Lets put him in time out and ground him for a few days. He'll be ok after that. Just some of what's wrong with our children today. I bet he grew up with little or no discipline. These kids need their butts spanked a couple of times and have the fear of God put in their souls at an early age ans this stuff wouldn't be happening. Too many kids running around like they are the sh*t because that is how they are raised. It all goes back home where it starts.

Well said Rebecca! That sums it up!

Oh and by the way this was not an assault weapon just for the record ! now they will try to ban hunting weapons the loonies in command can not seem to realize it is not the weapon causing the problem its the idiot holding it. I have many many weapons and none of them have attacked me. But you can rest assured when they take them away only criminals and loonies will have them.

We have reached the point where we must make a tough decision.

Sure we have a long relationship, but it is clear that there is only one way to avoid this tragedy - we should take immediate steps to outlaw the cause of this event.

Outlaw California now!!!

SINCE THE OBVIOUS IS DIFFICULT FOR SOME, I'LL BEGIN BY SAYING THAT THE FOLLOWING IS MY OPINION.

Too many children today don't receive adequate discipline.So, it is likely that the shooter was one of these children. It is equally likely that the child being targeted was a bully. Contrary to the teachings of Dr. Spock, physical discipline, does not create bullies. A bully is the epitomy of a lack of discipline. They have little self-control and even less self-worth. Therefore, they often do not care if they are suspended or expelled for hurting another student.

Since most children who are bullied DO have self-worth, they refrain from defending themselves out of the fear of being suspended or expelled from school. Years ago, students may have been bullied at school, but were protected from the behavior once they got home. With the popularity of social media sites, the electronic bully can harrass and inflict pain on other studenets 24-7.

Clearly the parents of bullies are failing at curtailing the behavior and schools are coming up short as well. Choosing the zero tolerance method does little (if anything) to protect other students. Since a child who is being bullied cannot defend themselves without fear of being disciplined by the school, their only recourse is to tell a teacher or school administrator about the situation and ask for help. Too often, this results in them being told to ignore the bullying behavior, kill them will kindness and in some instances to "man-up". Because none of this stops the bully's behavior, too many children eventually take matters into their own hands in one of two ways, Either they do what this kid did, or they commit suicide.

Until our society stops believing that nurturing and protecting a child's self-esteem is more important than working to build a child's sense of self-worth, there is no end in sight to these nightmares.

Bravo S! Well worded and oh so true. We have become such a soft society and it has led to this.

worth printing in Decatur AL? with a population of over 300 million lets not act like it is really an epidemic.