Another school shooting
February 19, 2008
May his name be blotted out. No details yet on the gunman, and conflicted reports on casualties (15 to 18 wounded, 1 to 3 dead including the shooter).
Pray for the victims of this latest tragedy, O Reader. And as much as you can, try not to remember the name of the shooter once it hits the press. These cowardly psychopaths do what they do partly because they want to “make a name” for themselves. The Bible suggests the perfect response to such sinful attempts at fame.
May his name be blotted out.
Update: 7 dead, 15 wounded appears to be the current count. The shooter was a white male (former?) graduate Sociology student (still no name, at least not officially), and his target was an Ocean Studies introductory class.
Continuing yet another pattern, the shooting happened in an area where heavy restrictions on firearms are in effect — Illinois has some of the more rigorous gun control legislation in the United States. No concealed-carry weapons are allowed, and it is illegal to have a firearm on the campus of an Illinois college.
One cannot help but note that this has been a pattern in recent shootings — the gunmen have preferred to target areas with strict gun bans. And why not? Why risk having the spree cut short by anything so inconvenient as an armed fellow student who can and will shoot back?
Updates: The shooter “felt” passionate about social justice. Interesting way to demonstrate that commitment. It also appears now that he had some manner of disorder which required medication (and that he had lapsed in taking said medication). I guess, when you’re off balance to begin with, secular progressivism probably isn’t the best philosophy to add to the mix.
Update 3: Apparently, the shooter was also a fan of — that’s right — Friedrich Nietszche. All this secular progressivism that abounds today does nothing at all to inspire hope in people, and it seems that far too many of those who not only want to take their own life, but the lives of all those around them, have given themselves over to the despair of godlessness.
