# It's happened again: A school shooting, this time in Maryland **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 20, 2018, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-happened-again-a-school-shooting-this-time-in-maryland/810882 "2018-03-20T13:20:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Inigo\_Montoya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inigo_montoya/32/124_2.png) [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2018, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-happened-again-a-school-shooting-this-time-in-maryland/810882/61 "2018-03-21T15:54:18Z")
> [@aceplace57](#): > > Glad the shooter didn’t. I can totally understand this conclusion, just can’t agree with it. I believe you and I approach cognitive function differently, though. I tend to wax philosophical whereas you’re more…practical. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2018, 8:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-happened-again-a-school-shooting-this-time-in-maryland/810882/62 "2018-03-24T08:34:44Z")
> [@aceplace57](#): > > Very thankful both victims survived. Unfortunately, she didn’t. Her parents took her off life support and she has died. [Girl critically wounded in Maryland school shooting dies](https://www.cnn.com/2018/03/22/us/maryland-school-shooting-jaelynn-willey/index.html) ---
**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2018, 10:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-happened-again-a-school-shooting-this-time-in-maryland/810882/63 "2018-03-24T10:50:56Z")
> [@Inigo\_Montoya](#): > > You know, I’m not a huge fan of taking away guns because I think we should be addressing the underlying discontent that makes people want to kill other people. It can’t be done. We can’t make the world a paradise, nor can we identify the people who will do such things beforehand; much less fix them. ---
**Author:** ![Fiveyearlurker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/da6949/32.png) [@Fiveyearlurker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiveyearlurker)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2018, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-happened-again-a-school-shooting-this-time-in-maryland/810882/64 "2018-03-27T16:09:33Z")
The [good guy with a gun](http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/opinion/editorial/bs-ed-0321-maryland-school-shooting-20180320-story.html) story, [latched onto by the NRA](http://www.newsweek.com/nra-spokeswoman-dana-loesch-maryland-great-mills-high-school-shooting-854224), falls apart when it turns out that he [actually took his own life](http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/opinion/editorial/bs-ed-0328-maryland-school-shooting-20180327-story.html). ---
**Author:** ![Velocity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/velocity/32/18006_2.png) [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2018, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-happened-again-a-school-shooting-this-time-in-maryland/810882/65 "2018-03-27T16:58:17Z")
> [@Inigo\_Montoya](#): > > You know, I’m not a huge fan of taking away guns because\*\* I think we should be addressing the underlying discontent that makes people want to kill other people. \*\* Confiscating 300 million guns in America - insanely hard though it would be - is a piece of \*\*cake \*\*compared to fixing the issues that make humans want to kill other humans. > [@Inigo\_Montoya](#): > > I think the vast majority of people have no idea what happens when a bullet enters a body What…? 😕 The vast majority of people know that it causes great harm, potentially lethal harm. Sure, they might not be able to explain the physics or physiology involved, but they know the bullets maim and kill. ---
**Author:** ![Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/13edae/32.png) [@Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stranger_On_A_Train)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2018, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-happened-again-a-school-shooting-this-time-in-maryland/810882/66 "2018-03-27T16:59:43Z")
Well, if the shooter didn’t have a gun he couldn’t have taken his own life, could he? Ego, we should give all potential shooters guns so they can self-terminate. This message brought to you by the NRA Institute for Legislative Action. NRA-ILA: being a scaremongering mouthpiece for the firearms manufacturing industry since 1975! Stranger ---
**Author:** ![tonyfop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/85f322/32.png) [@tonyfop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tonyfop)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2018, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-happened-again-a-school-shooting-this-time-in-maryland/810882/67 "2018-03-27T18:56:47Z")
This shooting happened about 2 miles from where I work. I intentionally bought a house in another school district to avoid my son going to this school. Not because of a threat of a school shooting, but the school had other bad reputations at the time. Many of my co-worker’s children go to that school, and were friends with Jaelynn and Desmond. In fact, one of my co-workers is Desmond’s uncle. Here is the latest update from the local news source: [Investigation shows school shooter killed himself - AUDIO - The BayNet](http://www.thebaynet.com/articles/0318/investigationshowsschoolshooterkilledhimself.html) As was said before, the shooter took his own life. The article gives a good map, showing the movements of both the shooter and DFC Gaskill. One weird fact is that the same bullet passed through Jaelynn’s head and struck and lodged in Desmond’s leg. From the map, it appears that the shooter was attempting to exit the building before he was confronted by DFC Gaskill. It was probably at that point that he decided to take his own life. But I guess we will never know. There is a gofundme set up for Jaelynn’s family and for Desmond. It is most likely against the rules to post links, so I won’t. One other thing, another of my co-worker’s son works at the 911 dispatch in St. Mary’s county. He fielded one of the calls coming in from Great Mills High School. Lastly, I wish everyone, including the news would follow my lead. Use Jaelynn and Desmond’s names throughout their writing, as well as DFC Gaskill. Do not refer to the shooter by name, because his name deserves to be forgotten. His act will be remembered, but his name should pass on into ignominy. Maybe that would encourage less copycats. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-happened-again-a-school-shooting-this-time-in-maryland/810882.md?page=3)