Columbine Shooting

[Gunmaster45]

I own a TEC-9 Mini but there's something wrong with the magazine catch so it won't chamber rounds. My dad says he'll fix it when he has time, I have no clue how to fix it myself.

I don't see what is so appealing to criminals about it, the bolt is heavy and feels sloppy. I guess the 32 round mag capacity is the best thing about it for crooks, since none of them can aim anyway.

[k9870]

Thing is after every shooting we always hear sympathy for shooter, how htey were a nice guy and it surprised everyone. Here in maine a guy engaged some cops during a traffic stop, jumped out of his car firing and was killed. LAter that week people are blaming the cops, saying the "victim" helped motorists who broke down and did volunteer service.

Why can't the news have someone saying " Yeah, he was an asshole, doesn't surprise me"?

We always hear the sympathy for shooters, cowards who kill innocents and off themselves. They can all go to hell.

[Excalibur]

I believe I might have comment this about school shooters and that their true motives weren't of anything religious or whatever cult believes. I think they did it to see how long they can hold out before they run out of ammo, get caught or get shot. It's all about attention and they wanted to get as much attention as possible to the bitter end. I think they just did it for fun to see how long they can last.

[MT2008]

Originally Posted by k9870

Thing is after every shooting we always hear sympathy for shooter, how htey were a nice guy and it surprised everyone.

Because more often than not, the shooter acts out because he's totally withdrawn and people don't known him as well as they think they do.

When I was in HS, I knew a guy who eventually ran away from home and eventually made bomb threats. People acted surprised then, too. I wasn't that surprised. I had known him well enough to know that that sort of thing was very much in line with his personality. Because I was one of the few people he called a friend. Most other people didn't know him like I did because they avoided him, and he avoided them.

[ManiacallyChallenged]

I don't want to sound insensitive, but it's kind of a shame that things like the Intratec guns will always be associated with this. I suppose they are typically "gang-guns" anyway, but still.

[MT2008]

Originally Posted by ManiacallyChallenged

I don't want to sound insensitive, but it's kind of a shame that things like the Intratec guns will always be associated with this. I suppose they are typically "gang-guns" anyway, but still.

Yeah, I think the TEC-9 was already notorious enough as a "gang-banger's gun" before Columbine. When most people think of TEC-9s, they think of Crip gang members firing TECs from the windows of a moving car while doing a drive-by (with a sideways "gangsta" grip, of course). Same way that everyone associates Tommy Guns with Prohibition Era-gangsters. Even now, the TEC still has that reputation despite the fact that it isn't produced anymore.

Plus there was the shooting in San Francisco, 6 years before Columbine.

[Excalibur]

What is so great about a Tec 9 anyway?

[MT2008]

Originally Posted by Excalibur

What is so great about a Tec 9 anyway?

Basically, nothing. It was poorly made and had a reputation for jamming. Most people I know who have owned or fired TECs regard them as crap. But for gang-bangers and other criminal lowlifes, it was appealing because of its intimidating subgun-like appearance and its low price.

Also, who said anything about it being "great", anyway?

[Yournamehere]

It's a pretty terrible weapon system, but it's aesthetically pleasing, so ganstaz pick 'em up tilt 'em at precisely 90 degrees, and fire at stuff cause it's cool. Firearms to those kinds of people are weapons first, and jewelry an immediate second (hence the desire for DESERT FUCKING EAGLES with Gold or Chrome plating;useless, but pretty). I went to the DEA Museum in Washington D.C. and on display they have a Chrome Plated 1911 with solid diamond grips that was taken off a drug kingpin. Twas big pimpin' if I do say so myself.

[k9870]

Ever read give a boy a gun? Liberal propaganda taht we needed to read back in HS, and It just had every bad stereotype. Kids talked about tec9s all day and went and bought one with ease. They bought there pistol, a brazilian 9mm for 30 dollars? And they were "nice kids bullied too much" Then the last section was a big call to ban guns. Made me sick, wheres the puke icon on the smilies?