Student Remembers Fellow Arapahoe High School Student/Shooter: 'Very Proud Of Being A Socialist'

by JASmius

I know, a real shocker right?

The gunman responsible for Friday's shooting at Arapahoe High School in Colorado is being described as a "socialist" by his fellow students.  "He was friendly enough. Very proud of being a socialist. He was very outspoken on his political views," student Angie Mock said. "To him, it just meant economic -- more economic equality."

Also, take note that major newspapers edited this information out, see Gateway Pundit, as well as Breitbart ~ for instance.

Gateway Pundit: Denver Post Edits "Socialist" Out of Description of Arapahoe School Shooter
http://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2013/...
Breitbart: Arapahoe High Gunman: Republicans Are the Party of 'Let 'em Die'
http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Journali...
News.com.au: Colorado school gunman 'very opinionated Socialist'
http://www.news.com.au/world/two-stud...
Wall Street Journal: Alleged Colorado Shooter Apparently Targeted School Librarian
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001...
Real Clear Politics: Student On Arapahoe School Shooter: "Very Proud Of Being A Socialist"
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/vide...

UPDATE: Here's another useful detail of this story:

The rampage might have resulted in many more casualties had it not been for the quick response of a deputy sheriff who was working as a school resource officer at the school, Robinson said.

Once he learned of the threat, he ran — accompanied by an unarmed school security officer and two administrators — from the cafeteria to the library, Robinson said. “It’s a fairly long hallway, but the deputy sheriff got there very quickly.”

The deputy was yelling for people to get down and identified himself as a county deputy sheriff, Robinson said. “We know for a fact that the shooter knew that the deputy was in the immediate area and, while the deputy was containing the shooter, the shooter took his own life.”

He praised the deputy’s response as “a critical element to the shooter’s decision” to kill himself, and lauded his response to hearing gunshots. “He went to the thunder,” he said. “He heard the noise of gunshot and, when many would run away from it, he ran toward it to make other people safe.”

Or, to condense the afore-quote, Arapahoe High School was not a "gun-free zone".  And because of that, only one person was maimed and no victim was killed.

There's a lesson in that, for any who wish to learn it.