Dealership shooting

[Qckslvr]

Some of you may have heard of this, some may not. But there was a shooting at a very local to me Ford dealership. A parts counter person was let go, he then shot the parts manager, followed by the parts and service director. Shortly after he took his own life. This hits particulary close to me, as I knew these people. I work for a Ford dealership, in the parts dept that is about 15 miles from them. Prayers and thoughts to those lost to something rather senseless.

https://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/Police-Swarm-Ford-Dealership-in-Morgan-Hill-511814792.html

If you are willing to help the families.
https://www.gofundme.com/soutoandlightmemorialpage

Thanks
Q

[paulofto]

Another tragic workplace shooting. These things happen so often we become numb to it unless it hits close to home and affects us personally.

My sympathies to the families and to anyone impacted by this senseless act.

[DoninDel]

I'm an old bastard (72) and spent April, 1968, thru August, 1969, in the Marines in Vietnam. I got used to hearing of someone I knew being shot, but it saddens and sickens me that America has reached the low point that it has where stories such as this are not rare.
One area where the chant "We're # 1" is not a good thing.

[BYprodriver]

Originally Posted by DoninDel

I'm an old bastard (72) and spent April, 1968, thru August, 1969, in the Marines in Vietnam. I got used to hearing of someone I knew being shot, but it saddens and sickens me that America has reached the low point that it has where stories such as this are not rare.
One area where the chant "We're # 1" is not a good thing.

Thank you for your service! I joined the USMC reserve after the war was over.

I prefer to not be recognized on military holidays etc. due to the huge disparity of contributions made by someone like yourself compared to mine.

[DoninDel]

Originally Posted by BYprodriver

Thank you for your service! I joined the USMC reserve after the war was over.

I prefer to not be recognized on military holidays etc. due to the huge disparity of contributions made by someone like yourself compared to mine.

You have still given of yourself to our country far more than the cowardly liar currently occupying the White House.

[piper6909]

Originally Posted by BYprodriver

Thank you for your service! I joined the USMC reserve after the war was over.

I prefer to not be recognized on military holidays etc. due to the huge disparity of contributions made by someone like yourself compared to mine.

Don't sell yourself short. You signed up to go if called, so you still deserve our gratitude. Thanks to you, DoninDel and all the others who served. The older I get the more respect and gratitude I have for people like you, and the more disdain I have for the chicken-hawks.

[DoninDel]

Don't want to see this threadjacked.
Back to original post -
We have WAY too many gun incidents in this country.
I am waiting for some yahoo to chime in and say 'too bad the parts manager wasn't armed' - as if MORE guns is the answer.
If More guns were the answer, we'd be the safest country on earth, since we have WAY more guns than any other country -Americans make up 4 percent of the world's population but own about 46 percent of the entire global stock of 857 million civilian firearms.

The story posted ought to be rare and unusual - it is more and more common, and that is wrong.

[maytag]

Originally Posted by DoninDel

Don't want to see this threadjacked.

And yet, you did it anyway. Twice.

Twice on this thread you've laid-in with a politically charged comment designed to draw people out so you can blast them. (That won't be me; you won't hear about my politics in this thread)

These comments had no place in a thread that was about compassion for those affected by this shooting.

If you'd like to set political land mines like this, there's an entire section devoted to this, with several threads already existing that you could jump on.


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