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Tuesday, April 17, 2007

Condolences the many stolen loved ones of our nation.

Evidently this has even happend in 1764! Unfortunately there are times when people do not make sense in how they deal with their own problems. It is interesting how our modern generation uses technology to record what is happening. One student used his cell phone and documented the shooting from the building. A lot used blogs and the Internet to let others know that they were okay, and to find out how others were. It is sad that out of 5 one student survived going out a window, a professor was killed also. Some were injured going out the windows. But I know that even in the burning Twin Towers of 9-11 there were people in desperation going out the windows, with no hope of being safe when they landed on the ground.

This is a very sad day. And the other incidents are being remembered. The watch tower, Columbine, and other lesser remembered times when there have been rampages on safe places..

In the news survivors were saying that there should be ways to prevent people from having guns. As these incidents promote outrage but no change in the policies or laws. One woman who survived but not her parents at a Taco Bell attack... she had her gun in the car not to violate the law of having a concealed gun in TX. If she had been able to carry it, she is sure they would still be alive.

One survivior from Columbine says that Gun Shows still give guns, that don't need the background check, and you get your gun right away. I remember something being said that they don't sell the pin? But another table would. There is a 3 day cooling off period in stores.

My sympathy goes to those who did not survive and those who have.

Apr 17, 2007 Quiet student, campus killer Virginia Tech gunman's writings raised concerns A chilling picture emerged of gunman Cho Seung-Hui, a day after he killed 32 at Virginia Tech. » Details ~ Live coverage ~ Friends in shock ~ Photos ~ More VT coverage

  • Students mourn inside the Virginia Tech football stadium during a memorial service a day after the worst shooting in U.S. history on Tuesday, April 17, 2007 in Blacksburg, Va. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
    AP Photo: Students mourn inside the Virginia Tech football stadium during a memorial service a day after... Slideshow: Virginia Tech Shootings

    Related Video:

    Play video » More ABC News video ~ ABCNEWS.com ~ story image University Shooter Identified

    Officials at Va. Tech release information about the gunman.

    Play video » More ABC News video
  • Officials at Va. Tech release information about the gunman.

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  • Related Interactive:

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    Elsewhere on the Web:

    CNN ~ Student gunman described as a troubled loner
    ABCNews ~ How Does a Student-Shooter Snap?
    USATODAY~ President offers condolences at convocation

  • Already in Wikipedia: Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/School_shooting"

  • "Profiling" school shooters:

    • An anonymously-made quilt protesting against school shooters

    A thorough study of all U.S. school shootings by the U.S. Secret Service warned against the belief that a certain "type" of student would be a perpetrator. Any "profile" would fit too many students to be useful and may not fit the potential perpetrators. Some lived with both parents in 'an ideal, All-American family.' Some were children of divorce, or lived in foster homes. A few were loners, but most had close friends.

    While it may be simplistic to assume a straightforward "profile", the study did find certain similarities among the perpetrators. "The researchers found that killers do not 'snap'. They plan. They acquire weapons. They tell others what they are planning. These children take a long, considered, public path toward violence."[1] Princeton's Katherine Newman points out that, far from being "loners", the perpetrators are "joiners" whose attempts at social integration fail, that they let their thinking and even their plans be known, sometimes frequently over long periods of times. The shootings seem as though an attempt to adjust their social standing and image, from "loser" to "master of violence".

    Many of the kid killers told Secret Service investigators that feelings of alienation or persecution drove them to violence. Instead of looking for traits, the Secret Service urges adults to ask about behavior: "What has this child said? Do they have grievances? What do their friends know? Do they have access to weapons? Are they depressed or despondent?"[2]

    Epidemics:

    A secondary danger of school shootings is that, like youth suicide, they have a tendency to inspire "copycat" incidents or even epidemics of the same behavior. These copycat effect events mirror the methods, victims, locations, and type of shooter from one incident to the next, based upon being spread by graphic media attention, especially in the age of wall-to-wall cable news coverage. After the Columbine massacre, for example, a number of American and Canadian high school students plotted "Columbine-like" attacks; the vast majority of these plots were "telegraphed" to others, uncovered, led to the plotters being arrested or being helped with mental health services. Of those attempted, almost all were foiled. The Red Lake High School massacre in 2005 (Red Lake, Minnesota) was a notable exception, copying the element of a gunman in a black trench coat. There are other examples, as noted in the lists below.

    Although Columbine prompted a number of shooting plots, for a long time, it appeared most deadly school shootings took place between 1996 and 1998. The media's interest in the events of 9/11 caused a dip in media interest until late in 2002 when international incidents caused fatal school shootings to return as a social phenomenon. In the fall (autumn) of 2006 and into early 2007, a "wave" of school shootings and attempted school shootings brought the issue back into the limelight.

    In contrast to Columbine, the 1927 Bath School disaster, in which 45 people died; engendered no copycat attempts. Following the forty-five deaths that resulted from the Bath School disaster in Bath, Michigan, there was much less media reporting on the event and no legislative response on any level other than local legislation to appropriate small amounts of money for the victims' families.

    The worst mass shooting in American history was the Virginia Tech massacre on April 16, 2007, at the Virginia Tech campus in Blacksburg, Virginia, USA.

    There are five factors that exist in virtually all cases of mass shootings.
    1. Perpetrators have a long history of frustration and failure and a diminished ability to cope with life's disappointments.
    2. They externalize blame, frequently complaining that others didn't give them a chance. Sometimes they argue that their ethnic or racial group or gender isn't getting the breaks that others are.
    3. These killers generally lack emotional support from friends or family.
    4. They generally suffer a precipitating event they view as catastrophic. This is most often some sort of major disappointment: the loss of a job or the breakup of a relationship.
    5. They need access to a weapon powerful enough to satisfy their need for revenge.

    List of school shootings: Further information: List of school massacres

    Notable school shootings:

    Infamous school shooters:

  • Two of many songs:

  • "Friend of Mine" by Jonathan and Stephen Cohen - survivors of the Columbine School Shooting
  • The Good Die Young by Tupac Shakur and his group, the Outlawz, dedicated to the kids who "died innocent, died young at Columbine high".

    • References:

    1. ^ PBS article on murder profiles
    2. ^ Deadly Lessons: School Shooters Tell Why, description of Secret Service study. (October 15, 2000) Chicago Sun-Times. Accessed April 8, 2006

    External links:

    Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence ~ News, statistics, research, refutations of anti-control studies, resources, and links promoting pro-control policies. Also addresses gun rights issues.
    http://www.bradycampaign.org/

    Gun politics - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia ~ Such global gun control policies and treaties are focused on ... There is no direct causal relationship between gun control and totalitarianism.
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gun_politics

    Gun politics in the United States - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia ~ Gun Politics, the political aspects of gun control and firearms rights, ... Some gun control advocates argue that the Second Amendment does not cover ... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gun_politics_in_the_United_States

    GunCite: gun control and Second Amendment issues ~ Presentation and analysis of firearms statistics, research, policies, and gun control laws. http://www.guncite.com/

    Gun Control Australia ~ Organization dedicated to gun control in Australia. Articles, press releases,
    and a list of published books with summaries. http://www.guncontrol.org.au/
    Just Facts Gun Control ~ Learn more about gun's and gun control through studies, statistics, and published facts. http://www.justfacts.com/gun_control.htm

    Gun Control vs. Gun Rights: The Issue ~ An issue profile of the gun control debat, including a look at the interest groups behind the issue and the campaign contributions they made, ...
    http://www.opensecrets.org/news/guns/
    Gun Control Network ~ Campaigns for tighter controls on guns of all kinds. Includes advice on how to
    get involved, and analysis of the current issues. http://www.gun-control-network.org/
    A Case for Gun Control ~ Short essay justifying the need for gun control.
    http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~zj5j-gttl/guns.htm
    Too Many taken from our loved ones and friends and nation.
    (Yes this is a Military picture for our Vets, but I wanted to give honour to our fallen brothers and sisters.)

    Florida National Cemetery

    posted by LadyIrene @ 4/17/2007 07:21:00 PM

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