When Mr. Kent spent days and days discussing the shooting at Columbine when I was in 8th grade, I realized how despicable school shootings can be. In November, I was honored to meet a young man who was a senior at Columbine when the shooting happened. I live in Arlington, VA, less than an hour away from the site of the worst mass slaughter at a university in US history, Virginia Tech. This morning, I see my own precious Fresno State on national television, not for its stellar football team, but for its own campus shooting. It is unbelievable, and horrific, and sad, and scary.