People want something out of the ordinary

Probably has more to do with the fact that the firearm used wouldn't have been restricted by proposed gun control laws, it's a firearm you could even purchase in England if you wanted to...

Or the fact that it seems incredibly likely and sources seem to be coming out of the woodwork that the person was already on law enforcement radar but nothing was done...

Even though he was on law enforcement radar partially for attempting to manufacture explosives...

There's no way to spin it into anything other than a tragedy, and honestly giving attention to these kinds of incidents is just adding fuel to the fire. There's a lot of research that has concluded that media attention of school shootings encourages other school shootings.

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