Another "school shooting"

[230RN]

I still think "shrapnel" for not only the bullet fragments, but the ancillary projecta from the concrete, etc, it hit, is an acceptable descriptor, especially bearing in mind column-inch restrictions.

So there.  Nyah.   

Terry, 230RN

[Monkeyleg]

...especially bearing in mind column-inch restrictions.

This was on the radio.

So there. Nyah.

[Fly320s]

This was on the radio.

So there. Nyah.

Ownage! 

[230RN]

Column-inches equate to time on the radio.

There!  So!  Nyah!

[birdman]

Column-inches equate to time on the radio.

There!  So!  Nyah!

Shrapnel and fragment both two syllable words and take the same time to say.
(just jumping in to the fray  )

[230RN]

<beating expired horse>
So fragment is less threatening than shrapnel, I guess.  OK, I give up.
</beating expired horse>

[Matthew Carberry]

"Shrapnel" is not equivalent to fragment.

Splinter is equivalent to fragment.

Jeez, noobs.

[230RN]

^ Okay, okay.

Not a noob, but been shootin'  and whatnot for 60 years and still remember when such fine and delicate nuances and  distinctions were not part of the common parlance.

So I still think "shrapnel" was a perfectly legitimate use in that article. 

Hi-ho, Silver awa-a-a-y!

<rides off into the sunset>