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The press loves to celebrate school shootings for ratings and to further their political agendas. They will shove a camera into a greiving mother's face for ratings. They will rush to judgment and speculate just to stay on a hot topic. They are keen to talk about the shooter, and future shooters want that type of attention. If the press were to report these pathetic individuals for what they are (lovers, mentally ill, socially awkward), then maybe we would have less repeaters. |
101 California Street shooting - Wikipedia
I remember writing this law firm's partners or something like that after this shooting about getting their help with bringing practical materials for survivors/victims of crimes into libraries of all kinds and they, or whoever responded back then, wrote me that they did not have the resources to do anything about the issue I raised. I think they were thinking more broadly about curbing violence done by weapons meant for soldiers in combat situations and not with my concerns about access to meaningful information for those trying to deal with fallout of these shootings. I do see stuff in that Act below that address these concerns though. Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act - Wikipedia |
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I heard an NPR interview this morning that asked many of your questions. And one answer was "common sense" gun regulation would be "in the eye of the beholder". I think that is accurate. I push for opening a dialog on solutions. The country is obviously divided, and one side is NOT going to get what it wants - hence we do not much of anything. And the obvious answer to your question "what is ASSAULT WEAPON", is pretty obvious. One thing one side is extremely good at is making stupid statements which the other side can then use as talking points against them. Two recent ones being defund the police and assault weapons. Both of which are coined phrases intended to elicit inflamed attitudes in the public. And neither of which accurate represent the actual situation they are addressing. If we could all stop using dog whistles, we might find there are many things we can agree on. And once again, thank you for the excellent post that actually addressed some points in serious need of discussion. |
My husband and I have both been retired for six years from Baltimore County Schools, but even in the last ten years of working the entire school system had instituted security measures. First, school doors were all locked after morning admission and stayed locked until dismissal. There were cameras at the door so the person seeking admission could be clearly seen before being admitted. School employees had swipe cards and one door for access throughout the school day. There was an an armed School Resource Officer who was an on duty policeman. His office was located close to the front door. All classroom doors were metal and had locks. They had a very small glass window so you could see out. We conducted drills regularly, much like fire drills. Upon hearing a code that signaled we had an armed intruder all classroom doors were locked, lights were turned out, a curtain was placed over the window, children and staff were trained to huddle against the wall at a location far away from the window and keep silent.
It is a sad state of affairs that we need such a protocol in this country, and that children should have to be taught that this might be necessary to protect their lives, but I would hope that every school in the country, no matter the size of the community, will take whatever steps necessary to protect their precious charges. There are measures that can and should be taken. |
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And, look back over this thread, and ANY thread any where in this country that touches on guns and I think you will find the majority of posts don't offer ANY solutions or even suggestions of solutions, or even calls for cooperation on finding solutions. They simply want to pound their chests about rights. |
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Please, please, please, separate US inner city gun deaths from the rest of the country when quoting US stats. What happens there does not represent the US as a whole.
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History of School Shootings in the United States | K12 Academics
The first US school shooting was on July 26th, 1764 (yes, we were a British colony at the time). |
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The other overused term is "assault weapon". I had a client once who did some time for assault with a deadly weapon. His "assault weapon" of choice? A table leg, which he ripped off the dining room table and used it to chase some people out the door and down the street. Fortunately they were faster than he was so no harm done, other than of course to the table. An assault weapon, under the law, can be ANYTHING--but of course the term has also taken on a sinister connotation and as such is employed at every opportunity. Progress will only be made when reason replaces emotion. But more and more, it seems like the opposite is true, not just in this particular debate. |
The Dunblane massacre took place at Dunblane Primary School near Stirling, Scotland, United Kingdom, on 13 March 1996, when Thomas Hamilton shot dead sixteen pupils and one teacher, and injured fifteen others, before killing himself. It remains the deadliest mass shooting in British history.
Dunblane massacre - Wikipedia |
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Dec. 7, 1999. Veghel, Netherlands
One teacher and three students wounded by a 17-year-old student. |
Mar. 2000 Branneburg, Germany
One teacher killed by a 15-year-old student, who then shot himself. The shooter has been in a coma ever since. |
Jan. 18, 2001 Jan, Sweden
One student killed by two boys, ages 17 and 19 |
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Wish our govt would actually enforce the laws already on the books and do more to promote mental health. |
Feb. 19, 2002 Freising, Germany
Two killed in Eching by a man at the factory from which he had been fired; he then traveled to Freising and killed the headmaster of the technical school from which he had been expelled. He also wounded another teacher before killing himself. |
Apr. 26, 2002 Erfurt, Germany
13 teachers, two students, and one policeman killed, ten wounded by Robert Steinhaeuser, 19, at the Johann Gutenberg secondary school. Steinhaeuser then killed himself. |
Apr. 29, 2002 Vlasenica, Bosnia-Herzegovina
One teacher killed, one wounded by Dragoslav Petkovic, 17, who then killed himself. |
Sept. 28, 2004 Carmen de Patagones, Argentina
Three students killed and 6 wounded by a 15-year-old Argentininan student in a town 620 miles south of Buenos Aires. |
Sept. 13, 2006 Montreal, Canada
Kimveer Gill, 25, opened fire with a semiautomatic weapon at Dawson College. Anastasia De Sousa, 18, died and more than a dozen students and faculty were wounded before Gill killed himself. |
Nov. 7, 2007 Tuusula, Finland
An 18-year-old student in southern Finland shot and killed five boys, two girls, and the female principal at Jokela High School. At least 10 others were injured. The gunman shot himself and died from his wounds in the hospital. |
Sept. 23, 2008 Kauhajoki, Finland
A 20-year-old male student shot and killed at least nine students and himself at a vocational college in Kauhajok, 330km (205 miles) north of the capital, Helsinki. |
Mar. 11, 2009 Winnenden, Germany
Fifteen people were shot and killed at Albertville Technical High School in southwestern Germany by a 17-year-old boy who attended the same school. |
Apr. 30, 2009 Azerbaijan, Baku
A Georgian citizen of Azerbaijani descent killed 12 students and staff at Azerbaijan State Oil Academy. Several others were wounded. |
Apr. 7, 2011 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
A 23-year-old former student returned to his public elementary school in Rio de Janeiro and began firing, killing 12 children and seriously wounding more than a dozen others, before shooting himself in the head. While Brazil has seen gang-related violence in urban areas, this was the worst school shooting the country has ever seen |
July 22, 2011 Tyrifjorden, Buskerud, Norway
A gunman disguised as a policeman opened fire at a camp for young political activists on the island of Utoya. The gunman kills 68 campers, including personal friends of Prime Minister Stoltenberg. Police arrested Anders Behring Breivik, a 32-year-old Norwegian who had been been linked to an anti-Islamic group. |
Mar. 19, 2012 Toulouse, France
Mohammed Merah, a French man of Algerian descent, shot and killed a rabbi, two of his children, and another child at a Jewish school. Police believe he had earlier shot and killed three paratroopers. Merah said he was a member of Al Qaeda and that he was seeking revenge for the killing of Palestinian children. |
Jan. 7, 2015 Paris, Franc
Three masked gunmen storm the office of Charlie Hebdo, a satirical weekly magazine, and kill 12 people, including the paper's top editors and cartoonists, as well as two police officers. The provocative magazine is known for publishing charged cartoons that satirized Islamic terrorists and the Prophet Muhammad. |
Jan. 15, 2017 Monterrey, Nuevo Len, Mexico
A student at Colegio Americano del Noreste, brought a handgun to class and shot several classmates and himself. The high school had not yet implemented security measures that became widespread in Mexico in the prior decade. |
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There are always exceptions, and nothing is perfect. To compare to your list over the past decades, here is a list of school shootings in the US since 2000 (it provides a link to shooting prior to that) List of school shootings in the United States - Wikipedia |
Jan. 29, 2017 Quebec, Canada
Alexandre Bissonnette, a Quebecois man who publicly expressed anti-Muslim sentiments, attacked the Islamic Cultural Centre of Quebec, where he killed six and injured nineteen who were attending prayer. |
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Oct. 20, 2017 Goinia, Gois, Brazil
An unidentified student brought a pistol to class, killing two and injuring four. The shooter attempted suicide before being talked down by a teacher. He claimed inspiration from Columbine and the Realengo shooting. |
Oct. 17, 2018 Kerch, Crimea
A student at Kerch Polytechnic College, Vladislav Roslyakov, brought a shotgun and 150 rounds to his college, where he proceeded to kill 20 students and staff and wound 70. Vladislav was an avowed fan of Columbine shooters Dylan Klebold and Eric Harris, participating in several online fan communities. |
Mar. 13, 2019 Suzano, Brazil
Two former students of the Professor Raul Brasil State School, Guilherme Taucci Monteiro and Luiz Henrique de Castro, went to the school and opened fire. They killed five students, two teachers, and themselves, as well as wounding eleven. They killed Monteiro's uncle prior to attacking the school. |
Mar. 15, 2019 Christchurch, New Zealand
Brenton Tarrant, a reported white supremacist who publicly espoused anti-Muslim sentiments, attacked two mosques. He killed 51 and wounded 49. Tarrant awaits trial, which will likely begin in 2020. |
September 20, 2021 Perm, Russia
18-year-old shooter Timur Bekmansurov brought a shotgun to Perm State University in the city of Perm, where he killed 6 and wounded 43. Statements from the shooter and public investigation revealed no terrorist connections, and no clear political or religious motivation. |
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