Boy injured in Osteen church shooting lost ‘portion of his frontal lobe’
Boy injured in Osteen church shooting lost ‘portion of his frontal lobe’
Samuel Moreno-Carranza, age seven, was injured after his mother fired a rifle inside church and police responded, killing her
Samuel Moreno-Carranza, age seven, was injured after his mother fired a rifle inside church and police responded, killing her
A boy who was shot in the head at celebrity pastor Joel Osteen’s Houston megachurch on 11 February has lost “a portion of his frontal lobe” while recovering at the hospital, according to his grandmother.
In a Facebook post three days after the shooting, Walli Carranza said her seven-year-old grandson, Samuel Moreno-Carranza, “has lost a major part of what makes us who we are” after “half of his right skull [had] to be surgically removed during two surgeries done in less than 24 hours”. Samuel had endured “cardiac arrest multiple times, and no one can determine whether he has significant brain activity because his scalp tissue is too friable” to let doctors attach electroencephalogram wires to him, Carranza added in a post that doubled as a criticism of the US’s lack of meaningful gun control.
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"Guns aren't the problem."
They're a pretty massive part of it. Abolish the second amendment.
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"But how are we going to defend ourselves against all the other people with guns?"
The US is messed up.
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That's it right here.
As a person of color, removing the second amendment affects us more. Gun control was considered when the Black Panthers armed themselves. During the more chaotic weeks of BLM protests, armed protesters were the reason cops behaved.
We would need a thanos-level snap to change - from cops, to people's minds - everywhere all at once.
But while cops are killing dogs, shooting shoplifters in the back of the head, and emptying their gun when they hear an acorn fall... Disenfranchised communities will be the most affected by this.
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I dunno coast guard?
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Clearly we need personal owned nukes.
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So the good guys with the guns may have shot and killed a 7 year old? Great argument to justify not doing anything resembling gun control.
On another note, Houston has an excellent Medical Center and I wish the little boy the best of luck. How awful for the entire family.
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The ,"good guys with guns" shoot and kill a lot of Innocent people.
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Isn't it crazy to begin with that Texas's churches have armed guards? Shouldn't Jesus protect them?
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With enough prayers 🙏 anything is possible right? Right?
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That's also true about a lot of non-shot members of Osteen's church.
Poor kid though. He didn't deserve any of what he got.
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...from Joel's sermons.
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Right. Are we sure he had it when he came in?
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His Mom was a murderous terrorist supporter, he was fucked before he ever stepped foot into the Church. Poor kid. Hope he gets quality care for the rest of his life.
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He won't and may already be functionally dead. The chance to save any of these people evaporated a long time ago. It was deemed "not profitable".
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You're right. The people who support the cause she had emblazoned on her gun don't do shit fuck all if it means more than standing next to a flag and posting on social media.
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And yet, it was the cops that shot him.
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Hey, next time maybe don't bring your kid along when you plan on doing terrorist things while supporting a fucking terrorist organization.
Sucks for the kid, but this is mom's fault all the way down the line. I say that as a strong acab believer too.
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A small price to pay so that the NRA can earn more money.
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Religion is dangerous to the proper functioning of one's frontal lobe.