The jury was pretty easy on the young gunman, they could not decide between first and second degree murder. The young gunman plead guilty to second degree murder, in order to avoid a retrial and risk spending the rest of his life in prison. Maybe he was partially to blame too.
Would the guys in your old high school have done anything to straighten out a kid who brings a gun to school one day and shoots a classmate twice in the back of the head? Or, is that type of aggressive behavior someone else’s concern?
It would have been inconceivable for any kid to even bring a loaded pistol to class to begin with. Never heard of it happening my entire school life.
But I did carry some brass-knuckles to school with me for a few weeks. A couple of big bullies were bothering me, and I intended to be ready for them if they tried anything more.