Another School Shooting - Centennial, CO

[OnTheWarpath15]

Student in serious condition is a female.

[OnTheWarpath15]

Shooter is a male, current student of school.

[DJ's left nut]

Originally Posted by OnTheWarpath58

Shooter is a male, current student of school.

Not so much...

[Planetman]

Originally Posted by DJ's left nut

Not so much...

I bet he already had his yearbook picture taken.

[Demonpenz]

bong

[Buck]

GF's two nephews and one niece attend that school, but weren't injured.

[Planetman]

Just walked past the TV and heard the shooter went in after the male librarian and was calling him out by name.

[Rain Man]

Originally Posted by Planetman

Just walked past the TV and heard the shooter went in after the male librarian and was calling him out by name.

Who goes on a vendetta against a librarian?

[Katipan]

Originally Posted by Rain Man

Who goes on a vendetta against a librarian?

You never saw Music Man?

[HonestChieffan]

Originally Posted by Katipan

You never saw Music Man?

Marian….evil right there

[ClevelandBronco]

I was listening to KOA (news-ish station in Denver) for a while after the story broke. I got curious and turned to a local Christian talk station. They were covering it as well, but they were also breaking from coverage to pray for everyone. Very different kind of approach.

[TribalElder]

Stop doing this stuff people

Please talk to your children

Avoid this type of situation at all costs

For the love of god please stop

Sincerely

- all responsible gun owners in America

[Aries Walker]

According to the Wikipedia list, there were nine school shootings in the entire decade from 1910-1919. By contrast, there have been 21 so far just this year.

Our population has quadrupled since then, so even if we quadruple the older figure as well, that's still going from 3.6 per year, to 21 per year, and this year isn't even over yet.

I'd say we can cut him a little slack on the 'unheard of' comment.

[Just Passin' By]

Originally Posted by Aries Walker

According to the Wikipedia list, there were nine school shootings in the entire decade from 1910-1919. By contrast, there have been 21 so far just this year.

Our population has quadrupled since then, so even if we quadruple the older figure as well, that's still going from 3.6 per year, to 21 per year, and this year isn't even over yet.

I'd say we can cut him a little slack on the 'unheard of' comment.

We should cut him slack because, even though his comment claiming this was unheard of 20 years ago was idiotic, and even though it was absolutely not unheard of 20 years ago, there was a time, when the population was much lower than it is now, when it didn't happen as often? What the **** kind of logic is that? It was the 1989 shooting that led to the California assault rifle ban, for crying out loud.

In this country, school shootings have been happening since the 1700's, and kids have been popping one another in schools since at least as far back as the 1800's.

[Aries Walker]

Originally Posted by Just Passin' By

We should cut him slack because, even though his comment claiming this was unheard of 20 years ago was idiotic, and even though it was absolutely not unheard of 20 years ago, there was a time, when the population was much lower than it is now, when it didn't happen as often? What the **** kind of logic is that? It was the 1989 shooting that led to the California assault rifle ban, for crying out loud.

In this country, school shootings have been happening since the 1700's, and kids have been popping one another in schools since at least as far back as the 1800's.

Yes.

Because you guys are jumping all over a specific and ignoring the point (that I think) he was trying to make. School shootings have gotten a lot worse than they had been - yes, they existed back in Ye Olden Days, but look at the dramatic increase in recent years. It's not their existence that's new, it's their terrible and increasing frequency.