While I don't support mass shootings in general, if someone is so far off the deep end that they're going to throw their life away in an act of random violence, I at least hope they choose targets like Blackstone instead of a random elementary school. At least they're smiting someone who deserves it, for once. The country would be a lot better off if we had several hundred corporate shootings and zero school shootings each year. No shooting period would be better. But if you're going to go on a rampage, at least go after evil people first.

[–] crankyrebel@lemmy.dbzer0.com 15 points 5 days ago

Thanks for the extended info. I agree about the shootings. I never understood why lone gun"men" always chose schools and Walmart parking lots. If you are crazy and want to go down guns-blazing, why not aim for the real evils of this world, the ones causing so much pain for no other reason but greed, the oligarchs and their ilk?

[–] Nurse_Robot@lemmy.world 3 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Weird article, the shooter was targeting the NFL, this has nothing to do with Blackstone

[–] crankyrebel@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 5 days ago (1 children)

What are you talking about? I can see my headline might be confusing, meant to be a play on words, as he has a shady past, but the Blackrock employees were hit and injured, so it did have to do with Blackstone.

The WSJ reports that a Blackstone employee was shot in the lobby.

The WSJ says several Blackstone employees needed hospital treatment.

[–] Nurse_Robot@lemmy.world 9 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Fair enough. I wasn't criticizing your title at all, I was more confused that the article made it seem like Blackstone was the target, but halfway through they mentioned that the NFL was the target

[–] Thassodar@sh.itjust.works 5 points 4 days ago

I came here to say this. Guy exited on the wrong floor, although they did injure an NFL employee during the shooting.