A 12 year old student school in Nevada used a semi-automatic handgun at school this morning to wound two other students and kill a teacher. He then turned the gun on himself. This article states that any motive is unknown, as well as where the student got the gun.
There is no solution to end shootings. As long as guns are being made, people will be able to get them. And as long as people have guns, they will be used for the wrong reasons. We can't physically stop people from coming into possession of guns. But maybe we can convince them not to shoot people with them.
This interview with Marilyn Manson (watch it, it's worth the 4 minutes) occurred years after the Columbine shooting, while he was still subject to blame from people who felt he influenced the shooters.
His final exchange in the interview is incredibly profound.
I really, really, really like Marilyn Manson's quote, and after watching the video I only respect him more. The media has twisted everything, simply put "it's a campaign of fear and consumption. Keep everyone afraid and they will consume." Guns are used to kill people, yes. But let's not forget that its not like they are spontaneously going off and killing dozens of kids. Dylan Klebold and Eric Harris were mentally unstable. And wrote about how much they wanted to kill their fellow peers and teachers months before they attacked the school. If kids would have just listened to what they had to say, someone would have reported it to the authorities. These school shootings are becoming more and more popular because the kids who commit them are seeing the shooters before them in the news. Some ill-wired teenagers do crazy things just to be seen and heard.
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