I call "bullshit."
What kills people? Stupid f'ing kids whose stupid f'ing guardians provide them with access to guns. The story says authorities believe that the guns used in this latest school rampage were the grandfather's, a cop. It was the grandfather's car that the kid drove to school in.
I've not been out of high school that long, but we didn't worry about stuff like that. I think the saw the grip of a gun once, and I can't remember if it was at school or not, but the guy didn't strike me as a type to use it and that was in Jr. High. There were fights every day at school, but they were always fistfights over stupid stuff by well-known people. I mean, I don't remember anyone really getting teased alot. If anything, you were more likely to just not get noticed.
I feel a little bit for the kid in this case, though, his mom is permanently in a nursing home due to a brain injury from a car accident and his dad committed suicide a few years ago. That's really got to affect a kid. Living in Minnesota can't be much fun, either.
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The first I caught wind of the story was around 4:45 yesterday afternoon when I got home from work and saw an email from the BBC online news service I'd signed up for. It's worth repeating none of the US news services were saying much about it. I figured there'd be something on TV and turned it on to find, not news of a school shooting, but silly footage of an empty boat capsizing off the coast. About 10 minutes past 5pm KNBC mentioned the shooting and it was then when I learned why there was no coverage... it happened on an Indian reservation. In other words, no white people were harmed so there was no reason to pay much attention to it.
I really hate the US media.
I got it off MSNBC.com, it was the top story on their homepage.
It's local media that sucks.
I got it off MSNBC.com, it was the top story on their homepage.
It's local media that sucks.
The first I caught wind of the story was around 4:45 yesterday afternoon when I got home from work and saw an email from the BBC online news service I'd signed up for. It's worth repeating none of the US news services were saying much about it. I figured there'd be something on TV and turned it on to find, not news of a school shooting, but silly footage of an empty boat capsizing off the coast. About 10 minutes past 5pm KNBC mentioned the shooting and it was then when I learned why there was no coverage... it happened on an Indian reservation. In other words, no white people were harmed so there was no reason to pay much attention to it.
I really hate the US media.
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