Some confused teenager thought others done her wrong and thought that using a gun on them and herself was the only solution.
That is all you need to know.

Analysing motives in such an instance is just a red herring to be seen to be doing something when that 'something' shouldn't be armchair psychoanalysis but affirmative action on gun control and mental health.

And I agree that she never should have had access to a gun, that was the crux of the problem.

in these killings, rather than just dismissing them as the work of a "confused teenager". Many teenagers (and adults) are confused and/or unhappy.. The vast majority don't go on murder rampages.

wounded, I don't know if there's any point in trying to figure out a motive.

Sometimes people do things for no reason at all. And considering the age of the shooter, oh well.

Especially after Jansing says this is the 323rd school shooting this year. It’s just all exhausting.

Constant shooter drills. It's been a real problem. And it doesn't help that they're in Colorado - her good friend got a deal on a house because it's across the street from Columbine.

My heart is with that little one. It IS traumatizing. Saying it is anything else is ridiculous.

My kiddo is 19 and out of public schools now. I no longer memorize what he’s wearing when he walks out the door, just in case. I miss the community of parents and friends within the public school system but I don’t miss the daily worry that he will be murdered in his classroom. I don’t think the kiddo misses it either.

And even if the kids are involved enough in what they're doing, then comes the shooting drills as a reminder. My cousin said her daughter is still traumatized. My friend moved up here from downstate so her daughter could go to a smaller school, and though this is a small city, you never know. Fortunately, she's now graduated and has no wish to go back to school - even though her mother (my friend) went back and got her Masters. I'm glad that your son is out as well. Something obviously needs to be done, like renewal of the Assault Weapons Ban, but the way things are going now, I'm sure not optimistic.