But it did involve spoiled children of the very wealthy.wjmphoto wrote:Royal High School, Old Town of Edinburgh, Scotland - Tuesday, September 5, 1595 - Students take over school and stage armed rebellion. They kill the magistrate who responds. Not much more info but we do know that prescribed drugs were not involved.
It also didn't involve students (except as victims). The perpetrator was a 55 year old school board member.Consolidated School of Bath, Bath, Michigan - Wednesday, May 18, 1927
No guns involved but definitely the worst school massacre in US history and not drugs involved.
Also not a "school shooting" as we generally think of it. The killer wasn't a student; he was a 29 year old schizophrenic, and the victim was not a school secretary, but worked for the American Physical Society.Columbia University, New York City, New York - Monday, July 14, 1952:
Whackjob used .22 cal to kill secretary at the school because he was not published. (No Drugs)
Again, this was a 22 year old college student, not a "school shooting". (He was found not guilty by reason of insanity, spent five years in a mental hospital, then became a professor of psychology!Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, Pennsylvania - Tuesday, January 11, 1955: Bob Bechtel uses .22 cal rifle to fire on classmates killing one. (no drugs)
But they both involve schools and students. :-)Maryland Park Junior High School, Maryland Park, Maryland - Friday, May 4, 1956: Billy Ray Prevatte uses .22 cal rifle to kill one teacher and wound several others after being expelled from school. (Not Drugs, But I do see a pattern of .22 cal use here!!!! perhaps the caliber is the real issue that should be looked into!!!!!!)
Our Lady of the Angels (Elementary) Catholic School, Chicago, Illinois -Monday, December 1, 1958: 10-year-old arsonist sets fire to school killing 95 students and nuns and injuring 100 more. (No guns, but also no drugs!!!)
47 year old man kills his own son and several others. Not a "school shooting".Poe Elementary School, Houston, Texas - Tuesday, September 15, 1959: Paul Harold Orgeron killed 6 and injured several others with a case filled with gelex triggered by a .32 cal pistol. (Darn so much for the .22 cal theory! But still no drugs involved.)
Okay, I'll give you two out of four. Flamethrowers don't count, and a 25 year old university student isn't really in the "school shooting" category.Dubose Intermediate School, Alice, Texas - September 1960: Katie McCoy kills boyfriend with .22 cal target pistol. (Hey there's the .22 again and no drugs maybe it is the caliber!)
A Catholic Elementary School in Cologne, Germany - Thursday, June 11, 1964: Walter Seifert used homemade flamethrower to kill 10 including himself.
University of Texas, Austin, Texas - Monday, August 1, 1966: I think you already know this one and the fact that there were no prescription drugs involved.
Grand Rapids High School, Grand Rapids, Minnesota - Wednesday, October 5, 1966: Another school killing with that pesky .22 cal. Still no drugs. Boy that .22 is sounding more and more like the cause of all these problems the more we look.
Great list, though. Google and Wikipedia are fun!