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Oh no Botany Feb 2012 #1
OMG...what is going on with the school shootings lately? Justice wanted Feb 2012 #2
This message was self-deleted by its author Tesha Feb 2012 #3
We don't know yet if the shooter was a teen(s) titaniumsalute Feb 2012 #4
This message was self-deleted by its author Tesha Feb 2012 #6
Per a tweet from student on the scene. Fuddnik Feb 2012 #11
wow -- horrifying. nt xchrom Feb 2012 #17
There may be inadequate access to mental health help in the area sakabatou Feb 2012 #10
There is inadequate access to mental health care everywhere in the U.S. yardwork Feb 2012 #25
The Reagan/limited government legacy. alp227 Feb 2012 #40
And lots of citizen-level stigmatization of mental illness in general too, of course Posteritatis Feb 2012 #60
Ding, Ding, Ding pipoman Feb 2012 #42
The part that is surprising is that montanto Feb 2012 #56
Their are actully less school shootings today.. virginia mountainman Feb 2012 #8
less as opposed to when? barbtries Feb 2012 #13
In the past, school shootings where much more common.. virginia mountainman Feb 2012 #18
Uh, not in Chardon, Mr. Sloganeer...eom Kolesar Feb 2012 #19
Something happening someplace does not mean it is happening more often. (nt) Posteritatis Feb 2012 #59
no, you never said that school shootings are okay. barbtries Feb 2012 #24
In post #2 pipoman Feb 2012 #41
i'm not seeing it. barbtries Feb 2012 #45
Solutions come from truth, not perception pipoman Feb 2012 #50
Gotta love insinuations of sinister motives in response to statements of facts... (nt) Posteritatis Feb 2012 #64
Please provide statistical data bread_and_roses Feb 2012 #26
I have not vetted the sources melm00se Feb 2012 #31
That is a list of incidents, not a statistical analysis (n/t) bread_and_roses Feb 2012 #46
Maybe nobody has done statistical analysis pipoman Feb 2012 #51
True. We can also see though that within the decade of the '00's bread_and_roses Feb 2012 #65
Here are statistics intaglio Feb 2012 #68
ABC and CBS are reporting that the have only gotten one of the gunmen. ScreamingMeemie Feb 2012 #5
I keep seeing conflicting reports on the number too. FedUpWithIt All Feb 2012 #15
Just texted my kid to be safe out there. Violence knows no zip code. HughBeaumont Feb 2012 #7
just read"We need to talk about Kevin" babydollhead Feb 2012 #9
Update: 4 students injured; suspect in custody brooklynite Feb 2012 #12
live stream barbtries Feb 2012 #14
3 male students, 1 female student injured, one suspect in custody MarkCharles Feb 2012 #16
Ok. That makes four of my neighbors who have been shot this year Kolesar Feb 2012 #20
I'm certainly not a gun nut titaniumsalute Feb 2012 #21
So in your world pipoman Feb 2012 #53
That was disconnected and baffling Kolesar Feb 2012 #55
But your point is correct titaniumsalute Feb 2012 #71
That is less than ten miles from the town where I grew up liberalhistorian Feb 2012 #22
Same here! Auggie Feb 2012 #23
I learned how to fly and got my pilot;s license titaniumsalute Feb 2012 #27
I'm from Lake County. I believe you liberalhistorian Feb 2012 #29
That's the one Auggie Feb 2012 #33
Collect the guns used, track them, name names, start arresting. onehandle Feb 2012 #28
the NRA just wants to help sell more guns fascisthunter Feb 2012 #30
Accountability mainstreetonce Feb 2012 #32
That totally explains why the three primary influential gun control statutes on the books right now AtheistCrusader Feb 2012 #34
Of course, there aren't many automatic firearms. It's the other 250 million that are a concern. Hoyt Feb 2012 #44
There aren't many, because an amendment to the NRA sponsored 1986 GCA closed the registry. AtheistCrusader Feb 2012 #47
NRA acquiesced because there was no way to win right for any yahoo to carry an automatic weapon. Hoyt Feb 2012 #48
This message was self-deleted by its author barbtries Feb 2012 #36
Except for the penis comment (*yawn*) I agree n/t krispos42 Feb 2012 #39
Agree with your entire post, Crunchy Frog Feb 2012 #69
Tragic all around. Off topic, but WHLO is one of FOUR Limbaugh stations in Cleveland alp227 Feb 2012 #35
Yes it is titaniumsalute Feb 2012 #37
Off topic, much? n/t PavePusher Feb 2012 #67
ABC News reporting one victim has died Bozita Feb 2012 #38
Suspect in Custody identified: MarkCharles Feb 2012 #43
Once again showing... ellisonz Feb 2012 #49
the lack of facial expression is disturbing. the other thing is see is a 'slight' kid. xchrom Feb 2012 #52
The kid had some starnge interests csziggy Feb 2012 #57
Kids - not being a monolith - are into many things. (nt) Posteritatis Feb 2012 #61
There was also a possible David Icke link in the Gaby Giffords shooting starroute Feb 2012 #63
Labeling people as "other" reduces the moral reasons not to kill csziggy Feb 2012 #66
Any thought of what could have driven this kid to do this? pipoman Feb 2012 #54
The rampant-speculation cycle will probably tell us what to blame in a couple of days. (nt) Posteritatis Feb 2012 #62
As is often the case, the information coming out may not be completely reliable at this point onenote Feb 2012 #58
Second victim from the shooting spree died MarkCharles Feb 2012 #70
Third victim died Tuesday Kolesar Feb 2012 #72
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