The first 'school shooting' in Western Australia
By Judy Evans
@JudyEv (334404)
Rockingham, Australia
May 24, 2023 8:52pm CST
The photo has nothing to do with the discussion. We saw this banksia on our walk yesterday.
Well, I guess it had to happen sooner or later. A 15-year-old former student of Atlantis Beach Baptist College at Two Rocks, just north of Perth fired three shots into the exterior of the school building. No-one was injured.
With our ‘strict’ gun laws, there is much conjecture about how a 15-year-old got possession of .243 calibre and a .22 calibre rifles. But, of course, dozens of adults legitimately own rifles. All SHOULD be licensed but whether they are or not is another matter.
I wonder how long it will be before there is another such incident.
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@RubyHawk (99410)
• Atlanta, Georgia
25 May 23
@Laurakemunto It is and what’s worse, we’re getting used to it.
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@RebeccasFarm (88351)
• Arvada, Colorado
25 May 23
Glad no one was injured..thought this was going to be much worse. I am sorry now this happened there Judy.![](/Content/images/emotes/sad.gif)
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@Laurakemunto (12862)
• Kenya
25 May 23
It's sad, given that it was a teenager carrying out the shooting fingers crossed I hope it won't happen again
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@FourWalls (65394)
• United States
25 May 23
Did they determine why he did it? Trying to vandalize the building or what?
I wish our people here would shoot the school buildings instead of people in the buildings.
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@Laurakemunto (12862)
• Kenya
25 May 23
Atleast too shooting people is totally wrong life is sacred and everyone should protect it
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@wolfgirl569 (102054)
• Marion, Ohio
25 May 23
I hope you have no more of that happen there.
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@Laurakemunto (12862)
• Kenya
25 May 23
@Fleura I have realized so many people have just dissapeared wonder what happened
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@Laurakemunto (12862)
• Kenya
25 May 23
Strict and very serious action should be taken to serve as an example to anyone who has an intention of imitating such
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@snowy22315 (176745)
• United States
26 May 23
You've joined the club nobody wants to be in.![](/Content/images/emotes/sad.gif)
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@JudyEv (334404)
• Rockingham, Australia
26 May 23
Yes, that's pretty true. Angry, aggressive attacks are on the rise too with no provocation. An 8-year-old attacked a 91-year-old who was sitting in his car. Then his drunken father joined in. 8-year old??? What's wrong with these people. ![](/Content/images/emotes/cry.gif)
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@LeaPea2417 (37339)
• Toccoa, Georgia
25 May 23
It has become a whole world problem. Did you hear about the troubled student who shot and killed students at a school in Serbia recently? From what I read, it was the first time something like that had happened in that country.
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@LeaPea2417 (37339)
• Toccoa, Georgia
26 May 23
@JudyEv I agree, sad and tragic.
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@Tampa_girl7 (49864)
• United States
25 May 23
I hate hearing of these shootings. It’s so sad that schools are not safe anymore.
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@Tampa_girl7 (49864)
• United States
26 May 23
@JudyEv I’m so glad that my son is grown.
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@JudyEv (334404)
• Rockingham, Australia
26 May 23
@Tampa_girl7 I'd hate to be bringing up children nowadays.
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@moffittjc (120850)
• Gainesville, Florida
26 May 23
We live in a.crazy world, that’s for sure. At what point did we (collectively as humans) decide it was okay to try and shoot people for no other reason than because we wanted to?
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@moffittjc (120850)
• Gainesville, Florida
28 May 23
@JudyEv I hope he can get the help he needs.
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@Laurakemunto (12862)
• Kenya
25 May 23
You just thinking like me I think some people do absorb the news and it acts as a motivation to them to try it out or something
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@Beestring (14133)
• Hong Kong
25 May 23
It's fortunate that no one was injured.
The flower in the photo is beautiful.
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@Laurakemunto (12862)
• Kenya
25 May 23
I agree with you even your picture is cute. I love the yellow
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@allknowing (132209)
• India
25 May 23
That is a beautiful flower. We have what we call powder puffs but they are smaller and round in shape.
Hope that incident is first and last.
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@RasmaSandra (77609)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
26 May 23
Lovely flower in the photo, That is such a shame that even there everyone has to get in the action in the end,
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@JudyEv (334404)
• Rockingham, Australia
27 May 23
I'm glad you like it. These are quite spectacular flowers and quite different to many others.
@aninditasen (16140)
• Raurkela, India
25 May 23
Children throughout the world are turning violent. I think parents, teachers and the law makers should sit and discuss the reason behind it.
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@aninditasen (16140)
• Raurkela, India
25 May 23
@JudyEv That's true but rarely these days parents accept morals and ethics and the result is such children.
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