I really don't think I will ever be able to understand the motivation behind a person that shoots up a school.

Most crimes have a motive behind them, but I can't think of what provides the motivation to do this.

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Posted by ChewyDante

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Posted on 3/20/18 at 10:07 am to Ross

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Most crimes have a motive behind them, but I can't think of what provides the motivation to do this.

Could have been deliberately targeting the two people he shot, which would suggest some sort of dispute between the parties.

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Posted by Sidicous

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Member since Aug 2015

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Posted on 3/20/18 at 10:19 am to Ross

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I really don't think I will ever be able to understand the motivation behind a person that shoots up a school.

Most crimes have a motive behind them, but I can't think of what provides the motivation to do this.

Boomtown Rats song "I don't like Mondays" is based on the interviews with a girl who skipped HS to take LSD and decided to shoot up the Elementary School across the street from her residence.

Basically she was fed up with the noise of the kids chasing each other and playing so she got a rifle and started shooting them as a solution to the noise problem. When asked why, and why today, her reply was: "I don't like Mondays".

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Posted by vodkacop

Louisiana

Member since Nov 2008

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Posted on 3/20/18 at 10:34 am to Ross

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really don't think I will ever be able to understand the motivation behind a person that shoots up a school.

Most crimes have a motive behind them, but I can't think of what provides the motivation to do this.

Easy. Revenge

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Posted by Dfox

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Posted on 3/20/18 at 12:10 pm to Ross

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