Kip Kinkel made it famous, but it was common before his teenage rampage. Kip Kinkel attacked in 1998, and his attack was preceded by three teenage shootings/attacks in that year alone. In 1997, the year before, there were five attacks.
Teenage school shootings really started in 1978, with three attacks. Kip Kinkel wasn't the start of something big, he was the symptom of something much bigger. He was just one of many that year who decided to rampage across his school. And it was about 20 years after the epidemic started.
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Date: 2008-06-14 06:29 am (UTC)Teenage school shootings really started in 1978, with three attacks. Kip Kinkel wasn't the start of something big, he was the symptom of something much bigger. He was just one of many that year who decided to rampage across his school. And it was about 20 years after the epidemic started.