Would like to get more information on that. Could be something to be learned from it.

Don't know about there, but in Chicago that usually means a cop, assigned to a specific school and on site.

already at the school when the shooting took place

I realize they have high-capacity magazines, but is there another reason that murderers love these things so much?

it makes them feel tough and they can buy lots of accessories for it.

It's that simple.

And they are much more accurate than a Glock.

For humans, all rifles are more accurate than all handguns due to the longer sight radius.

barrel length that matters. I'm not very knowledgeable about such things, but isn't that why we "rifle" even pistol barrels?

It greatly improves the accuracy. The 4-inch barrels on handguns do it just fine.

The length of the barrel on rifles allows for the full burn of the gun powder to maximize the speed of the bullet for the most range possible.

Not sure why though.

You tend to use what is common and easily acquired in your area.

heck, you can take a rubber hose from your gas stove into a bottle of Styrofoam and make a decent Molotov cocktail. A high school chemistry class and a trip to the drug store can make you a serious danger to society. This kid could have started a fire at every exit of his school, and killed everyone inside. But "easily acquired" means guns here in the US, and you don't even have to open a book.

I don't know if I'm more upset at how guns are everywhere or that a high school freshman with a kill/death wish didn't know how to do his homework. It's easier for the crazies to get a gun and shoot than it is to firebomb a public building. I can't believe I just typed that.

The military appearance attracts many and they able to accept high capacity magazines.

And that his actions are the worst form of cowardice. See story of a veteran coming home because of these shootings:

That's It. I Am Coming Home. The NRA has made mass killings normal in this country. I'm coming home from years of serving my country overseas to help stop it.

This is too much. We have Tea Party political activists shooting cops from behind, in the head, then covering their dead bodies with the Tea Party “Gadsden” flag and shouting, “The Revolution begins now!”

No. I am coming home. I need to be there and be part of the solution. Moms Demand Action is getting some traction, but they can use the lean-in of a few U.S. Army Airborne Infantry Rangers. I am only sorry that I did not stand up to this threat to our nation before. I am sorry. I was busy.

I have been overseas in Afghanistan and in NATO nations for half a decade while the insanity of the National Rifle Association expanded and exploded, and the NRA became, essentially, the tool of death in the United States. They made mass killings normal...

A whole lot more at the link that is even stronger and well worth reading, IMO:

http://www.esquire.com/blogs/politics/i-am-coming-home#comments

to Liberal Loner:

LTC Bateman tired of NRA and senseless shootings

http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1262&pid=6738

Although I believe that we'd be better served by renewed commitment to public service to rebuild infrastructure and give those not yet brainwashed by the Teaterrorist, etc., some insight into positive solutions instead of destructive ones.

I wouldn't even have seen it if you wouldn't have put it up here. Thanks to Liberal Loner, too.

The comments on Lt. Col. Bateman's post are very interesting. Jeesh, what a read!

This attacked happened a mere 4 days before 2 officers were slaughtered by Right Wing terrorists in Las Vegas.

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More on the Moncton attacks.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/justin-bourque-latest-revelations-about-man-charged-in-moncton-shooting-1.2665900

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but what's with all the Jareds?

Jared Laughner - Gabby
Jared Miller - LV Cops,

and now,

Jared Padgett

people than Ronald Reagan. (Okay, Ronald McDonald has made as many really, really poor people, but killed? Not so much.)

Yes, it is confusing what motivates that way...

And from the world of the Boomtown Rats song "I Don't Like Mondays" about another horrific shooting, perhaps here in Portland, Oregon it is more...

"I Don't like Tuesdays"

http://www.oregonlive.com/gresham/index.ssf/2014/06/oregon_high_school_shooting_fa.html

"He also seemed most engaged when talking about guns, she said, adding that he would talk about hunting rabbits and could talk in detail about firearms.

"It was insane how much he knew," she said. "He would say all the types of guns and could name anything."

http://www.oregonlive.com/gresham/index.ssf/2014/06/oregon_school_shooting_gunman.html

2 men shot to death.

TO DEATH by assassins? And the prize is more firepower?

Neil deGrasse Tyson is right; the aliens have been here but decided not to make contact because there was no evidence of intelligent life on Earth.

Really, wow.

remember Sheriff John Bunnell was always hunting them down.