THE GERMAN SCHOOL SHOOTING is shocking some people — don’t they have gun control over there? — but in fact such massacres happen all over the world. And in fact, they seem to be on the upswing abroad more than in the United States.

UPDATE: The death toll in the German shooting appears to be the largest in any school shooting so far. Columbine was “only” 13 (CNN just said 12, but I think they’re forgetting the teacher).