Zukatis was found near a casino. I'm guessing he lost all of his money there then hanged himself.
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Thanks for the info! The office I work for in Orange County has been telling people they don't have to come in this week because of white supremacist rallies taking place on main street outside. Just worried with that plus bomb threats on black colleges we were seeing retaliation. Hopefully people will calm down soon, but it still sucks knowing it's there.
Ryno
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I worked at a large HS as a school counselor around the time kids returned from Covid lock-down. There was a MASSIVE shift with how kids socialized and had to EOD more kids in a one year span following the return to school, than the school saw the previous 10 or so years. We had one student take her life.
Covid did 100% effect it our children's mental health. I currently see a dozen or so children in my practice and nearly all struggle with social anxiety. Even many young adults who were in school during that period, they have issues socially. Ask any kid how covid impacted them, you'll find most say it negatively effected them and their mental health.
As for 'assault rifles', they account for 4% of murders in America that were carried out by firearms. Yes, handguns are used most murders (53%). There is a huge number of "not accounted for" in regards to the type of weapon used. There are an estimated 20 million AR-platform weapons in America. Not sure how you put those back in the box. As for the 'ban', that's a mixed review.
One study, preformed by Grant Duwe, found that the lowest 10-year average in mass shooting rates was between 1996-2005, which roughly corresponds with the ban period. But Duwe notes that that “aligns with broader trends observed for crime and violence in the United States.” In other words, it’s hard to know how much the assault weapons ban may have affected mass shootings during that time.
There are things that can be done to try and prevent children from getting their hands on weapons. Parents need to be responsible for gun safety in their home. A child takes a weapon to school? Parents charged. You have a weapon missing? You MUST report it to LEO. I'm a big believer in locking up firearms in gun safes and keeping children away from firearms unless supervised. Children also need to be taught firearm safety. Many ideas that we can try to put into place rather than banning a weapon platform that is used in 1% of all firearm deaths in America.
IMO.
I understand what you're saying, and I'm glad that kid spoke up.
But it also reeks of "The adults have tried nothing, and we're all out of ideas. Your turn kids!"
At this point, Kirk might be rivaling trump as the most quoted but "taken out of context" person in history.
Wonder how long before people kinda forget about him.
When he's no longer politically beneficial to either side.
Stillwater Townie
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Oh, did the news live out the part where Trump said, "By the way, earlier I said 300 Americans died from drugs. I meant 3 million".
Ryno
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Not going to happen. Regardless of what you think about the man... he started a youth movement in America (and really, across the globe). Turning Point USA had an additional 37,000 chapter requests the past week. That would be over a 900% increase.
Well, the easy way to know what is "hard to know" is pretty obvious. Ban them another decade and see if the mass shooting rate result is the same. If not, hey, it was maybe a fluke and we should consider making them legal again. If mass shootings go down again, then they should stay banned.
People saying that access to buying a particular style of gun for 10 years is more important to them than figuring out if that causes more kids/people to be murdered is beyond me.
Ryno
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We agree on something.
PF5
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as I previously stated, I was looking at school shootings...I just do not see a need for anyone needing to own an assault weapon (but maybe that´s just me). It makes me sick that school age children have to deal with the threat of a school shooting...obviously if someone has a handgun vs assault weapon, there is gonna be more wounded and/or killed with an assault weapon.
*the following is an interesting article on mass shootings and assault ban:
Did the assault weapons ban of 1994 bring down mass shootings? Here’s what the data tells us • Ohio Capital Journal
Researchers have calculated that the risk of a person in the U.S. dying in a mass shooting was 70% lower during the period in which the 1994 to 2004 national assault weapons ban was active.
ohiocapitaljournal.com
*the following is an AI generated response:
In terms of sheer numbers, handguns are the most common weapon used in mass shootings, but rifles—especially semi-automatic models like the AR-15—are used in the deadliest incidents. The choice of weapon often depends on factors like concealability and the shooter's objective.
Most common vs. most lethal
- Handguns: Studies consistently find that handguns are used in the majority of mass shootings. They are more easily concealed than rifles, making them a common choice for gun crimes in general. However, incidents involving only handguns tend to result in fewer casualties than those involving assault weapons.
- Assault rifles: Though used in fewer total incidents, semi-automatic rifles like the AR-15 are responsible for a disproportionately high number of deaths and injuries in mass shootings.
- According to a study cited by The Trace, incidents involving rifles resulted in more than double the number of people killed or injured compared to shootings with other firearms.
- An analysis of public mass shootings resulting in four or more deaths found that assault rifles caused over 85% of the fatalities.
- Multiple weapons: In many mass shootings, perpetrators carry multiple firearms, often a combination of handguns and rifles. A 2025 study found that over half of mass shootings between 1966 and 2023 involved multiple firearm
(I still think banning assault weapons would be a small step in the right direction.
Ryno
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as I previously stated, I was looking at school shootings...I just do not see a need for anyone needing to own an assault weapon (but maybe that´s just me). It makes me sick that school age children have to deal with the threat of a school shooting...obviously if someone has a handgun vs assault weapon, there is gonna be more wounded and/or killed with an assault weapon.
*the following is an interesting article on mass shootings and assault ban:
Did the assault weapons ban of 1994 bring down mass shootings? Here’s what the data tells us • Ohio Capital Journal
Researchers have calculated that the risk of a person in the U.S. dying in a mass shooting was 70% lower during the period in which the 1994 to 2004 national assault weapons ban was active.
*the following is an AI generated response:
In terms of sheer numbers, handguns are the most common weapon used in mass shootings, but rifles—especially semi-automatic models like the AR-15—are used in the deadliest incidents. The choice of weapon often depends on factors like concealability and the shooter's objective.
Most common vs. most lethal
- Handguns: Studies consistently find that handguns are used in the majority of mass shootings. They are more easily concealed than rifles, making them a common choice for gun crimes in general. However, incidents involving only handguns tend to result in fewer casualties than those involving assault weapons.
- Assault rifles:Though used in fewer total incidents, semi-automatic rifles like the AR-15 are responsible for a disproportionately high number of deaths and injuries in mass shootings.
- According to a study cited by The Trace, incidents involving rifles resulted in more than double the number of people killed or injured compared to shootings with other firearms.
- An analysis of public mass shootings resulting in four or more deaths found that assault rifles caused over 85% of the fatalities.
- Multiple weapons: In many mass shootings, perpetrators carry multiple firearms, often a combination of handguns and rifles. A 2025 study found that over half of mass shootings between 1966 and 2023 involved multiple firearm
(I still think banning assault weapons would be a small step in the right direction.
Again, more deaths are caused by handguns and I believe, more school shootings (not large scale, but shootings) are via handguns. Like I said earlier, a 12-year old took a Glock 43X to school at Dickson yesterday.
The worst mass school shooting in the USA was carried out with two handguns (VA Tech... 9mm and a .22LR). Worst total death at a school in America, explosives.
As for "just do not see a need for anyone needing to own an assault weapon" is fine. You feel that way, I feel a different way... and that's okay.
I have a few different types of AR-platforms (*not technique an assault weapon, those are military style burst or full auto) and I have them for various things and uses. I have an AR-10 for deer hunting, I have a 300 AAC Blackout for hog hunting and I have a couple of normal 5.56 caliber AR's that I use for varmint and then sport shooting. Heaven forbid, I ever NEED it for defense... I have something that I know can protect me and my family. Those who haven't fired them, been around them, etc. are usually the ones who can't stand them. They just don't understand them.
Lastly, let me ask... how would you 'ban' them? No longer allow for the sale of them? Because I can promise you, they find ways around them. In fact, I bought my first M4-style rifle (as an adult) during that ban from a dealer. It was just one that was made before the ban. You could still buy any 'assault weapon' made prior to 1994. There are over 20,000,000 AR-type firearms in America today.
They banned the aesthetic more than anything, it didn't make them less lethal. Look at California for example. They have an aesthetic ban on those types of weapons but you can still buy them.
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If he was the beacon of christianity that the right is making him out to be, then Christianity has a major problem. My hope is that his version turns off more young people than those that flock to it.
He's the living embodiment of "There's no hate like Christian love"
Ryno
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Sorry you feel that way.
Tell me, or better yet show me, how he embodies the lessons of Jesus. For anybody other than white males, that is. Show me examples of him trying to bring people together. For anybody other than white males, that is.
But, to be fair, that's what modern Christianity is. Hate this group, this person, those people that may be different than you. They are definitely the reason the world is going to crap.
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