The School Shooting You Haven't Heard About
Very few people heard about the school shooting in gun-filled Wyoming that left three people dead late last year. Stick around, and you'll find out why.
Here’s what happened:
Chris Krumm, a troubled 25-year-old, traveled from Connecticut to Casper, Wyoming, to settle a score with his father, Jim Krumm, a popular junior college instructor. The motivation for his actions are unclear, but Chris Krumm appeared to be suffering from a mental illness.
On a Friday morning, November 30, Chris Krumm murdered his father’s female companion Heidi Arnold– also an instructor at the college -- and left her body in the street. He then drove to Casper College where his father Jim taught computer science in Room 325. Chris Krumm entered the room and -- in front of students -- shot his father in the head. Jim Krumm heroically wrestled his son to the floor before he died so the students could escape. Chris Krumm, like most of these cowards, committed suicide before police arrived.
It was a horrific incident, and it shook my hometown of Casper and the rest of our sparsely populated state to its core. Although Wyoming has one of the highest rates of gun ownership in the U.S., it also has one of the lowest murder rates. The incident was unusual and shocking and heavily covered locally but not nationally. Where were Michael Bloomberg and Bob Costas and Piers Morgan and Barack Obama?
So why, in the tragic shadow of Sandy Hook, haven’t you heard of this school shooting?
Because Chris Krumm killed Heidi Arnold with a knife. He shot his father through the head with a compound bow and arrow at a range of four feet. And he used a knife to end his own miserable existence.
Now you know why you haven’t heard about it.
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Aug '12
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Mr. Box: Did you mean to write "Chris Krumm appeared to be suffering from mental illness" in the first full paragraph after "Here's what happened"?
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Thank you for pointing out the error. It's fixed now.
Jun '10
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Why haven't we heard about it? Because it's so inconvenient to the anti-Second Amendment narrative.
Apr '12
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I did hear about it... in the "stories of the odd" segments.
See, being murdered by someone with a gun is an outrage. Being knifed, or shot with a bow and arrow, is a curiosity.
Jul '10
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It's because gun control is a means to end. The end is not saftey; the end is consolidating power. This story is inconvenient to their narrative that gun control is a panacea for all societal violence.
Edited on January 12, 2013 at 11:23pmMay '10
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But, CJ, the world began with Columbine.
Never mind that the worst mass killing at a school in the United States happened in 1927.
It just doesn't matter.
Aug '12
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Mr. Box: You're welcome.
Whiskey Sam: Dead on.
Jan '11
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This is the same impulse that drives "analysts" to trumpet batting averages and ERA in baseball. It's the illusion that we have knowledge, and therefore have power to control, in areas where we really don't have control or knowledge. It's the illusion of "doing something."
We can't do anything to prevent the evil. So we pick out some quality or fact or measurement that we think we can address, and then delude ourselves by claiming that if we just controlled that quality, we could solve the whole problem.
Suppose they pass an automatic weapons ban. They'll sign the bill, smugly assuring themselves that they've "done something." And when the next Columbine comes along (that happened during their last ban), they'll just look for some other quality to blame; some other excuse to show that they've done something.
When spiritual people talk about the lessons of suffering, the premise to every lesson is that there are just things that we can't control. Politicians want to convince you that they can end your suffering. How stupid to believe them!
Aug '10
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Just like you didn't hear about the 22 Chinese school children attacked with a knife on the very same day Sandy Hook happened.
Which was part of a series of knife and axe attacks in schools that country has been suffering for the past 3 years.
By the way, China has very strict gun control laws, that go beyond American liberals' fondest dreams for gun-grabbing. Yet the attacks continue... and even the body counts approach parity over time.
Edited on January 12, 2013 at 9:35pmJun '12
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BlueAnt, the left spill this story in its favor - See how the children are only injured not killed? Our very own American Press published this article that has gone viral.
Jun '12
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CJ, love the story, so thanks. But if I share this story on facebook, I would get at least 5 responses saying "See, thank God he didn't use a gun."
I don't think the left really care about human lives at all. It's how much glory they can claim for themselves and their narrative. Like Shapiro pointed out, standing on the grounds of Sandy Hook's children's grave and bully seem so noble. But if they really care about lives, how about the thousands of children killed all over in America by psychos. Why aren't they crying out for them?
Aug '11
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I have a dig. Without any due diligence, it seems as though "mental illness" is the latest excuse for mass shooters. In liberal speak it means "look at how evil guns can fall into the hands of the weak minded - we must ban guns." I would postulate that our culture is breeding hyper-materialistic, violence addicted, despondent young men whose psyche is shrouded by a victim mentality. Everything tells them "it's not your fault" and they associate that with not having things. Chris Krumm certainly seems to have been capable enough to earn a masters degree yet blamed his father, capitalism, democracy and a myriad of other things for his position in life.
In short, we're turning into a nation of emasculated wimps who play out our video game fantasies when we get depressed.
Edited on January 12, 2013 at 10:02pmRe: The School Shooting You Haven't Heard About
Foxfier: I did hear about it... in the "stories of the odd" segments.
See, being murdered by someone with a gun is an outrage. Being knifed, or shot with a bow and arrow, is a curiosity. · 2 hours ago
Very well put. Makes me angry, though...
Aug '12
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The nation doesn't hear about it because it doesn't meet the agenda,
Aug '10
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Joan of Ark La Tex
BlueAnt, the left spill this story in its favor - See how the children are only injured not killed?
I heard that spin too, yes. Which is why I linked to the wiki article listing knife/axe attacks over the last 3 years. What I didn't link was a similar list of school shootings in the USA over the same time period.
Comparing body counts is a grotesque thing to do over policy disagreements... but I'll beg for dispensation this time since the left started it.
If you take out the suicides, you'll note that China had almost double the number of incidents over 2010-12 than in the US. Lots of smaller death counts, distributed over more schools.
The numbers killed are higher on the US side, but not by much; we're talking Chinese deaths in the mid 20s vs US deaths in the mid 30s. However, the number injured--possibly scarred for life--is much higher on the Chinese side, almost by an order of magnitude.
This is hardly a comprehensive comparison, but it shows the idea that dramatic gun control will make schools much safer, is demonstrably false.
Apr '11
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BlueAnt
The numbers killed are higher on the US side, but not by much; we're talking Chinese deaths in the mid 20s vs US deaths in the mid 30s. However, the number injured--possibly scarred for life--ismuchhigher on the Chinese side, almost by an order of magnitude.If you take out the suicides, you'll note that China had almost double the number of incidents over 2010-12 than in the US. Lots of smaller death counts, distributed over more schools.
This is hardly a comprehensive comparison, but it shows the idea that dramatic gun control will make schools much safer, is demonstrably false.
To be fair, it's important to note that China has 3 times our population.
Apr '12
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Cutlass
BlueAnt
The numbers killed are higher on the US side, but not by much; we're talking Chinese deaths in the mid 20s vs US deaths in the mid 30s. However, the number injured--possibly scarred for life--ismuchhigher on the Chinese side, almost by an order of magnitude.If you take out the suicides, you'll note that China had almost double the number of incidents over 2010-12 than in the US. Lots of smaller death counts, distributed over more schools.
This is hardly a comprehensive comparison, but it shows the idea that dramatic gun control will make schools much safer, is demonstrably false.
To be fair, it's important to note that China has 3 times our population. · 30 minutes ago
And far, far, FAR more intrusive government.
Jun '12
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Foxfier
Cutlass
air, it's important to note that China has 3 times our population. · 30 minutes ago
And far, far, FAR more intrusive government. · 0 minutes ago
And an immensely corrupt government that under reports everything negative.
Edited on January 13, 2013 at 4:41amApr '12
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Kinda like one of the early Ricochet podcasts, where someone-- I think it was Lileks?-- asked the group what China's published stat on growth was...and he knew, because it is the same every, single, year!
Jun '12
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When I was working in Shanghai about 9 years ago, we had some problems collecting money. One day, my highly educated Chinese manager came back with a little "menu". I turned white reading it.
Break right arm -1000RMB
Break left arm -800 RMB
etc to include
Eliminate problem permanently -RMB 5000