A suicidal eighth grader who pulled a handgun in class and forced another child into a closet was shot by a sheriff's SWAT team member Friday when he later threatened deputies, Seminole County officials said. Read Article

I want to find some statistics on this, because I think at this point there are more student shooters per capita than any other demographic, including the postal workers who are so famous for coming unhinged and killing co-workers that we call it "going postal." Does anyone know where I can find this kind of information?

Should we start saying that an unglued shooter is "going schoolkid?"

EDITING TO ADD: This piece of information was just brought to my attention. As you can read here:

Over 3,500 students were expelled in 1998-99 for bringing guns to school. Of these, 43% were in elementary or junior high school. This means that, in a 40-week school year, an average of 88 children per week nationwide are expelled for bringing a gun in school. And these figures include only the children who get caught.

According to their footnote, this information was taken from U.S. Department of Education. Report on State Implementation of the Gun-Free Schools Act: School Year 1998-99. October 2000.

I am having a hard time thinking of some place that would be less safe than the schools to leave a child. I guess maybe on the battle front in the Middle East or in prison, although I think most prisons have a better record than this... Sorry, just getting a little testy.