Mass shooting in Sydney, Australia kills 16 and I believe that is the latest body count with 40 people wounded. The shooting was pulled off by a father/son team of assholes with the father being shot dead and the son in critical condition undergoing surgery at a Sydney hospital. The shooters were themselves shot by Sydney PD. The shooter daddy-o was disarmed by an eyewitness civilian that jumped in and wrestled the rifle away from the father shooter. The shooting took place on Bondi Beach which is a Sydney hot spot for swimmers, surfers, sun seekers, and Jewish Australians want to celebrate the Hanukah holiday. Black dang Hanukah to kick off a once upon a time peaceful holiday. Well ... peaceful has many different usages anymore. Back flash to Rhode Island and Brown University and another mass shooting ... two students dead and nine more wounded. Brown University was in their finals week for the fall semester and that is certainly a damn crappy way to disrupt finals. So Amer...
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