Just saw the news: someone opened fire upon 27 Amish students in Lancaster county, PA.
All 27 are dead.
Conflicting reports of the shooter being in custody, or he turned the gun on himself.
Holy shit.
This is very scary.
According to that stroy, the school’s entire enrollment was 27. So either the whole student body was wiped out, or the early reports got the numbers conflated.
Who the fuck would do this?
You may be right, but CNN is currently simply saying that “No other details were available”. (Since that’s a live link, it might contradict me if you wait long enough).
What the hell is going on these days? People saw the McGill shooting and thought “Hey, that looks like fun”?
My goodness, the world has gotten depressing.
I have told two people (one a Medical Examiner) about this, and both have burst out laughing. This is not funny folks.
Okay, so maybe it is, in a macabre way.
Sorry, Dawson shooting. His name was Gill, which is why I keep doing that. My bad.
How bizarre. Won’t be able to blame this one on violent video games and heavy metal music, will they?
I think they must have thought you were telling a joke to start. (like the Amish drive by shooting joke).
Aren’t the Amish meant to be totally passivist, or is that another group I am thinking of?
But was the shooter Amish or not?
Do we know the shooter is Amish? I assumed he was not. Yes, the Amish are pacifists.
I’m not assuming the shootist was Amish, but the idea of shooting pacifist children seems even more heinous to me. The teachers and community won’t fight back even if they have the option.
MSNBC says
By ideology, yes, they are pacifists, but apparently they are no stranger to domestic violence, incest and drug abuse.
At any rate, this is just horrible. 
Those poor kids and their families.
Hmmm…Weird Al Yankovick did a song, Livin’ In An Amish Paradise.
Why can’t I get it outta my head…
According to the latest CCN Breaking News, the shooter let the male students leave, then bound and shot the female students.
That is just sick, sick, sick.
Hmmm, I wonder if this guy is a copycat of the Colorado shooting?
CNN had reported that this was in revenge for something that had happened 20 years earlier. No details about what that was at this point. He would’ve been 12 at that point.
Given that the shooter has been identified by occupation as a truck driver, there is no reason to exclude video games and music just yet. Amish don’t drive trucks, even when they will use some other powered equipment.