Yet another shooting. But is this real?
By The Horse
@TheHorse (218943)
Walnut Creek, California
April 20, 2023 12:40pm CST
OK, this one is from the New York Post, the "other" newspaper in New York City.
It sounds like the shooter was not trying to kill the 6-year-old girl who suffered bullet fragment wounds to her face.
Or is he just a really bad shot?
But the parents may be more seriously injured.
I am glad my childhood days were in the 1960s and 1970s.
Had I lived in modern days would I have been shot at hundreds of times?
We played football catch. We trampled hedges. We ruined lawns. We laughed when little old ladies scolded us. We were...a bit naughty. (For the record, we were mostly white, black and Indian.)
Is this story about white-on-white (I assume) crime intended to "poke fun" at the obsession with race when it comes to shootings?
Or the frequency of shootings in the US?
Is it even real? Sigh.
https://nypost.com/2023/04/19/6-year-old-girl-parents-shot-after-basketball-rolls-into-mans-north-carolina-yard/?utm_source=zergnet.com&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=zergnet_7762705
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@arunima25 (87819)
• Bangalore, India
20 Apr 23
Such kind of news are so frequent these days that sadly, they don't shock me anymore 
. The world is scary these days. We would barge into our neighbours house anytime as a kid and we were mostly welcomed with treats. Yes, at odd hours, we would get a loving scolding. We even broke few windows in the neighborhood
. The world is scary these days. We would barge into our neighbours house anytime as a kid and we were mostly welcomed with treats. Yes, at odd hours, we would get a loving scolding. We even broke few windows in the neighborhood4 people like this
@arunima25 (87819)
• Bangalore, India
20 Apr 23
@TheHorse Playing cricket with my brothers. We would hit the ball sometimes on windows by mistake 
. People from India can relate to it. If you live on ground floor of a middle class apartment, you would have experienced glass breaking in earlier times when children were not glued to screen. My mom had paid the money to get it replaced.. Luckily, the relationships as neighbours stayed strong despite such incidents.
. People from India can relate to it. If you live on ground floor of a middle class apartment, you would have experienced glass breaking in earlier times when children were not glued to screen. My mom had paid the money to get it replaced.. Luckily, the relationships as neighbours stayed strong despite such incidents.3 people like this
@TheHorse (218943)
• Walnut Creek, California
20 Apr 23
@arunima25 That's actually a heartwarming story, even if broken windows were involved. It is my Indian neighbors here who have taught me some of the rules of cricket, and about how much Indians enjoy cricket. I am glad there was a tacit assumption on your neighborhood that some windows would be lost in service of bringing up kids right.
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@Tina30219 (81949)
• Onaway, Michigan
20 Apr 23
I could not laugh over a shooting every time I see something on television it upsets me and makes me cry. Nothing in life is worth going out and killing people or even yourself
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@Tina30219 (81949)
• Onaway, Michigan
21 Apr 23
@TheHorse Tears can be good and bad happy and sad.
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@TheHorse (218943)
• Walnut Creek, California
21 Apr 23
@Tina30219 Exactly. "So take a good look at my face..." Is that how it goes?
@celticeagle (167071)
• Boise, Idaho
21 Apr 23
Some just like to scold. It's like their job. Back then it was normal. Now some kids probably wish they had that in their lives.
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@celticeagle (167071)
• Boise, Idaho
21 Apr 23
@TheHorse .........In a loving way, yes, and not like some crazed banshee.
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@TheHorse (218943)
• Walnut Creek, California
21 Apr 23
@celticeagle Sadly, I have worked with some crazed banshees.
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@wolfgirl569 (106452)
• Marion, Ohio
21 Apr 23
I just read about that. The father is in the hospital but the girl and mom were released it said. In just this week there has been several of shootings where someone just made an innocent mistake and ended up shot
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@wolfgirl569 (106452)
• Marion, Ohio
21 Apr 23
@TheHorse I don't either. But it makes you wonder a little more
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@TheHorse (218943)
• Walnut Creek, California
21 Apr 23
@wolfgirl569 Yep. I try to maintain my "situational awareness."
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@kaylachan (69911)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
20 Apr 23
I really don't know, but I do know people are way to trigger happy for their own good.
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@RasmaSandra (79929)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
21 Apr 23
You know I forgot the name of it but I saw an old horror movie where people were one by one being passed by the Devil until he had taken over everyone and made them their slaves. SIGH Now I think it was a prediction about what was going to happen in this crazy world. Once the father returns home it is time for the family to pack up and move and hopefully the next neighbors they have are cows on one side and horses on the others. I have a funny feeling the next president we have will be the Mad Hatter,
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@LindaOHio (178869)
• United States
28 Apr 23
We led so much more innocent lives back in the 60s and 70s. Wish I could go back there.
