[mark the shark]

I've heard it discussed here on the left coast today that it may well be a diversionary tactic . One used to to terrify and paralyze the populace as a whole, and possibly terrorist related. This obviously is conjecture at this point, but the shooter is deliberate, accurate and indiscriminate.
He or she is definately shooting to kill. It's not some "Columbine type kid" or a "Militia type' either, my gut tells me it is not just some whacko, the profile of the targets reads like a civilian hit list meant to scare the be-jeezus out of the civilian populace. A new phase in the war on America maybe?!

[Pelham]

I suspect it's terrorism.

The wakeup call of 9-11 seems to have made little impact on our American psyche. No one wants to think that we are being targeted by a culture that is the mortal enemy of the West, of what was once called Christendom. Our attention span is that of gnats. We don't want to be bothered with the possibility that a dedicated enemy has established forward fire bases right in our midst, right in plain sight. No, our nation of Pollyanas is in full denial. Serious troubles are the stuff of movies, not real life. If we pretend no one would pick us off, one by one, as we go through our daily life then the problem will just go away all by itself.