October 25, 2022
School Shooting Near The Aviary HQ
Timothy Birdnow
St. Louis is one of the most violent cities in the world, not just the U.S. I should know; I live here.
And not much more than a mile from my home a school shooting just occurred.
The Central Visual and Performing Arts High School at the corner of Kingshighway Boulevard and Arsenal St. was invaded by a former student named Orlando Harris, who had a "long gun" (strange how they didn't identify it as an assault weapon) and multiple rounds. He shot a number of people, but only one teacher and one student died. Seven others were injured.
Police responded in minutes; their station was just a few blocks away, after all. But they handled it very well, storming into the building and shooting and killing the thug.
Read more here.
This story doesn't seem to be getting much national traction. Now why is that?
While nobody has stated specifically the race of the shooter, it's a fair bet a guy named Orlando Harris isn't Swedish. This screws up the shibboleth that all mass shooters are white.
So the story will not gain much traction.
I saw a parent interviewed on KPLR news yesterday and he complained about hearing a politcal add where the candidate said he would defend our Second Amendment rights. The man sneered at this in disgust. But the school was a gun free zone! Maybe if that teacher who died had been armed this would have ended differently. And I rather suspect the kid hadn't purchased that gun legally, either.
At any rate, kudos the the St. Louis Metropolitan Police for handling this so well. They didn't cower outside as other cops did in other school shootings.
St. Louis is one of the most violent cities in the world, not just the U.S. I should know; I live here.
And not much more than a mile from my home a school shooting just occurred.
The Central Visual and Performing Arts High School at the corner of Kingshighway Boulevard and Arsenal St. was invaded by a former student named Orlando Harris, who had a "long gun" (strange how they didn't identify it as an assault weapon) and multiple rounds. He shot a number of people, but only one teacher and one student died. Seven others were injured.
Police responded in minutes; their station was just a few blocks away, after all. But they handled it very well, storming into the building and shooting and killing the thug.
Read more here.
This story doesn't seem to be getting much national traction. Now why is that?
While nobody has stated specifically the race of the shooter, it's a fair bet a guy named Orlando Harris isn't Swedish. This screws up the shibboleth that all mass shooters are white.
So the story will not gain much traction.
I saw a parent interviewed on KPLR news yesterday and he complained about hearing a politcal add where the candidate said he would defend our Second Amendment rights. The man sneered at this in disgust. But the school was a gun free zone! Maybe if that teacher who died had been armed this would have ended differently. And I rather suspect the kid hadn't purchased that gun legally, either.
At any rate, kudos the the St. Louis Metropolitan Police for handling this so well. They didn't cower outside as other cops did in other school shootings.
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Sheesh! You might as well live in NYC with Jack! 
Posted by: Dana Mathewson at October 25, 2022 05:35 PM (551jX)
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I'd be safer in NYC with Jack (or without Jack, for that matter - just safer.)
St. Louis has turned into a first rate hellhole. I'm going to have to move out of here before it's all over I fear.
It's too bad; I rather like living here. But I like staying alive more.
St. Louis has turned into a first rate hellhole. I'm going to have to move out of here before it's all over I fear.
It's too bad; I rather like living here. But I like staying alive more.
Posted by: Timothy Birdnow at October 26, 2022 08:12 AM (pQJBL)
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St. Louis is one of the most violent cities in the world, not just the U.S. I should know; I live here.
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