School Shootings

Storm over "penis" in Va. Tech shooting photo
Readers outraged by supposed nudity in image of wounded student.
Guns don't kill people, abortions kill people
CBS's "freeSpeech" takes a cheap shot.
Furriners go nuts for gun-totin' Yanks!
As DBC Pierre's phony-baloney novel and Gus Van Sant's empty "Elephant" make clear, there's one sure way to snag a glittery European prize: Shoot up the high school.
If a child is a killer, are the parents to blame?
Psychologist and author James Garbarino says the responsibility for teen violence must be shared.
Banning the bullies
In the wake of school shootings, state legislatures are considering laws to crack down on harassment and violence in schools. How will they tell the bullies from the victims?
Deadly ambivalence
Schools need to teach our kids how much they matter. If they don't, we will see Santana and Columbine copycat shootings again and again.
More Columbine carnage
Drugs are suspected in the latest round of killings in Littleton -- this time at a sandwich shop.
Why the Columbine report is delayed
Still fielding attacks over leaked video footage and grim timing, the sheriff's department is waiting for the right moment to release the full details of the high school massacre.
The hidden culprits at Columbine
Two crazy boys pulled the triggers, but lax laws put the guns in their hands.
Goodbye, cruel world
Video footage made by Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold leaves unanswered questions about whether their parents could have stopped the massacre at Columbine.
The congressman from Columbine
For Colorado Rep. Tom Tancredo, reelection seemed inevitable -- until tragedy struck Littleton.
"These guys wanted to become cult heroes"
The Columbine killers left videos for police to find after their rampage.
Schoolyard cowboys
Education alone is not enough to stop kids from playing with guns. So what is?
A mother defends Marilyn Manson
Despite his antichrist antics, the shock-rocker is really a pussycat who creates artful music with a message.
Crime school
Does prosecuting teenagers as adults make society safer?
Learning from Littleton
Experts discuss the right lessons -- and the wrong ones.
The longest hours
Waiting to find out if you've lost your child is the worst torture.

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