there are very few examples of these shooters who have stayed alive after their rampage, for the express purpose of telling their stories to the media. anders breivik is the only one in recent memory, because he had a clear agenda he thought he was fulfilling and he relished the media attention to his manifesto. everyone else have just been people who snapped and had a gun (or two or more) at hand to allow themselves to have such a deadly legacy.
By your logic the so-called 27 Club would not exist. Doing what they do as they do it ensures lasting infamy but (they believe/hope) spares them lasting consequences.
the "so-called 27 Club" is a media invention drawing a correlation between unrelated people. it's not like musicians are *trying* to get into this club after all. but i'd wager in every single one of these mass shootings with the exception of breivik and seung-hui cho, they did not go into it hoping for media celebrity.
"The RIAA has shown a certain disregard for the creative people of the industry in their eagerness to protect the revenues of the record companies." -- Frank Zappa
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"That's the trouble with political jokes in this country... they get elected!" -- Dave Lippman
20 children killed in latest US school shooting 
- 15/12/2012 12:35:42 AM
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- 15/12/2012 12:35:42 AM
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i know 2 people with kids there, one of them has lost their 5 year old. this is too close to home
- 15/12/2012 12:39:26 AM
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I lived 20 mins from there. I'm shocked. I'm even heading back there in 4 days....
- 15/12/2012 02:08:28 PM
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Maybe when we stop making media celebrities out of these murderers..
- 16/12/2012 05:36:19 PM
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Nope, won't happen.
- 16/12/2012 06:37:11 PM
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For each of those 30 years sociologists have warned of the growing danger of growing alienation.
- 16/12/2012 10:05:28 PM
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I don't know what you mean, though.
- 17/12/2012 05:53:44 PM
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I dunno, your response suggests you figured it out pretty quickly.
- 18/12/2012 05:08:12 PM
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Short form: The common phrases "suicide by cop" and "going postal" did not exist a generation ago.
- 18/12/2012 09:14:51 PM
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if they were after fame, they would probably all have tried to stay alive after killing everyone
- 16/12/2012 10:01:50 PM
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One need not be living to be famous.
- 16/12/2012 10:08:12 PM
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actually, i'm pretty sure you're wrong on this
- 17/12/2012 05:38:07 PM
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"Live fast, die young and leave a good-looking corpse," "it's better to burn out than fade away" etc
- 18/12/2012 03:25:23 PM
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what do your examples all have in common?
- 18/12/2012 08:42:59 PM
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I frequently confuse that detail of Hinckleys shooting with Chapmans, sorry.
- 18/12/2012 08:59:25 PM
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Chapman wasn't a mass murderer, though. Neither was Hinckley.
- 20/12/2012 05:15:23 AM
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True, but it does demonstrate how easily and frequently notoriety motivates shootings.
- 26/12/2012 07:22:37 PM
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