| Year
| Name(s)
| Education
| Killed
| Wounded
| Beliefs
| Liberal response
|
| 2008
| Stephen Kazmierczak
| Northern Illinois University
| 5 + himself
| 16
| Fan of Nietzsche's "The Antichrist," obsessed with self-injury, was a "cutter" in public high school, wore all black to carry out his massacre, and was still a public school student at age 27
| Shock at the fact that the gunman didn't "fit" the typical mold of a killer, when in fact the gunman wore all black and was taught at a public school.
|
|
| 2007
| Robert Hawkins
| Papillion-La Vista public high school
| 8 + himself
| 5
| Targeted Christmas shoppers; wore black; "I can't take this meaningless existence anymore"[1] Told a therapist that "he is not sure if there is a God or life after death and that when he dies, he'll probably go to hell." Told social workers he was satanic and acknowledged that he often acted before thinking of the consequences. [2]
| Avoid suggesting gun control lest Democrats lose West Virginia and Wisconsin in 2008 presidential election
|
| 2007
| Pekka-Eric Auvinen
| Jokela High School public high school (Finland)
| 8 + himself
| About 12
| Atheist, "I, as a natural selector, will eliminate all who I see unfit."
| Finland already had gun control
|
| 2007
| Seung-Hui Cho
| Westfield public high school (VA), then Virgina Tech public university
| 32 + himself
| 25
| "Ismail Ax" suggested Muslim beliefs, felt "Jesus was crucifying me."
| Poem comparing it to environmental harm[3]
|
| 2007
| Asa Coon
| SuccessTech public school Academy (Cleveland)
| Himself
| 4
| Said he didn't believe in God and didn't respect God, killed after classmate disagreed; wore black[4]
| Under-publicized because of his anti-God statements
|
| 2006
| Kimveer Gill
| Rosemere High School (Quebec)
| 1 + himself
| 20
| "I hate God" and "I hate religious zealots"
| Canada already had gun control
|
| 2002
| Robert Steinhäuser
| Erfurt public school (Germany)
| 16 + himself
|
| Wore black entirely, literally from head to toe; stopped only when a teacher pulled off his black mask
| German gun control already strict, demands for limitations on computer games
|
| 1999
| Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold
| Columbine public high school (CO)
| 13 + themselves
| 23
| Atheistic, singled out Christian victims
| Demand gun control, causing Al Gore to lose West Virginia and Tennessee in 2000 presidential election
|
| 1997
| Michael Carneal
| Heath public high school (KY)
| 3
| 5
| Murdered girls as they prayed in a prayer group
| Under-publicized due to anti-Christian nature
|
