<p>With more and more of these occurrences, I’m finding myself thinking of how close it’s going to be to me when the next one hits…or even if it’s going to be my school. </p>
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<p>For some context, remember that violent crime is down by over 2/3rds since the peak in 1994.
Doesn’t mean it is great, but I just don’t remember so much anxiety about this issue 20 years ago.
Maybe it gets more publicity since it is on a college campus rather than a city street.</p>
<p>I don’t care if the peak was in 1994. I wasn’t even alive then! </p>
<p>What I care about is that it’s still happening. They just pop up anywhere. What I find myself wondering is when I’m going to be directly affect by all of this. How close is the next one going to be?</p>
<p>I think they need to have drills for lockdowns.
Maybe they do.
My daughters high school neighborhood, which is a few miles away from SPU, has many more shootings than lower Queen Anne.
They had lockdowns when she was there, drills & not a drill.</p>
<p>It might help, and they could combine it with how to recognize instability in a roommate or acquaintance and where to get help.
Planning for it doesnt make it more likely to happen, and it might save lives.</p>
<p>Violent crime is going down. I have said that on almost every single one of these threads that I participate in. HOWEVER, mass shootings have been increasing exponentially. </p>
<p>To say “violence is decreasing” completely ignores the problem. Like usual in this country. </p>
<p>Btw, the description of a “white male” was from the one report I saw about this. I have not been following because it’s the same story over and over and over again. Maybe they’ve changed that report- I don’t know. Either way, it is still overwhelmingly young, white males participating in these mass school shootings. </p>
<p>Whether it was a white male or not, most are white males so white males are the problem. lol.</p>
<p>The radio report said it was an older male, but I havent seen any description in print.
Theyve canceled classes for tomorrow. Commencement is next Saturday, at the Seattle Center.
I imagine security will be tight.
My daughters graduation is next Saturday too.</p>
<p>I heard 26 year old white male, not a student. </p>
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<p>Do you know what the definition of “increasingly exponentially” is?
Of the 10 deadliest mass shootings in the US, 4 were in this century, the others were in the 80s and 90s.
That is not “increasing exponentially”.</p>
<p>What problem do you think is being completely ignored by pointing out that overall violence is down?
Would you be happier if overall violence was up, but mass shootings is down? Isn’t it good that overall violence is down by 2/3rds in the last 20 years?</p>
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<p>Zawahri, Rodger, Memon, Anderson, Butler, Goh, Cherfaoui, McNab, Gilbert, Tamerlan, Reyes would disagree with you.</p>
<p>Dont forget the military shootings.
<a href=“A History of Shootings at Military Installations in the U.S. – NBC4 Washington”>A History of Shootings at Military Installations in the U.S. – NBC4 Washington;
<p>They are virtually all male however.</p>
<p>The SPU shooter is young, (26) but hes not white.</p>
<p>It may well be true that violent crimes in general are decreasing, but that may not comforting to a college student in light of the fact that shootings at schools have become far more common. I can see how a college student might feel a little unnerved right now given the rash of reported campus shootings in the last few years.</p>
<p>I attended the University of Texas in the 80s. Every once in a while when walking around the Tower, I’d get the heebie jeebies, if only for a moment. It didn’t rule my thoughts, but I couldn’t help but think of it from time to time. If there were this many reports of campus shootings back then, it would certainly have affected my point of view and potentially my feelings about my personal safety. As it is, it does make me worry about the two children I have attending college. Then again, I am a prolific worrier.</p>
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<p>That would explain why someone might have the impression that this crime was committed by a young white male.</p>
<p>He is 26, not a student, former LA FItness Janitor, obsessed with Columbine, had practiced at shooting ranges, lived with his parents. He is not black or overtly asian which in some circles is close enough to “white”. His last name is of Basque/Portuguese origin so he could qualify as Hispanic if that holds.</p>
<p>Hero John Meis, a 26 yr old engineering student, pepper spayed and disarmed the shooter when he stopped to reload. Fellow students then piled on to keep the shooter on the ground.</p>
<p>Lets talk about this brave man. Apparently a quiet, unassuming engineering student who was behind the security desk in the building that the gunman entered. </p>
<p>Here’s a guy who ran toward the bad guy and saved his fellow students from any more harm. The shooter also had a knife according to the news. </p>
<p>I wonder how this heroic act will impact the rest of his life. Knowing you acted in spite of great fear. Knowing what you are made of. </p>
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<p>I am of Basque origin. I am classified as race: white; ethnicity: Hispanic</p>
<p>I don’t actually know where the shooters ancestors are from - I just googled the last name. That is interesting, Nrdsd4.</p>
<p>At any rate - I don’t think it matters really. What matters to me is that it appears that he had a rifle and a knife . . . no semi-automatic weapons or large capacity clips. That allowed the student to tackle and pepper spray him as the shooter attempted to reload. I don’t know for a fact, but would imagine that the shells seen in the photos are those that he had hoped to load but dropped as he was tackled, not spent casings from what he shot.</p>
<p>One source reported that the shooter commented while in custody that he had expected to be shot . . . the “blaze of glory” theory that he never expected to make it out alive.</p>
<p>^^^^It’s satisfying that for a change a shooter wasn’t allowed to take the cowardly way out and will be held accountable for his despicable actions.</p>