Today's School shooting.

[Shadow X]

Gun control. That's all needed to say. When was the last time something like this happened in Sweden? Never. Atleast not that I'm aware of.



Gun control.

There's only like 12 and half people in Sweden( including that midget that lives on that corner) and the only gun available shoots liquid.

Seriously tho, it is a sad story. The only thing that surprised me about this was that the kid was Native-American. I thought it was some little white kid that decided his life sucked so bad that he'll go and end other peoples lives.
People are dumb and gun control is needed in America.

[crusher]

...you suck Shadow...

But I agree with the second part.

[youthquake]

man, i'm surprised there hasn't been a shooting in Alaska yet. look at those stats!

[nitronic1]

karragh
This is exactly why I feel alot safer to work at a Canadian Highschool then I imagine I would at an American one.
yeesh, one of these days this type of thing is going be a yearly event at this rate....

Ummmm, just cause ya live in Canada doesn't mean you are 'exempt' from things like this happening, seems to me I recall vaguely something like that happening in Calgary a while back, it's just more prevalent in the states according to the news is all.... you really aren't safe anywhere to be honest, it's called a false sense of security, only takes 1 wingnut anywhere to do it, and that's what's TRULY scary about it......

[GundamGuy]

man, i'm surprised there hasn't been a shooting in Alaska yet. look at those stats!

It's to cold to kill people in Alaska...

[Clive]

My ex-girlfriend's sister worked as a teacher in London and Barcelona and, you know, its funny how many times she didnt get shot at. Maybe theres a tenuous link between the lack of teacher/student related shootings and strict gun control, or maybe thats just the cynic in me trying to comprehend why this has been allowed to happen AGAIN.

The worst thing about this whole incident are these right-wing idiots who once again believe that the public ownership of fire-arms is a God-given right, and that allowing a disturbed teenager access to said weaponary isnt the underlying cause of yet another school based massacre. When will it stop? How many more children have to die before common sense will eventually prevail?

Another worry is the similarity between this and the other killings in Columbine and the town in Germany - with each spate of murder and the media coverage it garners Im sure there is a warped mind somewhere admiring these killers. There are issues that need to be addressed to halt this - one, it is obvious that there isnt enough funding for ensuring the psychological wellbeing of students who are bullied, disturbed, classed as 'outsiders' by their peers...whatever. This could start with basic teacher awareness of problems within the classroom, or having councillors on hand to provide help and support for troubled kids. Secondly, you need to take the guns out of the kids hands. It beggars belief that a tool of death can be so readily available, it really does.

[Soeru]

America, fuck yeah!

Proves, for the 234th time, that you never have anything intelligent to say. Stop posting if you're just going to conform to shallow three word responses.


The kid was a nativist, eh? Interesting... There's still no reason to kill his mates, but I find it interesting that this is not another bullied kid that got pissed and decided to shoot up his school.

Edit: Clive, you are undeniably correct. I can point out at least 3 students in my school that portray extremely unusual attitudes, but what scares me even more is the fact that teachers do nothing to give these kids the proper help they need.

[GundamGuy]

man, i'm surprised there hasn't been a shooting in Alaska yet. look at those stats!

my reply...

It's to cold to kill people in Alaska...

Apparently I was wrong...
I was watching CNN and they had a history of school shootings in the United States...

Feb. 19, 1997: 16-year-old Evan Ramsey opened fire with a shotgun in a common area at a Bethel, Alaska, high school, killing the principal and a student and wounding two others. Ramsey was sentenced to two 99-year prison terms.

[karragh]

[I]
Ummmm, just cause ya live in Canada doesn't mean you are 'exempt' from things like this happening, seems to me I recall vaguely something like that happening in Calgary a while back, it's just more prevalent in the states according to the news is all.... you really aren't safe anywhere to be honest, it's called a false sense of security, only takes 1 wingnut anywhere to do it, and that's what's TRULY scary about it......

Thank you for paying oh so much attention to my post. I mentioned Gun control in my post.
In canada we have something called gun control. therefor it is a much much much less likely occurence for this to happen up here, like maybe... let me think now.

about about 2% of the chance of it happening in america. so, now 2% of the chance, so let's says there was a 5% chance of it happening in america, so that would meen in canada there would be a 0.1% chance of it happening in canada, doesn't sound like a "false sense of security" to me. but then, that's just me, I understand simple consepts like reading all of someones post and gun control.

[nitronic1]

Yes, because as we all know, the Fire Arms Control Act they brought into Canada has proven to be such a great success...also seems to me after reading and hearing much about the 'gun control' policy in proved to be, for the most part, ineffective and a huge waste of tax payer dollars. %'s are opinions, what reality can be is something completely different. People can obtain what they want, if they truly want it, legal or not and sadly, that's the reality of life.

The term false sense of security means actually believing something won't happen, when it can, but if it makes you happy to have it, that's cool too, I'm just a realist.

Thank you for paying oh so much attention to my post. I mentioned Gun control in my post.
In canada we have something called gun control. therefor it is a much much much less likely occurence for this to happen up here, like maybe... let me think now.

about about 2% of the chance of it happening in america. so, now 2% of the chance, so let's says there was a 5% chance of it happening in america, so that would meen in canada there would be a 0.1% chance of it happening in canada, doesn't sound like a "false sense of security" to me. but then, that's just me, I understand simple consepts like reading all of someones post and gun control.

[Paladin_Hammer]

man, i'm surprised there hasn't been a shooting in Alaska yet. look at those stats!

There was a shooting in Alaska. I remeber the shooter bein like, 16 or something, he killed his principal because he didn't do anything about the students bullying him around. And he shot another kid who bullied him, and I think killed three others. I'll find a news article somewhere.

my reply...

Apparently I was wrong...
I was watching CNN and they had a history of school shootings in the United States...

THAT's what I was talking about...

The reason kids do these things is because they are pushed around and the faculty does nothing to prevent it. The boy in this shooting was know for being picked on and abused by the students of that school. He already had it hard enough with his father commiting suicide and his mother in a nursing home, then the bastards at Red Lake decided to pick on him. The kids that shot up Columbine were also victims of repeated abuse by they're peers. This is the same kind of case.

Also if you read the article in my last post, you'd know he got his gun out of the police force. His grandfather may have given it to him. Gun control wouldn't have stopped him from getting his firearm, THE FACKING POLICE GAVE IT TO HIM. Also, I've read around, the guard he shot was unarmed and un-armored. What kind of protection is that?! If that guy was supposed to protect people, you might as well of hired a aids-ridden prostitute. In the path of a bullet they'd both be unable to respond. Unless of course you put armor on the guard, and give him/her a means of which to respond.

The reason you don't hear about this in Sweden is your Media, movies, and newspapers don't talk about death all the time. In America all you hear about is death/murder/homicide/suicide. What do you see on the news in Sweden?

Thank you for paying oh so much attention to my post. I mentioned Gun control in my post.
In canada we have something called gun control. therefor it is a much much much less likely occurence for this to happen up here, like maybe... let me think now.

about about 2% of the chance of it happening in america. so, now 2% of the chance, so let's says there was a 5% chance of it happening in america, so that would meen in canada there would be a 0.1% chance of it happening in canada, doesn't sound like a "false sense of security" to me. but then, that's just me, I understand simple consepts like reading all of someones post and gun control.

BAH! thats a laugh. Michael Moore showed Canadian guns in Bowling for Columbine, he could buy all th ammo he wanted in your stores and he wasn't even a citizen. They gave him a week on a back-round check. And he was free to buy any firearm he wanted after a weeks check. Canada=bunch of hypocritical nut-bars. But I love em all anyway.

We have a members section on gun-control. Post all thoughts and BS there please.

[Skinner8]

Proves, for the 234th time, that you never have anything intelligent to say. Stop posting if you're just going to conform to shallow three word responses.

Oh, I'm sorry, sir. I'll do my best to be more like you in the future, sir.

[Stark]

Hmm, I think that Soeru does have a point, this is a serious matter and cannot be looked at lightly, the loss of human life is a terrible thing and many lives were lost, no parent should have to bury their own child.

[Skinner8]

I'll look at it just about as lightly as I want. You are right, of course, it can't be very fun for the people directly involved, but... Feh. If anyone has a problem with me being a big old insensitive meanie, then that's exactly what it is - their problem.

[Stark]

I'll look at it just about as lightly as I want. You are right, of course, it can't be very fun for the people directly involved, but... Feh. If anyone has a problem with me being a big old insensitive meanie, then that's exactly what it is - their problem.

Fair enough, but you will get flac for it. I won't judge though, every one is allowed their own opinion.