I truly believe that a major factor for random & wanting killings in our schools are the bully factor. It seems as if (from what I can remember of different shootings I lot of attention was paid towards bullies that made some one's life a living hell. With 2 teens in high school & with knowing what kids have to deal with I'm very surprised it doesn't happen on a large scale. Boys tend to be more physical & don't count out the girls they're been seen to be far more vicious. In most cases when one thinks on ending their life it's because the pain they're is to much to cope with & walking into a school armed is a way of getting rid of one of the sources of the pain leading to the next step is to take out yourself. It's an unbelievable situation. A kid gets harrased on a daily basis & turns to the school for help & is told "what did you do or say to provoke the situation" or "kids will be kids" or "no one's blameless". I have it that the schools cop told one parent "that maybe your kid should find a new school". Suspensions for both kids is the norm at alot of schools, so the victim suffers again at the hands of the bully & now the school. Kids no longer want to report being the victim of a bully, they'll get in trouble themselves, nothing will come of it & the adults, when made aware & who are supposed to help can't be bothered & the bully now knows that he's got the kid right where he wants them. Nice when the school in a roundabout way incourages the bully to keep at it at it. Bottom line is the system doesn't have the resources, desire, training or the money to make the school safe for all it's students. I believe that all schools must have a Bully Program (correct me if this is wrong) & for a very good reason. It's enough to make you want to put a bullet in someone's head & for very good reasons.

Barry