I am sure somewhere in this huge thread, someone mentioned the fact that if one or more of the students had a CCW permit they might have changed the outcome.
The fact is, the guy could have used any number of methods to to kill a bunch of people. He could have just lobbed a home made pipe-bomb into the class room and cleaned up that way.
I am sure we are going to hear about how he played counterstrike and first person shooters etc. How bad guns are. All the normal stuff.
The fact is, the guy was a ruthless killer and a colossal dipshit. It's easy to point our fingers at everything else but the truth. The truth is that our society is churning out more and more agressive, ruthless dipshits who don't give a fuck whether they live or die. I believe each one of these occurences speaks volumes about our current society. If we add up the murders in our own country, that number far exceeds any damage done by "terrorists". So tell me again, why are we spending billions upon billions of dollars outside of our country? Isn't it time that we concentrate on making America a better place to live again?
How about lower taxes, higher pay, and more reasonable rates for the basic things we need to survive? How about more money spent on education? How about we each take on the responsibility to raise our children correctly without subjecting kids to broken homes and various forms of hell created by different forms of addiction and abuse?
This type of event underscores just how crazy and out of control we can be as a nation. When I was growing up, a murder was a rare occurence. A serial killer was huge news. Now, mass killings are becoming commonplace and make the death count of a serial killer look like childs play.
Where are we going, America? And, will it be worth it when we get there?
