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1. jacque+f3[view] [source] 2012-12-14 18:51:46
>>KenCoc+(OP)
The psychology behind the kind of people that could do a thing like this baffles me completely. Insanity doesn't begin to describe it. Parents should not have to worry about whether or not their children are safe in school. At the same time armed guards at school are not a solution either, then you might as well turn it into a mini prison.

What a sad sad day.

Even countries with gun control have instances like this (but they're arguably less frequent), and some countries with lots of guns have almost no problems like this at all (Switzerland for instance).

Just trying to imagine dropping a grade school kid off at school to find them dead in the afternoon from an insane thing like this I find that I can't do it, it is just too far from what I can still imagine. And I have a pretty rich imagination...

This world could be so nice, why does it have to be such a crappy place?

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2. pdeuch+i4[view] [source] 2012-12-14 19:00:34
>>jacque+f3
In my ever so humble opinion, it's a population issue.

When you have a population size of 300 million you're going to get a lot more outliers (crazy people) than if you have a population of 7 million. Statistically, you will also have crazier people.

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3. kannan+M5[view] [source] 2012-12-14 19:13:05
>>pdeuch+i4
I come from India, thrice more populous than US, things like these rarely happen there. Please don't blame it on a singular aspect. A lot of things are in play here,to name a few

1. Easy availability of guns 2. Lack of a family based society. In my opinion, insanity gets aggravated by loneliness

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