Case Study: The Capitol Hill Massacre

[wiki article here]

Who: 28-year-old Kyle Aaron Huff
What: shooting, killing six and wounding two
When: Saturday, March 25, 2006
Where: rave after party on Capitol Hill
Why: ?

Response:

The teen dance ordinance must be re-examined as our community takes a variety of necessary steps to better protect vulnerable teenagers and young adults.

[click here for editorial]

Counter-response:

"This is not about music, this is not about a party. This was about a guy who decided he was going to kill people and he had the firepower to do it," Nickels said.

[article here]


Take Aways:

• People are quick to blame the law and regulation, or lack thereof, regardless of evidence
• Once again, with the "vulnerable teenagers and young adults"... I discussed this topic in an earlier post.