Littlton NOT worst school massacre in US history

DC

Moderator Emeritus
Found on Drudge Report:

LITTLETON SCHOOL MASSACRE NOT WORST IN U.S. HISTORY

A massive error is circulating in the media about Tuesday's Colorado school
tragedy: It was not, repeat, not the worst attack on a school in United
States history.

[REUTERS: "The country's worst school massacre, in Littleton, Colo." UNITED
PRESS INTERNATIONAL: "The worst school massacre in U.S. history."]

On May 18, 1927, 45 people were killed, including 38 elementary students,
by a series of dynamite explosions at the Bath Michigan School.

After detonating explosives he planted under the school, "maniac bomber"
Andrew Kehoe, a school board member and treasurer and farmer, blew up his
pickup truck, killing himself and the Bath School superintendent.

"I don't remember hearing any noise, but I remember flying in the air and
seeing things fly between me and the sun," remembers AdaBelle McGonigal,
then 11 and in the fifth grade. "But I don't ever remember falling."

AdaBelle's ear was nearly torn off in the blast that killed 38 of her
classmates. Seven adults also died that day.

Because this happened so long ago, it is something that most reporters
don't know about and have failed to reference in the coverage of the
Littleton, Colorado nightmare.

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"Quis custodiet ipsos custodes"
 
And not a single bullet flew, huh? Hmmm...maybe guns AREN'T the problem...
Hmmm...maybe crazies bent on killing will do so whether or not a gun is present and accessible...

Novel idea here...maybe we should follow up on this...

(sarcasm mode OFF)

I think I will make it a point to notify all media sources claiming this to be the worst school massacre in history...and make a double point of the fact that firearms were not involved...(they weren't in any way, were they???)


DC...you done it again! Thanks for the info!

BAB
 
1927 huh?

Wonder why Kehoe didn't just take an automatic weapon, say a Thompson, and walk around the school spraying everything. OH I KNOW... because those are illegal.

Wait... 27... before NFA? Could buy a Thompson in a Hardware Store! Hummmm? OK then it was because he couldn't buy a gun cause he was restricted by... wait... that wasn't in effect either.

There MUST be a reason. It CAN'T be because "An Armed Society is a polite Society".



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Schmit, GySgt, USMC(Ret)
NRA Life, Lodge 1201-UOSSS
"Si vis Pacem Para Bellum"
 
No Marilyn Manson, no internet, no Nazis, no mention of any influence by movies, books or anything. No talk about desensitization...

Maybe it was radio that inspired Kehoe.

Or hmmm...maybe this cracker acted on his own initiative.
Jeff
 
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