Originally Posted by ottopilot

I don't think school students should be carrying firearms to school (maybe faculty and staff). Most school/office "shooters" and hijackers are emboldened because they know their victims will be unarmed and relatively helpless. If the potential targets are perceived to be protected by forceful countermeasures, the probability of an incident is highly reduced.

The motivation is usually in retaliation to some perceived injustice, humiliation, or bullying. The power trip is always some kind of grandiose revenge... terroristic... like shooting fish in a barrel... 15 minutes of fame. The media loves this stuff and that's a huge problem in itself by acknowledging these morons.

There will always be someone wanting "suicide by cop", but most of these shooters are essentially cowards and would back down if the targets weren't so easy. They always come in bad-ass like Neo, then the reality of their stupidity starts to set in. They eventually panic and shoot themselves. Hurray!!

If life sucks that bad, have some balls (at least once in your pathetic life) and blow your face off in the privacy of your own home BEFORE going to school with guns. ...And could they please take manifesto writing lessons before mailing them to Brian Williams?