Comments on: German High School Shooting

By: Nightly Ramble:The Flatlander Edition | BitsBlog

Nightly Ramble:The Flatlander Edition | BitsBlog — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 20:04:01 +0000

[...] American phenom, made possible only by our supposedly lax gun laws. He points to a fairly similar incident in Germany, this [...]

By: Mark Thompson

Mark Thompson — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 14:48:48 +0000

While I agree with your underlying point, it's worth noting that the AP list is not a comprehensive list of school shootings, only "some of the worst school shootings in recent years." I can recall several shootings in the US not on that list that left one or two dead, and I am quite certain that there are a number of gang-related shootings that got little media attention outside their immediate locale. Either way, this is hardly an epidemic and as you point out, it is hardly limited to the US.

By: Bithead

Bithead — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 13:29:32 +0000

In the words of Otter, in Animal House:

"Forget it; He's rolling."

By: James Joyner

James Joyner — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 13:03:23 +0000

So . . . people going crazy and shooting up schools leads to international conflict?

By: Triumph

Triumph — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 12:53:43 +0000

AP’s timeline, though, reveals only nine incidents in thirteen years, including this morning’s — all tragic, of course, but hardly an epidemic.

This is right on--it's not like we're Iraq or something.

In terms of sheer savagery and senseless violence, they have us beat--big time.