Originally Posted by bronco67

Ok, there's always been violence in schools -- but the mass shootings is a more recent historical trend.

I went to high school in the 80's....and I NEVER worried about a gunman entering the school with an assault rifle to kill as many people as possible. Sure, there were people getting shot in schools because of accidents and disputes -- but not this kind of thing. It wasn't part of the zeitgeist back then. If I was a child in school now, I would be super paranoid about anything happening in my school. Every time something dropped on the floor I'd be wondering if this was the end.

But we also didn't have cable news to inform us and scare the shit out of us constantly.