OMG, school shooting in Madison, Wisconsin

[Lemon Drop]

DeusxMac wrote:
[quote=PeterB]
Reported that the shooter was a student.

I hope that the trend continues of prosecuting the parents of children who are able to get ahold of these guns.

Edit: what an ironic name for this school. "Abundant Life Christian Academy"...? :eek2:

But…but… God, Guns, Grits, and Gravy
Can somebody get DeuxMacs an atlas? Grits and gravy? Madison WI is not in the South. It's a very liberal city in the upper Midwest.

[DeusxMac]

Lemon Drop wrote:
[quote=DeusxMac]
[quote=PeterB]
Reported that the shooter was a student.

I hope that the trend continues of prosecuting the parents of children who are able to get ahold of these guns.

Edit: what an ironic name for this school. "Abundant Life Christian Academy"...? :eek2:

But…but… God, Guns, Grits, and Gravy
Can somebody get DeuxMacs an atlas? Grits and gravy? Madison WI is not in the South. It's a very liberal city in the upper Midwest.
Nothing to do with Wisconsin; it's about the perverse linkage between "Guns" and "God".

It's literally the title of a book by Baptist pastor and future US ambassador to Israel, Mike Huckabee.

[PeterB]

special wrote:
Whatever the motivation for his act, it still doesn't make it right.

bullied, harassed, or molested, etc, there are other ways to fight back, not with a gun.

I don't think anyone is saying that, but the motivation for many of these shooters is based on having been mercilessly bullied or harassed. At that age, kids often can't see any option other than suicide or homicide... the adults in their lives either aren't aware of what's going on, or aren't willing to intervene, sometimes seeing bullying as a "normal" part of growing up. :RollingEyesSmiley5:

[Speedy]

Also, since school shootings have been the rage since before Columbine, might as well follow in others’ footsteps and kill a few of your enemies before taking your own life. Why go out alone when you have a gun that can quickly and easily take out a bunch.

[mattkime]

special wrote:
Whatever the motivation for his act, it still doesn't make it right.

her

[mrbigstuff]

a second-grader called 911 about the shooting. I guess this is necessary knowledge for a 7-year-old now.

[bfd]

Brenda Spencer shot up a school in San Diego long before it became fashionable… she, too, “didn’t like Mondays”… sometimes, that’s all there is to it.




https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clevelan...San_Diego)

[special]

mattkime wrote:
[quote=special]
Whatever the motivation for his act, it still doesn't make it right.

her
It was a typo, I wanted to say this act, not his act.

[kj]

bfd wrote:
Brenda Spencer shot up a school in San Diego long before it became fashionable… she, too, “didn’t like Mondays”… sometimes, that’s all there is to it.




https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clevelan...San_Diego)

I think there is a danger to thinking because someone says "why" they did something that that is actually a real explanation for their behavior. There is absolutely no reason to think people know completely why they do things. It can give insight, but there are undoubtedly factors they are not aware of.

[Lemon Drop]

mrbigstuff wrote:
a second-grader called 911 about the shooting. I guess this is necessary knowledge for a 7-year-old now.

That's been retracted by the police. It was a second grade teacher who called 911.