Pat usually manages to say something useful before he spins off into the weeds, but not so much here.

This is pretty good by Pat.

All these losers crave the flame-out with mass media publicity.

He may be mistaken that it´s any more common.
Jon Fund´s article yesterday gave the data on past slaughters.
It´s gone on a long time.

Remember Lizzie Borden?
Fewer victims, but a slaughter unexplained to this day, if I recall accurately.

I think the Bible mentions that Cain slew Abel.
But I could be wrong.
Apparently part of the human animal condition is to kill one another.

Which may be why it was mentioned in the Thou Shalt Not´s of the Ten Commandments.
The Commandments are a list of human failings.
Not much will change on Planet Earth.
(Unless maybe the "Mayans were right.")

I usually pay little attention to Mr Buchanan; however his premise, if true, sends chills up my spine. Will future sensation seekers try to outdo this evil?

Pat echoes my comment to wife several days ago. This brain dead kid wanted to be famous. By killing first graders and an all female staff, he had a better chance of not being taken down.

Gun laws will do nothing to prevent these atrocities. Forced commitment is needed for dangerous people.

Another stupid rant by Buchanan. The young man was psychotic. His mother was trying to get him committed to a mental hospital. He was an adult; the law makes this process difficult unless he shows unambiguous signs of being an "imminent" risk. The only way a judge can know if the risk is "imminent" is for a crime to be committed. So in spite of mom´s efforts, he was still at large - and killed 26 people.

This has nothing to do with wanting to be famous or dead souls or any such stuff. Serious mental illness, untreated, and the law blocking efforts to get treatment. Put the blame where it is due...tell legislators to change these laws.