The last couple of generations are truly scary.

I'm among those generations, and me and my friends turned out OK. Please try not to be so general in your accusations. There were more murders and violent crime per capita in the 60's/70's (when the baby boomers were coming of age) if I'm not mistaken. I think these things get more attention because of the ease/variety with which the images and stories can be delivered to us...200 channels of TV, the Net, phones, everyone has a video camera, etc.

But back to the real topic of discussion...could a simple locked door helped prevent this tragedy? A concealed weapon? Many of the details are sketchy still, but my guess is that no one saw this coming.