Is It Just Me or Is It Getting Crazier Out There?

On April 20, 1999, two high school seniors walked into Columbine High School armed with 9mm firearms and 12 gauge shotguns and multiple explosive devices to murder 12 students and a teacher. The two wrote their intentions explicitly on a public blog and in creative writing assignments. They also both wrote of planning an attack privately in journals. “You don’t really listen, do you.”

After the Columbine Shooting where two outcasts shot up the people who made fun of them, there was a mood shift in the country. The conversation focused on…