http://seattlest.com/2006/04/24/great_weekend_for_outdoor_activities_shootings.php All comments for Great Weekend For Outdoor Activities, Shootings en-us 2009 seattle_james Tue, 06 Jan 2009 13:30:00 -0800 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss scarequotes@gmail.com scarequotes@gmail.com 60 http://seattlest.com/2006/04/24/great_weekend_for_outdoor_activities_shootings.php#comment-163600 http://seattlest.com/2006/04/24/great_weekend_for_outdoor_activities_shootings.php#comment-163600 Comments Mon, 24 Apr 2006 14:16:58 -0800 <p>Malcolm Gladwell covered a little bit of this phenonmenon in The Tipping Point--e.g. how after a publicly visible suicide, there is a spate of suicides in the same area soon thereafter, far above the normal rate. Following the Cap Hill shooting, I wouldn't be suprised if this falls in the same category. People who've been on the brink of shooting someone themselves are (perhaps unbeknownst to them), subtly given that final "shove" by hearing about another shooting.</p> http://seattlest.com/2006/04/24/great_weekend_for_outdoor_activities_shootings.php#comment-163599 http://seattlest.com/2006/04/24/great_weekend_for_outdoor_activities_shootings.php#comment-163599 Comments Mon, 24 Apr 2006 13:09:12 -0800 <p>Maybe medical advances have made shootings less fatal than they were a decade ago?</p>