Jamie McCarthy

@jamiemccarthy@ottawa.place
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Ruby on Rails engineer, vegan, enjoy D&D and relational databases. I'm unhappy about fascism and hope to move to Ottawa essentially for that reason. Formerly: Slashdot, ThinkGeek, The Holocaust History Project. Also @jamiemccarthy and a few others.
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Jamie McCarthyMay 24, 2023
Bike OttawaMay 23, 2023
Most of what we call pedestrian and bike infrastructure wouldn’t need to exist without cars. It is actually car infrastructure and should be paid for from their huge budgets rather than the tiny afterthought budget allocated to active transportation. #VisionZero #budget #ottcity #ottawa #Cycling #ottbike #BikeTooter
Jamie McCarthyApr 12, 2023
flexghost.Apr 11, 2023

The AR-15-style rifle used in yesterdays Louisville mass shooting will be auctioned off

Your reminder, the Kel-Tec 9mm handgun used to kill Trayvon Martin sold for $250,000.

#MURICA

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flexghost.Apr 11, 2023

The AR-15-style rifle used in yesterdays Louisville mass shooting will be auctioned off

Your reminder, the Kel-Tec 9mm handgun used to kill Trayvon Martin sold for $250,000.

#MURICA

Show threadBillEinNYCApr 11, 2023
@flexghost@mastodon.socia
What in the actual fuck
Show threadt harveyApr 11, 2023
@flexghost shocking - I had no idea
Show threadDrew ShadrawyApr 11, 2023
@flexghost disgusting
Show threadStephen CzettyApr 11, 2023
@flexghost It's a murder fetish.
Show threadChrisApr 11, 2023
@flexghost How are they not permanently in an evidence locker?
Show threadAlchemistApr 11, 2023
@flexghost WOW! I never even knew auctioning murder weapons was a thing.
Show threadKevin LeecasterApr 11, 2023
@Alchemist_Final @flexghost
Did Harlan Crow buy the weapon that killed Trayvon Martin to show off to his pet supreme court justice?
Show threadCelebrate Billionaire PainApr 11, 2023
@flexghost if I've learned anything from the recent coverage of Harlan Crow it's that the person who spent that money probably just wanted to really remember how wrong it is to murder children for not respecting your authority as a police cosplayer.
Show threadIrenerd 🐌Apr 11, 2023
@flexghost 😳 wtf! Sold by who?!
Show threadJay Thoden van Velzen ☁️​🛡️​Apr 11, 2023
@flexghost
Show threadSwellApr 12, 2023
@flexghost so someone can mount it over their fireplace??? 😖
Show threadGeorge 🍦🚲 🥾 ✌️🌎 🌌Apr 12, 2023
@flexghost my only thought when reading that news was: utter insanity
Show threadEarthlingApr 12, 2023

@flexghost

Can it get even more pervers than that?

Show threadpOlsonApr 12, 2023
@flexghost insanity at its best. Who votes for this nonsense?
Show threadpOlsonApr 12, 2023
@flexghost for what purpose do these gun serve? You can’t go hunting with them. Insanity!
Show threadΩ 🌍 Gus PoseyApr 12, 2023
@flexghost What makes America exceptional is our demented attachment to firearms and the specific category of death and chaos they engender.
Show threadGlennMGApr 12, 2023
@flexghost
Sick. Should be cut up and recycled.
Show threadWe Can Be GyrosApr 12, 2023
@flexghost cops love to sell merch.
Show threadactualeyesApr 12, 2023
@flexghost the Relics of America's death cult.
Show threadold_tootbruteApr 12, 2023

@flexghost ? like the police auction it? for non-americans, what does this mean?

is this like a 'famous' gun and people pay for it as a collectible? shouldn't it be used as evidence in the court case and destroyed?

Show threadRev. Lunar 🜏Ⓐ🖤Apr 12, 2023

@elias yes, the police auction it. they do this with all the property they steal from civilians.

Americans are gun freaks and any gun used in a mass shooting becomes a valuable collector's item, especially for conservatives. should it be used as evidence then destroyed, probably, but then the cops can't make extra money and the poor guys are really strapped for cash since their budget went up
@flexghost

Show threadold_tootbruteApr 12, 2023
@lunar wow. crazy.
Show threadmuıııoApr 12, 2023
@flexghost WHAT?!
Show threadJoe Steinbring Apr 12, 2023

@flexghost Some context:

"Greenberg explained that a law the state passed in 1998 prohibits law enforcement from destroying confiscated firearms — even when they have been used in crimes. Instead, those firearms — including the AR-15-style rifle used in Monday’s shooting at Old National Bank — are required to be sent to Kentucky State Police, which sells the weapons to federally licensed gun dealers."

https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2023/04/12/louisville-shooting-gun-auction-law/

Louisville mayor rebukes Ky. law requiring shooting weapon to be auctioned

Louisville Mayor Craig Greenberg criticized a Kentucky law that prohibits law enforcement from destroying confiscated firearms, even if they were used in crimes.

The Washington Post
Show threadjoeApr 12, 2023
@flexghost what? how? isn't it evidence??
Show thread2xfoApr 12, 2023

@Smokinjoe @flexghost
Most police departments auction off confiscated items that aren't illegal in their own right. My dad bought my brother a drug scale to use for his model jet engine builds, for example.

This one seems especially egregious of course, I'm just explaining the system's logic here

Show threadjoeApr 12, 2023

@RnDanger @flexghost That makes sense - I learned that's possible on that episode when Homer ended up buying Snake's Lil' Bandit from a Police Auction.

I guess I had no idea that there needed to be such a quick turnaround with evidence. I get that after a certain period of time, you can't spend more due diligence on the weapon .. but it seems in awful taste to sell some item that part of an ongoing case.

Show thread2xfoApr 12, 2023

@Smokinjoe @flexghost
They wait until the trial is over. They just don't want to store stuff forever, it needs to go somewhere and they make money this way.

I would prefer to see this gun destroyed but that's the policy right now.

Show threadflexghost.Apr 12, 2023
@Smokinjoe 🇺🇸
Show threadWTFApr 12, 2023
@flexghost The police are insane for putting this back on the streets! The Mayor and Governor’s hands are tied because of KY state laws. Sickening
Show threadflexghost.Apr 12, 2023
@Kitchi the mayor even survived a shooting. He’s outraged too
Show threadrikwApr 12, 2023
@flexghost Disgusting.
Show threadMike MathewsApr 12, 2023

@flexghost "Tragedy Capitalism" or "Tragedy Budgeting" are not acceptable public safety strategies.

Weapons used in tragedies should be retained through the lifetime of the accused, for trial and appeal purposes, then melted and scrapped. These weapons should never reach the street or a "collection" again.

Show threadAlyson DeckerApr 12, 2023
@flexghost this is something I did not know. Absolutely barbaric.
Show threadhackbyte (friendica) 13HB1Apr 12, 2023
@flexghost insane 🙁
Show threadChristine BellApr 12, 2023
@flexghost that is horrific. It should be either destroyed or made into another object that brings life not kills life.
Show threadAT-AT Assault 🏳️‍⚧️Apr 12, 2023

@flexghost

Are you fucking kidding me? That should be fuckin' destroyed.

Show threadflexghost.Apr 12, 2023
@atatassault shoulda. But isn’t
Show threadGen X-WingApr 13, 2023
@flexghost How are these weapons not confiscated as evidence and then destroyed? I don’t use this expression often, but this is sick behavior. This love for violence reminds me of the russian military:(