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4 Minors Among 9 Dead After Shooting at Video Game Arcade in Michoacan, Mexico
ktla ^ | 02/04/2020

Posted on 02/04/2020 1:24:47 PM PST by BenLurkin

The massacre happened in Uruapan, in the western Mexican state of Michoacan, on Monday, according to the state’s attorney general’s office.

Four people walked into the amusement arcade, asked questions of some patrons and began firing with military-grade weapons, the attorney general’s office said in a statement.

The attackers were apparently searching for specific targets, but then opened fire indiscriminately on customers, the Associated Press reported.

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KEYWORDS: banglist; blacklung; coal; mexico; michoacan; miners; texastea
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Authorities said they had located 65 “ballistic elements” that matched a 9mm caliber weapon.

Maybe knowledgeable FReepers can explain that? And also what "military-grade weapons" are?

1 posted on 02/04/2020 1:24:47 PM PST by BenLurkin
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How can this be? Mexico is such a safe nice country full of peaceful people.


2 posted on 02/04/2020 1:25:23 PM PST by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; Not Averse to Going Bronson.)
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4 Minors Among 9 Dead After Shooting at Video Game Arcade in Michoacan, Mexico...

I didn’t know arcade game guns were real.

That sounds dangerous.


3 posted on 02/04/2020 1:27:07 PM PST by dp0622 (Radicals, racists Don't point finger at me I'm a small town white boy Just tryin' to make ends meet)
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I also hate it when someone takes the top spot from me on the leaderboard in pac-man!

but this... is a bit of an over-reaction


4 posted on 02/04/2020 1:28:42 PM PST by TexasFreeper2009
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5 posted on 02/04/2020 1:34:56 PM PST by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire. Or both.)
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Finally, someone found hard evidence that video games lead to violence.


6 posted on 02/04/2020 1:36:06 PM PST by Boogieman
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Hey those little people inside the video games have lives too...


7 posted on 02/04/2020 1:39:54 PM PST by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire. Or both.)
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For the press, a rubber band with a paper clip is a military grade weapon.


8 posted on 02/04/2020 1:44:57 PM PST by MrEdd (Caveat Emptor)
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Maybe knowledgeable FReepers can explain that? And also what "military-grade weapons" are?

In Mexico you cannot own "military" caliber weapons. In a handgun, the largest automatic chambering you can legally own is .380 ACP.

9 posted on 02/04/2020 1:47:37 PM PST by Yo-Yo ( is the /sarc tag really necessary?)
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H&K MP5 could fit the bill, as would a bevy of other subs and pistolas.

I assume a gang wanted to convey: “Nice arcade. Be a shame if something happened because you didn’t pay us.”


10 posted on 02/04/2020 1:48:12 PM PST by Chewbarkah
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Terrible....where is Doomberg anti gun statement...?


11 posted on 02/04/2020 1:49:24 PM PST by Popman
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To: Yo-Yo

Ah. Thank you.


12 posted on 02/04/2020 1:50:11 PM PST by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire. Or both.)
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No, colt used to make pimped out 1911s with Mexican names in .38 Super.


13 posted on 02/04/2020 2:03:18 PM PST by Trailerpark Badass (There should be a whole lot more going no than throwing bleach, said one w)
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VGLM!!


14 posted on 02/04/2020 2:04:54 PM PST by dp0622 (Radicals, racists Don't point finger at me I'm a small town white boy Just tryin' to make ends meet)
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Same as in Italy, where colt used to sell AR15s in .222 Remington.


15 posted on 02/04/2020 2:05:53 PM PST by Trailerpark Badass (There should be a whole lot more going no than throwing bleach, said one w)
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Well when a past administration supplies drug cartels with weapons bad thing are bound to happen.


16 posted on 02/04/2020 2:09:56 PM PST by spudville
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And no one gets punished.


17 posted on 02/04/2020 2:10:53 PM PST by dp0622 (Radicals, racists Don't point finger at me I'm a small town white boy Just tryin' to make ends meet)
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To: BenLurkin

Mexico was touted and promoted as friendly, save, and wonderful.


18 posted on 02/04/2020 2:19:31 PM PST by EnglishOnly (eWFight all out to win OR get out now. .)
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Note to self: cancel planned walking tour of mexican video-game arcades.


19 posted on 02/04/2020 3:10:24 PM PST by hal ogen (First Amendment or Reeducation Camp???)
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How can this be? Mexico is such a safe nice country full of peaceful people.

I agree, and they have strict gun control. I guess criminals don't obey gun laws.

20 posted on 02/04/2020 3:41:33 PM PST by Mark17 (Father of US Air Force Officer in pilot training. Air Force aircraft, go faster than Army tanks)
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