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DevonRex

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58. At least this time I don't know any kids or teachers hiding

Fri Dec 13, 2013, 06:21 PM

Dec 2013

In janitor closets. With Columbine I knew a lot of the kids. And the ATF & FBI agents in charge at the scene, one of whom had a son inside.

I'm so happy this one ended quickly and without large numbers of dead students/teachers. With Columbine the kids who weren't hurt physically were scarred emotionally just because they had to hide for so many hours. Most people don't realize just how many were still alive in that school, some right alongside their dead friends. Others alone or with 1 or 2 others in tiny cabinets or closets, anywhere they could squeeze themselves into.

They've never been the same. An event like that changes a person for life, even though life goes on.

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BREAKING: Active shooter at Arapahoe High School in Colorado [View all] Are_grits_groceries Dec 2013 OP

The price we (others) pay Blue_Adept Dec 2013 #1

No the price paid for irresponsible gun laws n/t malaise Dec 2013 #5

The hell does that mean? dhill926 Dec 2013 #35

:( not again SummerSnow Dec 2013 #2

Good fugging grief malaise Dec 2013 #3

The only way to stop an active shooter is with an inactive shooter. Does that sound right? JEFF9K Dec 2013 #4

are you starting a stupid yea gun thing again? here? cause, i do not play this stupid ass game seabeyond Dec 2013 #9

NOT NOW. HappyMe Dec 2013 #27

It's a prediction of the right-wing defense. JEFF9K Dec 2013 #60

The gift of gun nuts and ammo apologists everywhere, just in time for the holidays. villager Dec 2013 #6

The gift that keeps on giving! nt raccoon Dec 2013 #38

Yes, because "collective guilt" is logical. Lizzie Poppet Dec 2013 #55

why colorado. it came up the state where people are happiest. shooting people is not happy. nt seabeyond Dec 2013 #7

Apparently "Happiest State" award didn't mean 100% are happy Pretzel_Warrior Dec 2013 #12

true. seabeyond Dec 2013 #16

I live in CO and there are so many guns and so many rednecks. Laffy Kat Dec 2013 #18

i jsut saw where it was not far from columbine. seabeyond Dec 2013 #20

I know. Actually, I was wrong about the school district. Laffy Kat Dec 2013 #42

We just have some nuts. And nuts come here DevonRex Dec 2013 #25

ya.... and seabeyond Dec 2013 #29

Here we go again. TBF Dec 2013 #8

Those guys never seem to get a day off get the red out Dec 2013 #47

Dammit! madamesilverspurs Dec 2013 #10

15 miles from Columbine... politichew Dec 2013 #11

Godammit. nt Tommy_Carcetti Dec 2013 #13

But guns make us safer. Gun enthusiasts say so. nt stevenleser Dec 2013 #14

Message auto-removed Name removed Dec 2013 #49

follow television coverage: madamesilverspurs Dec 2013 #15

update big_dog Dec 2013 #17

Unconfirmed: one shooter down inside school madamesilverspurs Dec 2013 #19

Yah, the price we pay for "freedom". darkangel218 Dec 2013 #21

police scanner link rollin74 Dec 2013 #22

Three miles from my house. A few miles DevonRex Dec 2013 #23

WTF!!!! darkangel218 Dec 2013 #28

Tom Costello just reported on this story on MSNBC. He said he was a graduate of this high school Skidmore Dec 2013 #30

I'm about 2 miles away abbeyco Dec 2013 #43

At least this time I don't know any kids or teachers hiding DevonRex Dec 2013 #58

Aerial view madamesilverspurs Dec 2013 #24

thank you for keeping us updated coloradians... nt seabeyond Dec 2013 #31

just another ho hum day at school in america.... spanone Dec 2013 #26

Oh no not again! mfcorey1 Dec 2013 #32

and again, and again, and again, and again, and again, and again....... Rambis Dec 2013 #34

Colorado's Progressive Talk AM 760 has interrupted Thom Hartmann alp227 Dec 2013 #33

2 politicians were recently recalled in CO for supporting common-sense gun legislation DisgustipatedinCA Dec 2013 #36

The apathy of Democrats in the recall was also shameful! rdharma Dec 2013 #51

The Recallers Were Essentially Rednecks, White Supremacists, & Survivalists Not Necessarily From D19 TheMastersNemesis Dec 2013 #52

SHOOTER IS DEAD madamesilverspurs Dec 2013 #37

Did they say if they were they one of the two who were listed as injured? nt herding cats Dec 2013 #41

No, the two injured are separate. LeftyMom Dec 2013 #45

I believe the correct term is that the shooter has been deactivated Johonny Dec 2013 #48

Suspect dead per press conference malaise Dec 2013 #39

Reporting now that gunman committed suicide. Skidmore Dec 2013 #40

Gun man was a student at high school. He shot and B Calm Dec 2013 #44

Tweet from a reporter there: Are_grits_groceries Dec 2013 #46

military-style pump shotgun, just like the DC shipyard & aurora theatre massacres mwrguy Dec 2013 #50

What does military type mean, and how do you know that? HereSince1628 Dec 2013 #53

Um...you do realize one pump shotgun is just like the next, right? Lizzie Poppet Dec 2013 #57

Aw geez. Vashta Nerada Dec 2013 #54

Ah yes, the shooting of the month nadinbrzezinski Dec 2013 #56

Go into your dance, DU Gun Enthusiasts. Paladin Dec 2013 #59

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