Why didn't this kind of stuff happen 20 years ago?
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smcchick
(2012-12-14 13:33:22)
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In reply to:
Another school shooting. Newtown, CT
posted by LondonDomer
Is it that once Columbine happened it gave others the idea to do this?
Replies:
Worst school killing of all time is still from 1927 *
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DBCooper
2012-12-14 18:02:38
I think its economics
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atepesm
2012-12-14 16:04:08
Because guns didnt exist 20 years ago. *
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84david
2012-12-14 15:30:05
Smaller ammo clips *
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Bear
2012-12-14 14:50:41
Bath Michigan 1927
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duke
2012-12-14 14:35:03
We're weaker, more fragile people now. *
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Ofcr. Tim McCarthy
2012-12-14 14:05:26
1966-2009: 120 public mass killings. 1900-1965: 21...
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kbyrnes
2012-12-14 13:51:52
Availability of semi-automatic weapons? *
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duke
2012-12-14 14:33:12
Semi-auto guns have been available since 1905. *
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3rdSt
2012-12-14 15:00:08
We were probably even more armed then than we are now.
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WilfordBrimley
2012-12-14 14:51:43
Adjusted for population
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atthedome
2012-12-14 14:11:50
Of course it is.
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wearendhockey
2012-12-14 14:43:06
I've read of theories that link the uptick in these events
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Barrister
2012-12-14 14:03:12
That combined with the rise of national TV? *
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KeoughCharles05
2012-12-14 17:42:50
It probably does.
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WilfordBrimley
2012-12-14 14:05:57
There's always been that guy that everyone knows is crazy
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smcchick
2012-12-14 14:12:32
It did happen 20 years ago. Not new, unfortunately *
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sprack
2012-12-14 13:47:46
A school shoot up? I don't remember one, but you might
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smcchick
2012-12-14 13:53:49
There were the kindergartners in Scotland in '96.
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irish gypsy
2012-12-14 14:03:28
Stockton 1989 was the earliest one in my memory (link)
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lenny97
2012-12-14 13:57:26
The Rise and Decline of Mass Shootings
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coachslacker
2012-12-14 13:44:57
I really wish the media would stop showing everything.
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akaRonMexico
2012-12-14 13:37:57
This is why school shootings have increased in frequency.
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Flann
2012-12-14 14:41:55
They are now stressing that this is the worst school
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akaRonMexico
2012-12-14 15:02:06
Copycatting happens not just with this type of crime, but
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ndnorth
2012-12-14 13:47:56
And I don't think they should be interviewing children.
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Skip Encarnacion
2012-12-14 13:45:30
I'm having fantasies of going after these reporters
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ndtim2005
2012-12-14 13:58:38
First expert they talked to on NBC was hammering this point.
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CMillar
2012-12-14 13:39:40
No more than in the movies or video games.
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Bailey
2012-12-14 13:39:17
I agree with both of you
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jreednd
2012-12-14 13:40:25
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