I imagine that almost everybody in Colorado is turning to the Denver Post this morning to learn more about the shooting yesterday at Arapahoe High School. I am one of those who is curious to know more about the shooter and his family.
The Post reporters begin their coverage of the shooter and his family in paragraph four. The first thing they tell us about the family is that "the family attended Bible study meetings." Oh, that explains why their son brought a shotgun to school to try to kill the debate coach/librarian. Another one of those dangerous Christian fundamentalists!
At the end of that paragraph we learn that police searched his mother's home in Highlands Ranch and also his father's home in Denver. Oh, the parents did not live together in the same home. Might that be as significant as the fact that "the family" attended Bible study meetings?
In paragraph six gun control Governor Hickenlooper said, "This has got to stop." In paragraph seven we learn that the school is quite large, with over 2100 students. How many "resource" officers patrol the building? We learn the answer to that question in paragraph twelve: one.
Was one resource officer enough to stop the 18-year-old from brazenly walking into the building with a shotgun and asking where is the teacher he wanted to kill? No. Did any of the teachers have concealed carry licenses? The reporters do not ask that question.
No doubt we will learn more in the days to come.
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