Should school shootings be considered self defense?

If a school covers up a vicious beating you received from the jocks its obvious that they have little to no concern for your safety and the popular kids aren't helping you out either.Many school shooters said the people they shot were out to get them.If you have reason to believe that someone is out to get you and you know that no one is going to stop him shouldn't that give you the right to get them before they get you?

Because your question is a combination of vague, hypothetical, and possible references actual shootings, it is really hard to answer.

Many shootings -- the ones that don't generally make the news -- are self defense, but they usually take place when the threat is immanent. However, let us take a hypothetical scenario. Suppose you know that your neighbor is planning to kill you. He has told you so. You've reported it to the authorities, but no one believes you and no one is doing anything about it. Should you wait until your neighbor actually attempts to kill you?

If you do so, you'll probably end up dead.

No, if you are certain that someone intends you harm or death, then it is ethically justified to take action to prevent your harm -- yes, pre-emptive action. Now, this doesn't mean that "the law" will agree with or support you.

So, yes, a particular school shooting might be self defense if, for example, it was someone who was routinely beaten by a specific person and, having exhausted other means, he chose to shoot his attacker rather than suffer further beatings. However, this is vastly different from the widely publicized school shootings where people simply picked out people they didn't like and killed them for little or no reason.

It is worth noting, though, that people who claim others are "out to get them" are often psychologically disordered. Thinking that someone is out to get you doesn't justify killing them.

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Is there a poket weapon I can make for self defense cuz some kids keep tryin to jump me?

Any ideas?

Figure out how to throw up on them, you might get beat even worse but it would really be funny.

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