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Originally Posted by abaya
To further clarify my post... let's say that instead of school shootings, that these were indeed car bombs a la Middle East. They do end up killing 5-10 passersby every time they go off, and there is no warning beforehand. How would the American response be different, if these shootings were perceived as a terrorist threat? Why are these shootings NOT labeled terrorist, even though that's exactly what they are? Is it because they have no political motive, and therefore they can be brushed off like any other sad headline in the news?
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When you have crazy emo shooter training camps funded by outside powers, promoting school shootings then you have a terrorist threat. These guys though aren't even up to Unibomber standards.
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How many school shootings will it take before Americans start to think, "Oh, wait, the greatest threat to our safety is actually happening HERE, on our own soil, at the hands of our own insane people, with our guns in their hands?" I'm rambling, but these are the questions that come to mind.
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Cars are an even greater threat to our safety. You deal with these threats as best you are able foreign or domestic, and responses will be different.
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Originally Posted by Augi
Imagine the nightmare where someone doesn't even have those as reasons. No motive, no reason, no actual insanity, just decides to waste a classroom full of kids.
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That would be in the 'insane' group.
People are not terminators ala the movie. We are still social animals with motives and goals. When that gets crosswired somehow you get insane actions.