anyone else or who has even talked about being close to a shooting. I do know 2 people over that time who killed themselves with guns their families legally owned, though.
I have to use 2 hands to count how many times either myself, or my wife have been dangerously close, or within a mile of a high profile shooting.
Holy shit… Is this really what Texas is like?
Just an FYI to anyone here who isn’t American: this is not the experience in most states with sane gun regulations.
The 2 highest profiles, and closest to being involved were the downtown Dallas PD shooting. We were a block away. The other was my wife was at the State Fair shooting in the building next to it. The rest would probably end up doxing myself due to location and employment, but 2 incidents at schools, 1 mall, and a couple more at restaurants.
We have really bad luck with wrong place wrong time.
Icing on the shit cake is while I didnt directly know them, a good friend knew Eva Morales from Uvalde.
GTFO of Texas and/or a big city, and your odds of that drop sharply.
GTFO of Texas
Working on that! If all goes well, I’ll leave this shithole state behind me in a few months and never look back.
Good for you! Best of luck!
Easier said than done
I get that, but I’d move heaven and earth to get out of a state like Texas or Florida. I live in a red state but… It’s not as bad as those two yet. If it gets that bad, I don’t know what I’d do to get out, or my reaction would be. But if I lived in Texas right now and couldn’t leave, I’d be a very dangerous individual for officials.
Went to target, shot 3 targets.
At least they caught this one before he could escape by eating a bullet.
He’s probably white, that’s usually the indicator.
Edit: yep, he’s white: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14993699/ethan-blaine-nieneker-texas-targer-shooter-mugshot.html
Yeah, when I saw “the cops tased him” and not “murdered the shit out of him”, it was clear he was white.
Nothing odd here, idiot who had the right to own a gun went to target practice.
Since it is Texas I would have to agree it is the dumb shits and not the guns. /s
