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Article: School shooters and mall gunmen - disarmed.(THE HOME FORUM)(Northern Illinois University shootings)
- Article from:
- The Christian Science Monitor
- Article date:
- February 19, 2008
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On Valentine's Day last week, a former graduate student opened fire at Northern Illinois University, wounding 16 students and killing five others. Then he shot himself.
Just over a week earlier, a woman shot two fellow students to death before committing suicide at Louisiana Technical College in Baton Rouge. In addition to the school shootings, there have been attacks in malls that have ended with the shooters turning their weapons on themselves. One of them left a note that said, "Now I'll be famous."
There's something wrong about thinking one is leaving a legacy of fame by committing an unthinkable crime - and also expecting to escape the consequences. As Mary Baker ...
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