Not a mass murder.
Not a true "school shooting" as we've come to think of them.
Not a kid plotting how to massacre his classmates.
It was a rather simple case of unhinged kid targeting one victim. Fairly common, as far as murders go.
But this is "Year of the School Shooter", much like when it was "Year of the Shark" and "Year of the Whatever Else the Media Wants to Shove Down Our Throat and Make Us Think It's an Epidemic To Get Ratings and Give Them Something To Blather About". And, oh, if they can score political points at the same time, win/win.
The media whores - and yes, David Hogg, I include you in that group - would have us believe this is some phenomenon, but it's not. People have been murdering each other since Cain slew Abel. Yes, kids should be safe in their classrooms, but we should all be safe on the streets and in restaurants and at work as well.
That said, statistically you are not very likely to be a homicide victim, especially in your school. Fact is, we are safe. Crunch the numbers and it's way more likely you will be killed by a distracted driver, and infinitely more likely you will die of old age. Kids are more likely to be killed by their own parents, abortion aside, than be the victim of a school shooter, and yet nobody is suggesting we ban parents.
Yeah, it would be great if there were no such thing as murder or rape or assault - good luck with that. The reality is that your life is constantly in danger and you could be killed by any number of things without warning. But the other reality is that it's not likely.
I don't know about you, but I'm tired of being led around by the media manipulators and the grandstanding political hacks. I'm tired of all of us buying into this crap. Yesterday's shooting was tragic - they're all tragic. But it wasn't a political statement, and the calls to "do something" are just so much chicanery.
Not a true "school shooting" as we've come to think of them.
Not a kid plotting how to massacre his classmates.
It was a rather simple case of unhinged kid targeting one victim. Fairly common, as far as murders go.
But this is "Year of the School Shooter", much like when it was "Year of the Shark" and "Year of the Whatever Else the Media Wants to Shove Down Our Throat and Make Us Think It's an Epidemic To Get Ratings and Give Them Something To Blather About". And, oh, if they can score political points at the same time, win/win.
The media whores - and yes, David Hogg, I include you in that group - would have us believe this is some phenomenon, but it's not. People have been murdering each other since Cain slew Abel. Yes, kids should be safe in their classrooms, but we should all be safe on the streets and in restaurants and at work as well.
That said, statistically you are not very likely to be a homicide victim, especially in your school. Fact is, we are safe. Crunch the numbers and it's way more likely you will be killed by a distracted driver, and infinitely more likely you will die of old age. Kids are more likely to be killed by their own parents, abortion aside, than be the victim of a school shooter, and yet nobody is suggesting we ban parents.
Yeah, it would be great if there were no such thing as murder or rape or assault - good luck with that. The reality is that your life is constantly in danger and you could be killed by any number of things without warning. But the other reality is that it's not likely.
I don't know about you, but I'm tired of being led around by the media manipulators and the grandstanding political hacks. I'm tired of all of us buying into this crap. Yesterday's shooting was tragic - they're all tragic. But it wasn't a political statement, and the calls to "do something" are just so much chicanery.
