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Here's my reasoning for believing that Russ had a gun on the campus, and that it's not idle highschool rumour.
Russ himself acknowledges that he spent two weeks in prison following his actions. Given that he admits to two weeks, the reality is that it might have been considerably longer. Since he is (a) well-aware of the gun rumour and has not directly addressed it, nor (b) been capable of giving a specific, unambiguous and consistent account of the incident, having previously claimed to have written some harmless misinterpreted joke under the influence of painkillers following dental surgery and (c) in light of the fact that he never again was permitted to set foot on the school property (he claims that he had sufficient credits to graduate without having to return, which is convenient and doubtful), and (d) that I cannot imagine any way that he would have actually been in prison for two weeks or indeed any time at all for what he actually claims to have done, I am left with no alternative but to believe that he either made very specific threats, and/or that he made threats or comments of a vaguer nature that were concerning in light of the fact that he was also found to be armed on the premises.
I also see no reason to give Russell the benefit of the doubt here. It would have been very easy for Russell to clearly defend himself earlier in respect of these allegations if they were in fact untrue. Furthermore, to deny that Russell had any intentions of murder would be, to some extent, to defend Russell against the very evidence that he provided against himself in his bathroom grafitti. I see no reason to white knight for him in such a way, and I believe that, until I am presented with strong evidence to the contrary, I am fully justified in assuming that he did in fact attend the premises to do precisely what he said he wanted to do -- i.e. kill his classmates.
The only problem I have with the "Russ had a gun" theory is that a crime of that magnitude would be fairly hard to cover up. It's hard too imagine that post-Columbine a student with a gun and kill list wouldn't have ended up with some sort of news coverage. That doesn't seem like something the administration or authorities could just sweep under the rug. Even without naming the culprit directly, there should be some news accounts if such an incident occurred, but I've yet to see any. I'm not saying there's no proof out there, I just haven't seen it yet.
When is the gun incident supposed to have happened?
Here's my reasoning for believing that Russ had a gun on the campus, and that it's not idle highschool rumour.
Russ himself acknowledges that he spent two weeks in prison following his actions. Given that he admits to two weeks, the reality is that it might have been considerably longer. Since he is (a) well-aware of the gun rumour and has not directly addressed it, nor (b) been capable of giving a specific, unambiguous and consistent account of the incident, having previously claimed to have written some harmless misinterpreted joke under the influence of painkillers following dental surgery and (c) in light of the fact that he never again was permitted to set foot on the school property (he claims that he had sufficient credits to graduate without having to return, which is convenient and doubtful), and (d) that I cannot imagine any way that he would have actually been in prison for two weeks or indeed any time at all for what he actually claims to have done, I am left with no alternative but to believe that he either made very specific threats, and/or that he made threats or comments of a vaguer nature that were concerning in light of the fact that he was also found to be armed on the premises.
I also see no reason to give Russell the benefit of the doubt here. It would have been very easy for Russell to clearly defend himself earlier in respect of these allegations if they were in fact untrue. Furthermore, to deny that Russell had any intentions of murder would be, to some extent, to defend Russell against the very evidence that he provided against himself in his bathroom grafitti. I see no reason to white knight for him in such a way, and I believe that, until I am presented with strong evidence to the contrary, I am fully justified in assuming that he did in fact attend the premises to do precisely what he said he wanted to do -- i.e. kill his classmates.
The only problem I have with the "Russ had a gun" theory is that a crime of that magnitude would be fairly hard to cover up. It's hard too imagine that post-Columbine a student with a gun and kill list wouldn't have ended up with some sort of news coverage. That doesn't seem like something the administration or authorities could just sweep under the rug. Even without naming the culprit directly, there should be some news accounts if such an incident occurred, but I've yet to see any. I'm not saying there's no proof out there, I just haven't seen it yet.
When is the gun incident supposed to have happened?
December 3rd, 2009, according to Russ' book, which we know is 100% accurate.
As an unrelated note, it looks like he has too much product in his hair. As though he lathers in mouse in an attempt to create a curl from wavy hair. His hair doesn’t move as though it’s cemented. Too much oil typically won’t create the cemented look but too much mouse or hair spray will.
Isn’t he 18 in December 2009?
That makes sense. The way heAs an unrelated note, it looks like he has too much product in his hair. As though he lathers in mouse in an attempt to create a curl from wavy hair. His hair doesn’t move as though it’s cemented. Too much oil typically won’t create the cemented look but too much mouse or hair spray will.
Jesus Christ that’s the stuff of fucking nightmares lol