It’s not that often that we have the chance to report on some legitimately good news these days, but since the opportunity presented itself this week we might as well take advantage of it. This is the story of yet another mass school shooting, but it’s one that didn’t wind up happening. The plot was unfolding in Montgomery County, Maryland, and in what seems to be part of a disturbing trend, the aspiring shooter is transgender. An 18-year-old high school girl named Andrea Ye went by the name of “Alex” and described herself as a male. Like others before her, she had written a massive manifesto detailing her dreams of “setting a record” for the most kills, preferably in an elementary school. The parallels to the Covenant School attack in Tennessee are too obvious to ignore, but she was detected and taken into custody before the plan could be put into effect. (National Review)
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