Multiple stabbing knife attack at PA school.

[Rooskibar03]

Barely a blip on the media radar. 20 kids attacked and stabbed.


http://pittsburgh.cbslocal.com/2014/04/09/multiple-students-reported-stabbed-at-franklin-regional-high-school/

[kidicarus13]

It's not gun related so no one (media) cares.

[merl]

none killed, whats why it gets little attention.

"So what if the criminals switch to knives, that is better. see!"

[Madeinhb]

I hope it wasn't one of those military style assault knives

[MED]

none killed, whats why it gets little attention.

"So what if the criminals switch to knives, that is better. see!"

If twenty school kids were injured with some in critical condition by somebody using a firearm, it would blanket the news. I didn't even see an article in the DP.

[rbeau30]

Shows that the Media is an instrument of the gubmint.

Get the public feelings Err... I mean opinion agreeing with whatever illegal "emergency" legislation to whittle away at our rights.

[buffalobo]

If twenty school kids were injured with some in critical condition by somebody using a firearm, it would blanket the news. I didn't even see an article in the DP.

Happened about 7:15 eastern this morning.

Lobbed from my electronic ball and chain.

[rockhound]

back ground checks to buy a knife, that will fix it

[kidicarus13]

1 knife purchase per day with a 3 day waiting period. That has to work.

[rbeau30]

Pretty soon us parents will have to get locks for our kitchen knives.

[O2HeN2]

It's [currently] CNN's lead story: http://www.cnn.com/2014/04/09/justice/pennsylvania-school-stabbing/index.html?hpt=hp_t1

O2

[TFOGGER]

And the media/.gov /idiots in general will blame the assailant and/or his mental health, but if he had used a gun, the gun would be at fault.

[speedysst]

And the media/.gov /idiots in general will blame the assailant and/or his mental health, but if he had used a gun, the gun would be at fault.
^^^^THIS!^^^

[trlcavscout]

If only their was a law against stabbing people!

[hollohas]

This has been all over national news all day, much more than a blip.

They are saying the kid was bullied (of course they have already started deflecting responsibility) and some school employee is quoted as saying "good thing it wasn't a gun".

I would think a knife attack could cause much more damage because of the relatively silent nature of it. Guns shots = people run. Knife attack? Is there any noise other than screaming to tip people off to the attack as quickly? Of course, no one has died yet that I have read (thank God) but this was a very damaging attack nonetheless. Just goes to show sick people will find whatever means they can if they want to hurt others.

[Rucker61]

Sounds like a really great place to go to school:

http://www.greatschools.org/pennsylvania/murrysville/972-Franklin-Regional-Senior-High-School/?tab=reviews

Poor for new students entering the district, if you are an outsider coming in, that is how you are treated, the children, parents and teachers are rude, unless you live in a huge home. My daughter is now being bullied mentally by some of the other girls, talking about her, laughing at her, etc.... Very bad for her self esteem, we are looking to sell our home and move, I wont have my children treated this way. We are a middle income family, friendly and clean, we have a new car, but those things are not good enough for the snobs that live here

Terrible Principals, My son has been bullied over and over because he is new and quiet, we are moving from this district

worst school in america. the only way to fit in is that you live in a huge house and make over $250,000. Don't let your kids deal with the rich kids they will harass them til they can't take it no more. The atheletes and the cheerleaders get treated like gold from teachers and students while everyone else is treated like dirt. stay away from this school.

Additionally the snobbish over-emphasis upon parental income among the students is something I often hear negatively commented on by former students, even years later. I'm sorry, but giving a 16 year old a new Acura SUV to drive to school does nothing whatsoever to build his or her character. It just reinforces the sense of entitlement transfused directly from parent to child.

[hollohas]

So, in other words, the kids act like they do in every other school, ever. Someone making fun of you because you don't have a nice car sounds like a nightmare.

[DSB OUTDOORS]

Well it's just a matter of time before the media and the Democrats. Clams it was and "Evil Black Knife" with a "Blade Capacity" of more than 7" and all knives over that should be BAN!! Ohh and they found an "Evil Black Weapon" in the trunk of a vehicle, buried under 5 blankets, wrapped in a Happy B-Day box, saying Happy B-Day Dad I hope you like it. Just 1,000 blocks away. They are checking to see if it might possibly be linked to the mass stabbing, to further inconvenience innocent firearm owners even more than they are all ready. [Coffee] [facepalm]


ASK me how I feel about this !!!!!

[Irving]

So, in other words, the kids act like they do in every other school, ever. Someone making fun of you because you don't have a nice car sounds like a nightmare.

No shit, glad I'm not in high school. My cars in high school were nicer than all the ones I have now!

[Eric P]

How can a scrawny frail kid do that much damage? Are kids so pussyfied now that they no longer know how to fight? Swinging backpacks and books to knock this kid down or the knife out of his hand. I don't get the inability of people now-a-days to fend for themselves.

[10mm-man]

Prayers to those hurt! I heard a few were critical.

[sniper7]

Assault knives need to be regulated.

[Great-Kazoo]

This comment puts it in perspective. Which unfortunately says a lot about society.

I'm surprised the principal wasn't arrested for trying to stop him. We'll see what the ACLU does with this one because the "poor confused kid" was denied his right of expression.

[TFOGGER]

The principal will probably be fired(and subsequently sued) for violating policy in confronting and physically restraining this nutjob.

[kawiracer14]

Thank god I already got my new kitchen knife set so I won't have to register them with the Edgewater PD.

I might have to lose them in a boating accident at Sloan's Lake this weekend.

Obviously it's a shame that this happened but it's unfortunate that we have pussified a generation so much that they feel it's ok to kill everyone because they were bullied. I wasn't rich growing up, I played sports but not well, and I drove an old Grand Marquis to school. I got made fun of but I didn't come to school shooting or stabbing people because of it.