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! Name(s)

! Name(s)

! Education

! Education

! Number Killed

! Killed

! Additional Wounded

! Wounded

! beliefs

! Beliefs

! [[Liberal]] response

! [[Liberal]] response

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| 8 + himself

| 8 + himself

| 5

| 5

| targeted [[Christmas]] shoppers; wore black; "I can't take this meaningless existence anymore"<ref>[http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/nation/bal-te.omaha08dec08,0,6053469.story Baltimore Sun]</ref> 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. <ref>[http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,318506,00.html Mall Gunman Admitted He was Satanic, Attempted Suicide], [[Associated Press]], [[Fox News Channel]], December 27, 2007</ref>

| Targeted [[Christmas]] shoppers; wore black; "I can't take this meaningless existence anymore"<ref>[http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/nation/bal-te.omaha08dec08,0,6053469.story Baltimore Sun]</ref> 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. <ref>[http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,318506,00.html Mall Gunman Admitted He was Satanic, Attempted Suicide], [[Associated Press]], [[Fox News Channel]], December 27, 2007</ref>

| avoid suggesting [[gun control]] lest [[Democrats]] lose [[West Virginia]] and [[Wisconsin]] in [[2008 presidential election]]

| avoid suggesting [[gun control]] lest [[Democrats]] lose [[West Virginia]] and [[Wisconsin]] in [[2008 presidential election]]

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| 25

| 25

| "Ismail Ax" suggested [[Muslim]] beliefs, felt "Jesus was crucifying me."

| "Ismail Ax" suggested [[Muslim]] beliefs, felt "Jesus was crucifying me."

| poem comparing it to environmental harm<ref>"We are Virginia Tech. ... We do not understand this tragedy. ... Neither does the baby elephant watching his community be devastated for ivory; neither does the Appalachian infant killed in the middle of the night in his crib in the home his father built with his own hands being run over by a boulder because the land was destabilized. ..."[http://americaabroad.tpmcafe.com/blog/oldengoldendecoy/2007/apr/17/nikki_giovanni_we_are_virginia_tech]</ref>

| Poem comparing it to environmental harm<ref>"We are Virginia Tech. ... We do not understand this tragedy. ... Neither does the baby elephant watching his community be devastated for ivory; neither does the Appalachian infant killed in the middle of the night in his crib in the home his father built with his own hands being run over by a boulder because the land was destabilized. ..."[http://americaabroad.tpmcafe.com/blog/oldengoldendecoy/2007/apr/17/nikki_giovanni_we_are_virginia_tech]</ref>

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| 2007

| 2007

| 16 + himself

| 16 + himself

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| wore black entirely, literally from head to toe; stopped only when a teacher pulled off his black mask

| 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

| [[German]] [[gun control]] already strict, demands for limitations on computer games

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| 13 + themselves

| 13 + themselves

| 23

| 23

| [[atheistic]], singled out [[Christian]] victims

| [[Atheistic]], singled out [[Christian]] victims

| demand [[gun control]], causing [[Al Gore]] to lose [[West Virginia]] and [[Tennessee]] in 2000 presidential election

| Demand [[gun control]], causing [[Al Gore]] to lose [[West Virginia]] and [[Tennessee]] in 2000 presidential election

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| 1997

| 1997

| 3

| 3

| 5

| 5

| murdered girls as they prayed in a [[prayer]] group

| Murdered girls as they prayed in a [[prayer]] group

| underpublicized due to anti-[[Christian]] nature

| Under-publicized due to anti-[[Christian]] nature

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