It is NOT new.
It has a long history in America, preceding violent television shows and video games.
(see additional info, below)
Arming principals and/or teachers is not the solution.
That could be fatal if innocent by-standers are accidentally shot, or the principal is accidentally taken out by police.
So what are your suggestions to protect America's most valuable resource (our children)?
History of school violence, portion from USA Today:
"The worst school attack in U.S. history occurred in 1927, when a farmer angry about school taxes blew up a school in Bath, Mich., killing 45. In 1959, a man trying to enroll his son into a Houston elementary school detonated a suitcase filled with dynamite, killing six. In 1979, a 16-year-old girl who had been given a rifle for Christmas, instead of the radio she asked for, shot from her home into an elementary school across the street in San Diego, killing two adults. Her motive: "I don't like Mondays."
http://news.yahoo.com/s/
2006-10-05
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