Gunman wounds 3 at Alabama hospital

[ffemt8978]

http://www.newser.com/story/159370/...e=part&utm_medium=united&utm_campaign=rss_3_2

Authorities in Alabama say a man opened fire in a hospital this morning, wounding an officer and two employees before he was fatally shot by police. The officer and employees suffered injuries that are not considered life-threatening. Police were called because a man with a gun was walking through St. Vincent's Hospital in Birmingham. When confronted by officers, he started shooting and wounded one of the officers. That's when the second officer shot and killed the man. No word on motive yet.

Here's more info
http://www.washingtonpost.com/natio...dc409e-46d8-11e2-8c8f-fbebf7ccab4e_story.html

 

[Aprz]

Lots of public shootings going on lately.

 

[socalmedic]

I believe it is because of the fame we give these shooters.

 

[Imacho]

I believe it is because of the fame we give these shooters.

I second that. There was a recent quote by Morgan Freeman.

Synopsis.
They are cowards that would normally execute themselves in the basement as a sad nobody. But they now know they can be a horrible monster and household name if they do something outrageous prior to executing themselves.

Summary- Liberal media needs to stop glorifying these psychos.

 

[lightsandsirens5]

But if they stop glorifying them they begin to run out of ammunition (no pun intended) for their general disarmament agenda.

 

[Aprz]

I second that. There was a recent quote by Morgan Freeman.

Synopsis.
They are cowards that would normally execute themselves in the basement as a sad nobody. But they now know they can be a horrible monster and household name if they do something outrageous prior to executing themselves.

Summary- Liberal media needs to stop glorifying these psychos.

It's not really important who said it, but I read that Morgan Freeman didn't really say that.

 

[akflightmedic]

Summary- Liberal media needs to stop glorifying these psychos.

While I agree we need to stop glorifying them, it is ridiculous to say Liberal media.

Faux news is just as bad...

 

[Scott33]

There was a recent quote by Morgan Freeman.

No there wasn't.

 

[9D4]

I second that. There was a recent quote by Morgan Freeman.

Synopsis.
They are cowards that would normally execute themselves in the basement as a sad nobody. But they now know they can be a horrible monster and household name if they do something outrageous prior to executing themselves.

Summary- Liberal media needs to stop glorifying these psychos.

It's partly the media, but it's not just in the U.S. This has been happening in China for years now, where their media is strictly government controlled (plus, guns are under complete government control, public can't own them). These are some of the articles I could find within the past 2 years, there's been many more.
Most recent (same day as Sandy Hook, also mentions a few of the other attacks):
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articl...dy-hook-china-s-terrifying-knife-attacks.html

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-10862175

Worst one, man went in the school with a hammer, gasoline and matches and attacked them with the hammer, then grabbed some and tried to set them, plus himself, on fire:
http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/asiapcf/04/30/china.school.attack/index.html

Keep in mind that these weren't really broadcasted there. I'm sure word still spread, though, but they tried to contain it, as state here

The BBC's correspondent in Beijing, Chris Hogg, says officials have tried to minimise media coverage of such incidents inside China to avoid the risk of copycat attacks.

I blame it mostly on this:

Chinese remain reluctant to institutionalize relatives with psychiatric disorders because of the heavy social stigma and costs involved; many are sequestered at home and treated privately (or not at all.)

It's relatively the same here, the people that are obviously sick, don't get help.