Almost like the increase in America's population.....

I already addressed that. We have about four times as many people now: 9 per decade becomes 36 per decade, or 3.6 per year, and now we have 21 so far this year alone.

Colorado's school shooting -- over in 80 seconds

By CNN's Tom Watkins and Ana Cabrera
updated 2:33 PM EST, Sun December 15, 2013



In less than 80 seconds, Karl Pierson "fired one random shot down a hallway," then entered an area where 17-year-old Claire Esther Davis was seated with a friend, "and shot the female victim point-blank" in the head. "There was no time for the victim to run from the shooter," Robinson told reporters on Saturday.

Pierson then fired another round down a hallway, then entered the library, where he fired again and ignited one of the Molotov cocktails, according to Robinson. That ignited at least three bookshelves, causing smoke to pour into the library.

He then fired a fifth round and ran to the library's back corner, "and there took his own life."

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The rampage might have resulted in many more casualties had it not been for the quick response of a deputy sheriff who was working as a school resource officer at the school, Robinson said.

Once he learned of the threat, he ran -- accompanied by an unarmed school security officer and two administrators -- from the cafeteria to the library, Robinson said. "It's a fairly long hallway, but the deputy sheriff got there very quickly."

The deputy was yelling for people to get down and identified himself as a county deputy sheriff, Robinson said. "We know for a fact that the shooter knew that the deputy was in the immediate area and, while the deputy was containing the shooter, the shooter took his own life."

He praised the deputy's response as "a critical element to the shooter's decision" to kill himself, and lauded his response to hearing gunshots. "He went to the thunder," he said. "He heard the noise of gunshot and, when many would run away from it, he ran toward it to make other people safe."



It's remarkable how CNN goes out of their way not to say that an ARMED person stopped what could have been a much more terrible situation, but just that he was "yelling for people to get down" and "the shooter knew that the deputy was in the immediate area" and the deputy was "containing the shooter"

Maybe it's because they assume their readers aren't reeruns, and when they read "Deputy sheriff responded" it's safe to assume he was armed.

Bravo for the deputy. He apparently did everything right, and almost certainly saved lives.

Who, by the way, was a deputy. I have no problem with him and other trained, prepared, dedicated law enforcement personnel being in this or any school all the time. It's when people start advocating armed teachers that I start to wave the "This Is Idiocy" banner.

Wouldn't it have been awful to have one at Sandy Hook?

The girl that was shot in the head has died of her injuries.

Ugh.

Goddammit. Fry in Hell, you little petulant, worthless ****. It might drive over to his parents' house tonight and leave them a nice Christmas present.

Hugging my daughter as I type this.


**** that piece of shit.

It sucks these cowards commit suicide. Then again probably as well so we can save the spectacle of a trial. Plus the Constituiton bans cruel and unusual punishment anyway

That would be unfortunate. The little, petulant, worthless ****'s parents have been victims in this mess as well.

That isn't what I've heard... but yes, I made that post in anger, which is now somewhat subsided.

Forgive us if we don't feel empathy for someone who didn't instill proper values of what constitutes right and wrong to their offspring.

Really?

I attended a middle school that had a school named after a principal who was shot dead by a student in 1984. In a freaking Kansas suburb.

I'll say this... people seem to be going crazy a LOT in colorado and going on shooting sprees. What does one make of that? Seems a bit... localized.

it's because these pieces of shit knows the 24 hour media cycle will stroke his ego/name for a good 72 hours or more after he does his shit; which is more notoriety than he's ever received in his entire pathetic life.

stop sensationalizing it in the news cycle and this shit will decrease by 90%. Guaranteed.
This scumbags know that they'll kill themselves anyway, so why not go out in some glory and have their 'story' told by the media via their friends, and family etc.