Another Shooting, This Time In Orlando

[Louis VI the Fat]

Bloodbath in French school narrowly averted:

A 13-year-old French boy set out Tuesday to mow down his teachers with a shotgun but abandoned the plan when he arrived at the school and found it surrounded by police, officials said.

The boy's parents raised the alarm when they realised he had taken the family gun from their house near Beauvais, north of Paris, and was headed to his school in Beauvais itself, officials said.
The teenager was in custody on suspicion of attempted murder and admitted his homicidal intentions during an interview, Beauvais prosecutor James Juan said in a statement.

He wanted "to attack his teachers who quarrelled with him even though he had done nothing (wrong)," Juan said. The boy, said to be a video game enthusiast, had on Monday left a message on his blog stating that "this is the last day of my life."

Police warned the head of the 2,000-pupil Saint Esprit school to keep his students confined to their classrooms as the drama unfolded. Yeddou stressed that the boy never managed to get into the school and students were not in danger at any point.

The alarm was raised at 8:15 am (0715 GMT) by the boy's parents, who had become concerned by his unusual behaviour and searched their house, finding the gun and ammunition gone. "His parents were worried when they saw him leave the house very early, around 7:00 am. He did not seem to be his usual self," a source close to the investigation said.

Phew.

http://www.france24.com/en/20091117-...ent?autoplay=1

school shootings, which are confined to the north. In Europe, only the Northwest. Germany, Scandinavia (Finland!), the British Isles. And North America.

Not South America or Southern Europe. No satisfactory explanation exists. Though some psychologists argue that Northerners do not express themselves emotionally. They internalise anger, and then, one day, a year later, two year's later, eight years later, they explode. They take out all of their stored frustration.
Latins express their emotions on the spot, and that's it. Fiery and feisty, instead of years of build up anger looking for an outlet.

Bollox

[Husar]

Well, when I was 13 my parents still had a closer look at what games I played and they certainly didn't have a shotgun lying around...
I can see how the little video gamer remark may lead to lots of discussions about bans anyway though.

[Viking]

Bollox

He was quite young though. Probably not as reflected about his actions compared to older shooters. (13 vs. 17+)