Interesting information from Canada’s religioustolerance.org
School Shootings in American Schools
School events 1998 to the present time:
Common features in many school shootings are:
The gunman is male.
He was 16 years of age or under at the time of the shooting.
He had easy access to a firearm.
Triggers were frequently one of the following:
He had experienced long term harassment and marginalization by fellow students,
until he snapped.
He suffered from a form of mental illness, often undiagnosed.
He was the victim of corporal punishment administered by the school.