School Shootings [Archive] - RonFez.net Messageboard

The Chairman

02-15-2008, 07:10 AM

Another campus tragedy, this time at Northern Illinois State.

Virginia Tech, Columbine, etc.

Wikipedia has an excellent entry on other examples

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/School_shootings

Reviewing the list confirmed a question I've had for a long time: why do most of these occur in the places they do, specifically lots in midwest, south, west, but very few like where I live, New York City and the rest of the Northeast?

I don't recall ever hearing some kid open fire in some high school cafeteria on Long Island or on the campus of Columbia University or Bowdoin College for that matter.

Is it stricter gun laws? Better school security? Happier students?

Yes, Bard College is an outlier in the list, liberal artsy college in MA. But that kid was a fan of the band Sick of it All and not Dar Williams, which maybe explains a lot.

Discuss.

The Chairman

topless_mike

02-15-2008, 07:23 AM

shootings are done by pussies that cant handle themselves.

do the innocent a favor- go shoot squirrels or something.

The Chairman

02-15-2008, 07:31 AM

shootings are done by pussies that cant handle themselves.

So does that mean there are fewer pussies who can't handle themselves in the northeast?

The Chairman

King Hippos Bandaid

02-15-2008, 07:37 AM

So does that mean there are fewer pussies who can't handle themselves in the northeast?

The Chairman

yes

we are stronger and smarter people who can buck up if we get abused in High School or College

esp in the NY NJ PA MA and CT area

Snoogans

02-15-2008, 08:15 AM

I know its not security or gun laws. The HS I went to had 0 security, random people walkin in and out at all times. We must get the good pills round here

foodcourtdruide

02-15-2008, 08:18 AM

I don't think it's guns either. Millions of people have guns.

The kids picture is already all over the media. Why? Why is his picture news? Why does a murderer turn into instant celebrity? We are so dumb.

TheMojoPin

02-15-2008, 08:18 AM

If I had to generalize with the college shootings, I'd say a good number of those kids specifically avoided urban areas due in no small part to their various social anxieties.