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WLJ:
What the heck is going on here?

Shooter shoots two kindergarten students at a private religious school in Palermo California before shooting himself. The man has no known connection to the school according to the article.
Considering the mood of certain segments of society right now this opens up all kinds of speculation. Does the fact the school is a religious one have anything to do with his motives?

Gunman shoots two kindergarten students at California religious school before turning weapon on himself
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14159139/police-active-shooter-feather-river-school-california.html

Hawkmoon:
Sheesh!

School shootings are tragedies. IMHO there's no debate on that. With that established ... I really wish people could get a grip on reality. From the article linked by WLJ:


--- Quote ---Laurie Trujillo, a spokesperson for the Northern California Conference of Seventh-Day Adventists, said in a statement that they were 'deeply saddened by the events that occurred today at our Feather River school.'

She added that they are grateful to the sheriff´s office for acting quickly to protect the students.
--- End quote ---

I want to know -- in detail -- exactly what the sheriff's office did to "protect the students." The shooter took himself out on the playground, most likely before the first deputy arrived on the scene. My guess is that all the deputies did was direct traffic and watch the kids board the bus that took them to the church.

Good grief! From a follow-up AP article:
https://apnews.com/article/butte-county-california-school-shooting-1a183fcd1670d47dedeff81d9f1ce492


--- Quote ---It was the the latest among dozens of school shootings around the U.S. in recent years, including especially deadly ones in Newtown, Connecticut, Parkland, Florida, and Uvalde, Texas. The shootings have set off fervent gun control debates and frayed the nerves of parents whose children have grown accustomed to doing active shooter drills in their classrooms.

But the shootings have done little to move the needle on national gun laws. Firearms were the leading cause of death among children in 2020 and 2021, according to KFF, a nonprofit that researches health care issues.
--- End quote ---

I find that statistic VERY difficult to believe.

Boomhauer:

--- Quote from: Hawkmoon on December 06, 2024, 04:51:55 AM ---Sheesh!

School shootings are tragedies. IMHO there's no debate on that. With that established ... I really wish people could get a grip on reality. From the article linked by WLJ:

I want to know -- in detail -- exactly what the sheriff's office did to "protect the students." The shooter took himself out on the playground, most likely before the first deputy arrived on the scene. My guess is that all the deputies did was direct traffic and watch the kids board the bus that took them to the church.

Good grief! From a follow-up AP article:
https://apnews.com/article/butte-county-california-school-shooting-1a183fcd1670d47dedeff81d9f1ce492

I find that statistic VERY difficult to believe.

--- End quote ---


Remember they include gangbangers in their late teens (near adults and adults) in their statistics, who incidentally are the very driving factors in deaths by firearm. Just like they include suicides as “gun violence” statistics. Considering the gangs recruit very young and you have 13 year old straight up hardened CRIMINALS running around strapped and gunning each other down it’s a handy means of inflating the numbers.

dogmush:
The study mentioned uses "Children 1-17" as the demographic: https://www.kff.org/mental-health/issue-brief/child-and-teen-firearm-mortality-in-the-u-s-and-peer-countries/

They claim 2,571 deaths by Firearm in that demo.  They are noticeably silent on how many of that ~2500 are homicides.

Bogie:
One of my customers got popped for a drive-by murder of a little girl last year. He's one of those 20-something bangers with the dead eyes you see...

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