ourtten-year-old honor student kills teacher and two students, wounds another
in his algebra
class. He had vvritten arpoe:ni about murder in English class, and talked to friends about
MOSES
LAKE,
atic istol and 2 othc,r family firearms, taken from an unlocked cabinet
going on a. killing spree.
He used his father's serniau
and the family car.
PADliCAH, KY FoUrteen-year-old
shoots down 3 students, wounds8, at told
-
high school prayer meeting: He had
friends that he was going to bring guns to
school, to do "something big."
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WHO IS
RESPONSIBLE?
He used a semiautomatic handgun he
had taken from a neighbor's garage.
SPRINGFIELD, OR Fifteen-year-old
murders parents, then opens fire in
school cafeteria, killing 2 and injuring 22.
He had read a journal entry to his
English class about his desire to kill
schoolmates.
He used a semiautomatic rifle.
a gift from his parents.
The child who murders?
The family that provides the weapons?
Eighth-grader shoots
EDINBORO, PA
science teacher, wounds-3 others at
school dance. He had told friends that he
was going to kill 9 people and then kill
The kids who don't tell?
The parents and teachers who ignore the warning signs?
The community that votes down funding for school counselors?
himself.
He used a handgun he had taken from
Responsible firearm owners who don't protest the excesses of the gun lobby?
his father's dresser.
People who don't vote?
PEARL, MS Sixteen,year-old kills
mother with knife, opens fire in school
cafeteria, kills 2, wounds 7. He had told
a friend that he was going to murder his
Whoever
mother the next day.
He used his own .30-.30 rifle.
can prevent members of his household from
sinning but does not, bears responsibility for the sins of his house-
hold: Whoever can prevent fellow citizens from sinning but does
JONESBORO, AR Eleven-year-old arid
13-year-old open fire on teachers and:Stu-
an d at
dents, killing 5. Older boy had
school about suicide and guns..
They used 9 weapons, including the 11-
er,
year-old's father's Derringer and Maus his_
taken from
and a semiautomatic rifle,
grandfather's unlocked
gun cabinet.
not, bears responsibility for the sins of fellow citizens•. Whoever
can prevent the whole world from sinning but does not, bears
responsibility for the sins of the entire world.
from Talmud Shabbat 54b
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