15 yr old WI school shooter knew how to handle a weapon & her manifesto posted.

[Cattledog]

The image shows Natalie from the back handling a firearm with protective ear muffs on. A user commented on Jeff Rupnow's post: "Is that kiddo?" to which Jeff Rupnow responded: "sure is!!!! We joined NBSC this spring and we have been loving all every second of it!"

NSBC appears to refer to North Bristol Sportsman's Club, a Wisconsin-based shooting range. Newsweek reached out to the club for comment via email outside of normal working hours.

https://www.newsweek.com/natalie-rupnow-social-media-wisconsin-school-shooting-abundant-life-christian-school-2001924

The X, formerly Twitter, user who posted the manifesto on their account said they had received it from Rupnow's boyfriend. Newsweek has contacted the user for comment via direct message.

The author identified themselves as Samantha Rupnow, according to screenshots posted on X. Police have said Rupnow went by that name.

In the manifesto, called "War Against Humanity," the author writes that they have "grown to hate people, and society" and calls their parents "scum."

The author also writes that they acquired weapons "by lies and manipulation, and my father's stupidity" and describes wanting to die by suicide, but feeling like carrying out a shooting was "better for evolution rather than just one stupid boring suicide."

https://www.newsweek.com/natalie-rupnow-reported-manifesto-what-we-know-2001880

[Walleye]

1. She has to kill people because a regular suicide would be "too boring"?where does this come from?

There’s nothing more boring than being dead, girl

[atreides1]

5. Have you ever been dead?

Just curious about what you said about it being boring.

[lastlib]

14. This sounds like her:

[Callie1979]

2. Hope they do an autopsy.

[Escape]

3. and that the autopsy says....

Cause of death: GUN

[Callie1979]

44. It may also say much more.

[Beringia]

47. Would they be able to tell if she was sexually abused

It would seem that the outcome of possibly her father abusing her would be emotional, and not be able to be discerned physically on an autopsy. I wonder if they would even bother to look for those things too, especially in a small town like Madison, Wisconsin

[Callie1979]

48. Possibly. But Madison is hardly a "small" town; they've got about 300k

I'm thinking more along the lines of drugs or mental disease or something like that.
If she had been abused I would think she'd write about it knowing she was going to die.

[Beringia]

49. I lived there myself, and it always seemed small to me

Mostly rural and lots of nature. A college town though.

[JT45242]

53. State capitol as well...much more than just the university

It does go quickly from suburban to rural.

But not a small town with a big university like Bloomington.

[Beringia]

60. Bloomington looks even more rural

A pic from Wisconsin I took

[SergeStorms]

63. It sounds as if......

most, if not all, of the abuse was emotional. Teenagers are extremely susceptible to emotional abuse, both by their peers, and their parents. After reading the so-called "manifesto" I see a very sad, emotionally abused and neglected young girl. It brought tears to my eyes reading it.
It appears she was getting some sort of therapy, but for how long or to what degree, isn't known.
Another young person who has fallen through the cracks and sees nothing but gloom and doom in their future. There's far, far too many of them in our present society. It breaks my heart. 😢

[AncientOfDays]

70. On X

Apparently on X/twitter they are claiming she is/was transgender.

[Beringia]

71. Oh, so that could be the reason she took her life and was so miserable

Also going to a Christian school added to her problems

[Vinca]

4. Sounds like another kid daddy decided to buy a gun for.

[3Hotdogs]

7. Daddy was sure proud of his little Annie Oakley.

I wonder if he gets charged. He certainly can be sued.

[samnsara]

8. you can bet theres molestion in there some where

[SergeStorms]

64. She didn't mention any sexual molestation.....

in her "goodbye" post on "X," but that doesn't mean there wasn't. Her torment seems to come mostly from emotional abuse, or maybe a complete lack of parental involvement. She was a very unhappy girl. That much is certain. 😢

[Emile]

15. Parents need to be held responsible.

[kysrsoze]

51. Agree. Every parent who supplies a gun to a kid should be considered responsible

… and therefore liable if that kid shoots up a school, parade or whatever.

[LymphocyteLover]

6. our well-regulated militia is just humming along

[3Hotdogs]

10. What's your problem? Unlike in Ukraine, I don't see any Russians invading Wisconsin.

Our well regulated militia is doing fine.



The rest of us, not so much.

[intheflow]

11. What's your problem?

Comment was obviously referring to the gun fetish idiots touting 2A while ignoring the well-regulated part. Why are you talking about Russia invading? (Which they already have, it’s just been bloodless so far because of Trump love.)

[3Hotdogs]

12. Did you really need a sarcasm thingy?

[intheflow]

13. I thought you were referring to the lack of sarcasm emoji

in the post you were referring to. My apologies. I’ve said it before and will no doubt say it again: I really shouldn’t post before the coffee’s brewed.

[maxsolomon]

45. Actually, you do need the :sarcasm: smilie.

You're so droll that it reads as if you mean it.

[3Hotdogs]

68. Saul Good, man.

[Jilly_in_VA]

9. She sounds depressed, actually

Often that kind of talk from a 15 year old is a symptom of depression. I don't agree at all with daddy buying a gun and taking her shooting, but it sounds like an attempt, misguided though it was, at some daddy-daughter time to "pull her out of it". Therapy would have been a better option, but probably not an option in his mind. It's also possible she was a sociopath, although I don't want to throw words like that around lightly. I'll stick with depression for now.

[Irish_Dem]

17. A therapist would have ordered guns out of the home.

If you have a depressed person with guns in the home suicide lethality goes way up.

[Scrivener7]

20. Decent gun laws wouldn't have allowed her unsupervised access in the first place.

[Irish_Dem]

24. We don't have decent gun laws, so therapists have to do it.

I am a retired mental heath provided who practiced in a state with Duty To Warn and Protect.

For depressed patients with no suicide ideation or history, a talk about the increased lethality for suicide with guns in the home and a recommendation that guns be removed as a precaution.

For an adult with depression, suicidal thoughts or history, a direct request that guns be removed from the home.
A call made to next of kin with my concerns and documented.

For a child with depression, angry, thoughts of suicide, homicide and guns in the home, parents are called immediately to come to the office. It is made clear guns must be removed from home immediately.
Recommendation that child be hospitalized inpatient psych.

If there are direct threats to specific potential victims they are notified.
If there is no proof of guns being removed a call to children services and or police.

[LittleGirl]

21. I agree. nt

[multigraincracker]

25. Nature vs Nurture.

I have several friends that have one child and angle and another a devil. Same parents and home.
Go figure.

[Tickle]

50. I thought she was a square? NT :-)

[rampartd]

57. a fishing pole is a better option for bonding

[Attilatheblond]

67. If she was getting therapy for depression, she might have also been given anti-depressants

Those are great for many but not so great for teens and many 20 somethings. Sometimes depression can also depress the impulse to take action. For the younger set, lessening the depression with meds lifts their energy level enough that they decide to take action. Sadly, that does not always end well.

Had a psychologist pal who lost a patient to suicide after the psychologist put the young man on anti-depressants. My pal was devastated to the point that our circle of friends kept one of us with him for several weeks.

[Kaleva]

16. So did Luigi Mangione.

But it appears his use of a gun to murder has the approval of many.

One isn't going solve school shootings if we have to keep gun laws lax in order to enable the shootings of CEOs

[Scrivener7]

19. Lol! I think you may have missed many, many points.

[Kaleva]

22. What is the difference?

Is the use of a gun to murder people acceptable in some situations and not acceptable in others?

[Scrivener7]

27. Again, whoosh.

[Kaleva]

28. No answer?

Do you believe the use of a gun to murder people is acceptable in certain situations?

[GP6971]

80. Hello.

[Think. Again.]

29. No, it's deliberate.

[Scrivener7]

32. I know. Odd, though. Twisting things into fantasies that allow one to feel superior is a strange hobby.

[Kaleva]

35. Can you give an answer?

I would think it'd be simple.

I oppose the use of guns to commit murder.

[Scrivener7]

42. Can I answer the idiotic strawman question that has been answered a thousand times

in this last week? Yes. I can. And I have. But some seem to get some weird thrill out of the game of continuing to ask the idiotic strawman question, so there's really no reason to answer it again.

[Kaleva]

61. What is your answer ? Do you support using a gun for murder...

in certain situations? Or do you, like me, oppose the use of a gun to commit murder in any situation?

Which is it?

[Scrivener7]

62. .

[Kaleva]

72. While you may support execution without trial, I do not

[Scrivener7]

73. You're talking to yourself. You have no idea what I support and what I don't support. You seem to need

to fight this point randomly, wrongly assuming other people's positions so you can insist on your superiority and virtue in places where no one is actually indicating support for any of these killings.

As I said, you have completely missed the point.

It's bizarre. You should stop.

[Kaleva]

74. I'm not fighting. Just want to know your position.

One would think that a progressive would , without hesitation, declare they denounce execution without trial under any circumstance.

I denounce it.

I'm hoping you do too.

However, if you support execution without trial under certain circumstances, that is your right.

[Scrivener7]

75. Have a lovely day, Kaleva.

[Kaleva]

76. And same to you! Wishing you and your loved ones a Merry Christmas!

[Kaleva]

34. What is your view on using guns to commit murder?

[sarisataka]

33. It is too difficult for me to figure out which murders

should be supported and cheered and which murders should be condemned. That is why I have chosen to be against all murder.

[Tetrachloride]

18. the area known as Bristol is red

[xmas74]

30. Bristol is in Kenosha County.

It's where they have their Ren Fest.

The North Bristol Sportsmans club listed is in Sun Prairie. It's basically a suburb of Madison.

Two different areas of the state.

[Jilly_in_VA]

36. Exactly

I'm very familiar with North Bristol. Used to live there, actually, a LONG time ago. My (unlamented) first husband is buried up there in his second wife's family cemetery.

[xmas74]

59. I grew up in Kenosha County

Most think of Bristol in Kenosha County, not a shooting club.

[Jilly_in_VA]

65. Not if you're from Madison

or the Madison area. Sorry about that.

[Tetrachloride]

41. town of Bristol is an official designation:

https://tn.bristol.wi.gov

I myself have never heard it referred to as North Bristol

[xmas74]

58. Theyre discussing the shooting club called

North Bristol.

[Johonny]

23. Those armed malitias will save us, right?

[Passages]

26. What a way to end 2024. Demagogue wins the presidency, AGAIN.

CEO Thompson is murdered in broad daylight by an otherwise highly accomplished young man described by friends as "humble" and believed to be destined for a "bright future."


Teen female shooter writes manifesto describing America's decline, "War Against Humanity."


Second grader calls 911.



Yeah, we're doing just great.

[Oneear]

31. And a 2ed Grader Called in to 911 for Help

It is good that Children are taught what to do when a Gun is used. Schools need to have Cell Phones to be used Keep Us Safe

[Jilly_in_VA]

38. It's good they know how to

It's bad that they have to do it for such as this.

[WarGamer]

37. she was obsessed with school shootings... and a man-hater too.

[Jilly_in_VA]

39. See my comment above

I think she was extremely troubled and depressed.

[Scrivener7]

43. And she had a gun.

[struggle4progress]

40. Happiness is a warm gun

[maxsolomon]

46. Teenage depression.

No gun, no murder.

[Maninacan]

52. The Veldt

Why am i thinking of The Veldt by Bradbury.

[Initech]

54. Totally called it yesterday.

I said the shooter would have a manifesto and I was right. It's getting to be a pattern.

[Traildogbob]

55. How many places in

The Jesus school had the 10 Commandments posted? Were they redacted to allow for GQP interpretation?
Thou shalt have all the guns and ammo ye want at any age, and open carry with no training.
God be Blessin MurKKKa and protecting his children.
Are Thou and Ye acceptable pronouns in GQP world?

[Ping Tung]

56. People who threaten to, try to, or succeed to commit suicide don;'t want to die. They don;t want to live.

Life can be tricky, chaotic, threatening, disappointing, difficult, competitive, or all of the above and more.

They are fearful of facing it and taking the bumps in the road that occur.

It's not a matter of reassuring them with platitudes about the beauty life or thinking of others. It's a matter of offering them alternative solutions.

[Jilly_in_VA]

66. Here is a comment from one of the school parents

I think it shows understanding and the kind of compassion some of you seem to be a bit lacking. It also demonstrates one reason I loved the people of the church there, even though I ultimately disagreed with some of the theology

Smith said members of the school community believed that the shooter was new to the private school this year.

“You feel compassion for the parent who says, ‘Maybe this will help my child,’” Smith told the [Capital] Times. “I can’t even imagine what they’re feeling.”

[Emile]

69. Here is her picture.

[Emile]

77. Why did the police rip off the front door and bust windows

when they searched her home?

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[ecstatic]

78. Wow, she even called out her dad's stupidity for giving her access to guns.

It is 2024 and parents are still gifting guns and taking their kids to gun ranges. It is mind-boggling. I'm wondering if he thought it would be safe because she's a girl?!?

To anyone reading this who is in the same boat: Do not do this! You might think they can't access your guns, but they can. They know your passwords, they know where the key is. They know your hiding spots.