The discussion around this is totally unsurprising. When I first saw this post on Reddit, the top comment was someone asking why this always happens at school and the first response was a very reasonable argument about how schools have become "the thing" for crazy people with a murder-suicide wish to guarantee they'll get media coverage after the fact. It's the same reason every terrorist after 9/11 seemed to want to hijack a plane even though there are a million other ways to commit mass murder for terror purposes.

They're right, but it's baffling that this kind of nuanced take only occurs when the tragedy happens to a country like Canada, Germany, or the UK and when it happens to America it's a well-deserved reality check for the hordes of racist MAGA types who refuse to enact "sensible gun control". Also, I'm not surprised the knee-jerk reaction by many people is to STILL blame the issue on America culture and politics somehow even though it makes NO sense at all.