I think most of the kids did it to get out of school. This might have not gone on so long if Obama had done something about school shootings after those first graders in Connecticut died needlessly. There's a school in southereastern Indiana (Shelbyville area) that spent $400,00 on defending their school- it was on Nightly News a couple of weeks ago. Schools should do something like they did. Also, only allow certain doors to open to gain access -lock all others-metal detectors. The main problem is that bullying has become the problem and these people who shoot up the schools finally lose it. Think back to Columbine - those two were bullied and the teachers didn't do a thing. It does start at the home. The teachers knew who were getting bullied and they also played a part of it when they allowed it or did it to students themselves. Think back - how many of your teachers did you have respect for? How many were really dedicated in teaching everyone- even the slow learners? Make the kids wear uniforms during all years of school and a lot will stop. There will still be the parents who'll say kids need to be individuals - well you can do that after school. You are there to learn and as a taxpayer I'm sick and tired of hearing how much money they need to spend for each student. Privatize schools so there will be more people to answer to. I'm anxious to see if the SAT's /ACT's scores go up now that West Virginia teachers got a 5% raise.
Second ammendment was put in place for a good reason. You notice Texas and Oklahoma don't have the problem.