# Latest Shooting - anyone surprised? **URL:** \ **Category:** Great Debates\ **Created:** [March 5, 2001, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/latest-shooting-anyone-surprised/56851 "2001-03-05T20:52:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Qwertyasdfg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/ecc23a/32.png) [@Qwertyasdfg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qwertyasdfg)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2001, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/latest-shooting-anyone-surprised/56851/61 "2001-03-07T21:54:43Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by sojourn26 \* > \*\* > And has anyone else noticed that all the kids doing this crap are male? Just goes to show you which sex has the more common sense. \*\* Interesting observation… Eighth-Grade **Girl** Shoots Classmate: [http://my.aol.com/news/news\_story.psp?type=1&cat=0100&id=0103071532121395](http://my.aol.com/news/news_story.psp?type=1&cat=0100&id=0103071532121395) ---
**Author:** ![Protesilaus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/82dd89/32.png) [@Protesilaus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Protesilaus)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2001, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/latest-shooting-anyone-surprised/56851/62 "2001-03-07T23:18:29Z")
And don’t forget [Brenda Spencer](http://webhome.idirect.com/~muskokajoe/lyric/mondaysxtra.html). ---
**Author:** ![jab1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ee7513/32.png) [@jab1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jab1)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2001, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/latest-shooting-anyone-surprised/56851/63 "2001-03-08T00:57:17Z")
Odd, isn’t it, that the latest shooting happened in a Catholic parochial school? I thought hearing about God every day was supposed to make one less violent. Silly me. I wonder if they had the Ten Commandments posted on the walls there… Isn’t that supposed to help? ---
**Author:** ![sojourn26](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9fc29f/32.png) [@sojourn26](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sojourn26)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2001, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/latest-shooting-anyone-surprised/56851/64 "2001-03-08T03:14:22Z")
Oops, looked like I was wrong. Female shoots another student. My bad. ---
**Author:** ![jab1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ee7513/32.png) [@jab1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jab1)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2001, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/latest-shooting-anyone-surprised/56851/65 "2001-03-08T23:00:11Z")
There is a list of recent shootings and a bombing or two that were stopped before they happened at [CNN.com.](http://www.cnn.com/2001/US/03/08/alarming.incidents/index.html) In all, 16 students in 9 different states made threats or otherwise indicated they were going to try to copy the Columbine shooters. At least one of them mentioned Columbine specifically. ---
**Author:** ![muppetsoup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/aca169/32.png) [@muppetsoup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/muppetsoup)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2001, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/latest-shooting-anyone-surprised/56851/66 "2001-03-09T14:01:58Z")
Yeah, **jab** , the one that wanted to ‘recreate columbine’ was right outside of Austin here, at Manor High School :eek: ---
**Author:** ![sk8rixtx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/858c86/32.png) [@sk8rixtx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sk8rixtx)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2001, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/latest-shooting-anyone-surprised/56851/67 "2001-03-09T19:35:20Z")
One of the worst parts about the San Diego shooting, is the kid blamed it on a song. Specifically the song “One Step Closer” by Linkin Park. No where in that song, does it say “go out and kill people.” Its about a failing relationship, with a girl who was driving someone insane. Now, even if the song was misinterpreted, which is understandable, wouldn’t everyone agree that it feels much better to punch someone in the face, rather than kill someone. I’ve never killed anyone before, but it feels damn good to hit someone full force in the face and make them hurt. Lesson: Fists, not guns people. ---
**Author:** ![sojourn26](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9fc29f/32.png) [@sojourn26](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sojourn26)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2001, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/latest-shooting-anyone-surprised/56851/68 "2001-03-15T18:35:51Z")
Check this out. [Here](http://www.app.com/news/app/story/0,2110,367013,00.html) is something for all you fellow cynics out there that there might be some hope that kids learned something from the killings, “If you hear that someone is armed, in schoold and going to hurt or kill someone, report it.” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/latest-shooting-anyone-surprised/56851.md?page=3)