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\"Brenda
This feisty-looking young lady pioneered the modern scourge of school shootings.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

When I was growing up kids brought guns to school all the time. We typically left them in gun racks in the back windows of our pickup trucks or in car trunks in anticipation of after-school hunting trips. Our driver\u2019s ed teacher was a compulsive hunter. His name was Coach Smith. When out of earshot we called him Poach Smith. He famously kept a shotgun and a garbage bag in the trunk of the driver\u2019s ed car in case he came across something that needed shooting. He once returned after an outing around the county with both his students and a fresh wild turkey.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Brenda
At least in the Deep South there was a time when guns in school were more background clutter than evidence of the coming apocalypse.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

I recall one kid bringing a 1911 pistol to show off to his pals. Somebody saw it in his locker and alerted the headmaster, himself a Naval officer who had served in the Pacific during World War 2. The headmaster confiscated the gun and put it in his desk drawer, directing the kid to pick it up after school and not to bring it back again. He didn\u2019t even call the boy\u2019s parents. That\u2019s because at that time in that place it would have been literally unimaginable to shoot up a school. That all changed on January 29, 1979.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Gender Issues<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
\"Brenda
Life just seems more complicated today than was previously the case. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Figuring out whether you were a boy or a girl used to seem a fairly straightforward chore. Nowadays things are a bit more opaque. However, there yet remain some fundamental differences that are empirically demonstrable between men and women. In addition to the capacity to carry a child to term, one of the two genders is just a bit more innately rotten than the other. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Brenda
The overwhelming majority of the prison inmates in America are male.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Testosterone is the most potent poison known to man. 93.3% of the incarcerated population in America is genotypically male. Were we being completely honest the quickest way to restore peace and harmony to the species would be to just lock up all the guys. Believe it or not, there are some radical feminists who have suggested just that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Brenda
School shootings are tragically commonplace today. However, they arose from some surprising places.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Despite this gross gender imbalance among the world\u2019s criminals, when it came time for Satan to kick off the ghastly phenomenon that is the modern school spree shooting it was a woman who first squeezed the trigger. In 16-year-old Brenda Spencer, we find the genesis monster.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Origins<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
\"Brenda
Brenda Spencer grew up in this nondescript home across the street from the local elementary school.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Like most true psychopaths Brenda\u2019s origin story is sordid and broken. Born in 1962 in San Diego, California, and raised across the street from the Grover Cleveland Elementary School, by her sixteenth birthday Brenda stood all of 5\u20192\u201d and sported bright red hair. Her parents were separated, and she lived in squalor with her alcoholic father, Wallace Spencer. It was so bad that the two of them slept on a common mattress in the living room surrounded by empty beer and liquor bottles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Brenda
The combination of a wretched upbringing, some sub-optimal raw material, and a childhood injury transformed this cute little kid into a certifiable monster.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

As a child Brenda took a tumble on her bicycle and suffered a head injury. Though she recovered physically she was never quite right after that. Head scans later revealed permanent damage to one of her temporal lobes that likely contributed to the aberrant behavior that was to follow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Brenda
Brenda Spencer’s life just seemed cursed.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Spencer was a predictably poor student with truancy issues, but she had a talent for photography. She took first prize in a local Humane Society photography contest. However, her teachers reported that she fell asleep regularly in class.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Brenda
With the crystal clarity of hindsight Brenda Spencer was obviously broken from a very young age.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

While growing up Brenda demonstrated an inexplicable hatred of policemen. She also wandered the neighborhood killing birds with a BB gun. At age fifteen she was arrested for shooting out the windows in the school with her air rifle as well as burglary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Brenda
In the hands of a psychopath even a plinking rifle like this Ruger .22 can be fearsome deadly.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Her probation officer recommended that she be hospitalized for depression, but her rocket scientist dad refused to give permission. At Christmas of that year, he gave Brenda a Ruger 10\/22 semiautomatic .22 rifle, a riflescope, and a 500-round brick of ammunition. Brenda later said of the gift, \u201cI asked for a radio and he bought me a gun\u2026I felt like he wanted me to kill myself.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Shooting<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
\"Brenda
This is the view of the Grover Cleveland Elementary School from Brenda’s house across the street.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

On Monday morning, January 29, 1979, a herd of children had gathered outside the gates of the elementary school. As 53-year-old Principal Burton Wragg walked out to open up the facility Brenda opened fire with her 10\/22. As one might expect, unfettered chaos ensued.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Brenda
Principal Burton Wragg gave his life saving the kids in his charge.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"Brenda
Mike Suchar, the school custodian, was a former Seabee and a WW2 veteran. He also died saving children during Brenda Spencer’s murderous rampage.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Spencer shot and wounded eight elementary school kids. Principal Wragg rushed into the line of fire to drag children to safety and was shot down as well. The school custodian, a 56-year-old Navy veteran named Mike Suchar, also ran to the sounds of battle. He was gunned down, too. Though all eight of the children ultimately recovered, Wragg and Suchar were killed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Brenda
A quick-thinking police officer commandeered a garbage truck and used it as cover to evacuate wounded children.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Brenda shot the first police officer to respond in the neck with her rifle. By this point, she had fired a sum total of thirty rounds. The police parked a garbage truck in the road to shield the school and evacuated the injured children to safety. Spencer spent the next several hours barricaded in her house talking to police negotiators.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Brenda
People kill for myriad reasons. Brenda Spencer just wasn’t wired correctly.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

A reporter from the San Diego Union-Tribune<\/em> dialed random numbers in the neighborhood until he got Spencer on the phone. When queried concerning her motivations she said, \u201cI don\u2019t like Mondays. This livens up the day.\u201d She informed him that she had chosen the kids across the street because they made easy targets. She actually said, \u201cIt was a lot of fun seeing children shot.\u201d She also explained that it was her intent to leave the house guns a’blazing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Brenda
Despite professional negotiators, police vehicles, and SWAT teams, it was a little BK that finally lured Spencer out of her home.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Eventually, Brenda grew peckish. She ultimately left the house peacefully in exchange for a meal from Burger King. Police subsequently described the home as littered with beer and whiskey bottles. However, Spencer\u2019s drug and alcohol tests were all negative.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Gun<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
\"Brenda
The Ruger 10\/22 is a ubiquitous American hunting and recreational rifle.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

First introduced in 1964, the Ruger 10\/22 is likely the most successful .22 rifle ever devised. As of 2015, there had been more than seven million copies sold. Aftermarket parts and accessories are so prolific that you can actually build a Ruger 10\/22 nowadays that doesn\u2019t include a single Ruger part. The number of young shooters whose first taste of a trigger was that of a 10\/22 defies counting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Brenda
Nowadays the Ruger 10\/22 comes with a wide variety of options.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The standard Ruger 10\/22 features a blued finish and walnut stock, though there are plenty of factory options available. The 10\/22 has been offered in .22LR, .17HMR, and .22 Win Mag variants. However, the .17HMR and .22 Win Mag versions were only available for a couple of years. The standard .22LR rifle feeds from a flush-mounted 10-round helical-feed magazine, though aftermarket magazines and drums carry fifty rounds or more. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Brenda
The 10\/22 comes from the factory with a proper scope mount.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The standard 10\/22 rifle comes with quality iron sights. The rear sight folds flat when not needed. Every 10\/22 rifle is tapped for a scope mount that comes with the gun.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Brenda
The Ruger 10\/22 can be transformed into a decent facsimile of the wartime German MG42 machine-gun.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"Brenda
At their hearts these are both just standard 10\/22 rifles.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"Brenda
The Archangel Nomad kit turns the humble Ruger 10\/22 into something much snazzier.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Aftermarket dress-up kits span the spectrum. The modular nature of the design lends itself to creativity. The basic chassis has been adapted to emulate a crank-powered, tripod-mounted Gatling gun, a miniaturized MG42 machinegun, and even an M1 Garand. The Archangel Nomad kit is a drop-in polymer chassis that makes the 10\/22 into a proper facsimile of an HK G36 assault rifle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Brenda
In addition to being much more versatile, today’s Ruger 10\/22 is actually cheaper than it was when introduced.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

When introduced in 1964 the 10\/22 sold for $54.50. That\u2019s about $465 in today\u2019s money. The MSRP for the base model 10\/22 today is $309. In addition to being reliable, accurate, and customizable, the 10\/22 was also designed from the outset for ease of manufacture. The receiver is an investment casting, while many of the components are polymer. This helps keep the gun affordable. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Rest of the Story<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
\"Brenda
Brenda Spencer pled guilty to the charges against her.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Spencer pled guilty to two counts of 1st-degree murder and assault with a deadly weapon. She was sentenced to 25 years to life on the day after her 18th<\/sup> birthday. She has thus far been before a parole board four times and has been denied each time. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Brenda
Brenda alleged extreme abuse at the hands of her alcoholic father, though he vehemently denied this.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Brenda alleged that her father Wallace both beat and sexually abused her. He bizarrely married Brenda\u2019s 17-year-old prison cellmate after her release, and they had a daughter together. The young woman eventually left him, but he lived in the same house across the street from the school until his death in 2016. The Grover Cleveland Elementary School was demolished in 2018.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Brenda
Apparently inmates at the California Institute for Women eat fairly well. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

In 2005 Brenda\u2019s prison girlfriend was released and she was reported for an incident of self-harm. The report stated that she had clawed the words \u201cPride\u201d and \u201cCourage\u201d into her flesh. When challenged she claimed the words were actually \u201cUnforgiven\u201d and \u201cAlone.\u201d She is currently 59 years old and resides at the California Institution for Women in Chino. She has been formally inducted into the \u201cGolden Girls Club,\u201d an organization of female inmates aged older than 55.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Brenda
Bob Geldolf of the Boomtown Rats immortalized Brenda Spencer’s crime in a song just months after the shooting.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Bob Geldof, lead singer for the rock group the Boomtown Rats,<\/em> read about the incident and wrote a song titled I Don\u2019t Like Mondays<\/em> that was released in July of 1979. The song was number 1 for four weeks in the UK, though it did not break the top 40 in the US. The Spencer family made a concerted effort to keep the song off the air on this side of the pond, but it received fairly extensive airplay regardless.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Brenda
Bob Geldof helped give Brenda Spencer the attention she had craved for so long.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Geldof later said, “[Spencer] wrote to me saying ‘she was glad she’d done it because I’d made her famous,’ which is not a good thing to live with.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Brenda
On some level, one might hope that Brenda Spencer feels some responsibility for kicking off the sordid phenomenon of the modern school shooting. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWith every school shooting, I feel I\u2019m partially responsible. What if they got the idea from what I did?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

–Brenda Spencer<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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