Steve,
Though Columbine was the start, it seems that the press who I blame for a lot of this, has made school shooting almost a normal thing. With all of their coverage, they make every border line kid that wants a few moments of fame look at that and say, boy I can get on TV. There is nothing at all funny about any shooting no matter how many or the cause, even in self defense. That taking of a human life, even if you are defending yourself is not something to take lightly as so many seem to. And yes, if I was forced into a position where I had no other choice I would shoot a person but I am not sure how well I could live with it later on. We just had 3 teen agers here that beat an old man to death for, Quoting the 18 year old here, " We wanted to have some fun so we decided to kill a bum." One walked up in front of him and the other two came up behind him with an iron bar and oak table leg and smashed his head in. They are still talking about what a rush it was, and now the police have found out they were involved in the beating of another teen a few weeks ago. Now that is a sad state of affairs when you have to have 3 in great shape teens gang up and use stuff like that and kill an old man just for fun. Also as a side thought, he was a Vietnam war vet and had won a couple of medals but just couldn't adjust to the normal way of life like so many can't after they served there.
Ron
