The shame was that those moronic students engaged in threatening poorly trained Guardsmen, who were equipped with Military assault rifles, the M1 Garand. If they had an ounce of common sense they would not have provoked armed men. It is a good thing that the Guard had not been ordered to fix bayonets and charge. The crowd of students was more than large enough and they carried sign's whose poles were used as clubs. The Guard receives no training in crowd control, they are a military unit trained to attack and defend only.

Calling out the Guard is a last resort thing and is usually done only when Civilian authority is incapable of containing the threat to domestic peace. If you want to call it a tragedy then assign the blame to those who thought it was necessary to employ the Guard. Those who posed the threat to Peace also carry their share of guilt for the massacre. The Constitution recognizes the right to freely assemble and to protest; it does not recognize any right for destruction of property or violence toward others.

The shame was that those moronic students engaged in threatening poorly trained Guardsmen, who were equipped with Military assault rifles, the M1 Garand. If they had an ounce of common sense they would not have provoked armed men. It is a good thing that the Guard had not been ordered to fix bayonets and charge. The crowd of students was more than large enough and they carried sign's whose poles were used as clubs. The Guard receives no training in crowd control, they are a military unit trained to attack and defend only.

Calling out the Guard is a last resort thing and is usually done only when Civilian authority is incapable of containing the threat to domestic peace. If you want to call it a tragedy then assign the blame to those who thought it was necessary to employ the Guard. Those who posed the threat to Peace also carry their share of guilt for the massacre. The Constitution recognizes the right to freely assemble and to protest; it does not recognize any right for destruction of property or violence toward others.

The shame was that those moronic students engaged in threatening poorly trained Guardsmen, who were equipped with Military assault rifles, the M1 Garand. If they had an ounce of common sense they would not have provoked armed men. It is a good thing that the Guard had not been ordered to fix bayonets and charge. The crowd of students was more than large enough and they carried sign's whose poles were used as clubs. The Guard receives no training in crowd control, they are a military unit trained to attack and defend only.

Calling out the Guard is a last resort thing and is usually done only when Civilian authority is incapable of containing the threat to domestic peace. If you want to call it a tragedy then assign the blame to those who thought it was necessary to employ the Guard. Those who posed the threat to Peace also carry their share of guilt for the massacre. The Constitution recognizes the right to freely assemble and to protest; it does not recognize any right for destruction of property or violence toward others.

"The shame was that those moronic students engaged in threatening poorly trained Guardsmen, who were equipped with Military assault rifles, the M1 Garand."

You've GOT to be kidding, yeah that's it, those poor armed guards, who approached the unarmed with bayonets and fired approximately 67 rounds over a period of 13 seconds, those poor babies. Killing two young women, and two young men. Firing randomly not to any one specifically who may have committed a crime.


Jeffrey Glenn Miller; age 20; 265 ft (81 m) shot through the mouth; killed instantly
Allison B. Krause; age 19; 343 ft (105 m) fatal left chest wound; died later that day
William Knox Schroeder; age 19; 382 ft (116 m) fatal chest wound; died almost an hour later in a local hospital while undergoing surgery
Sandra Lee Scheuer; age 20; 390 ft (120 m) fatal neck wound; died a few minutes later from loss of blood

What if they were your children, simply protesting, which is our American right...unarmed. Did they shoot warning shots into the air, did they shoot to wound...no.
That is a fabulous answer. The two lines were no where close to each other. Thank you for your fabulous research efforts. I knew I'd get an a.. kicking answer from you guys.

Randomly Wounded

Joseph Lewis, Jr.; 71 ft (22 m); hit twice in the right abdomen and left lower leg
John R. Cleary; 110 ft (34 m); upper left chest wound
Thomas Mark Grace; 225 ft (69 m); struck in left ankle
Alan Michael Canfora; 225 ft (69 m); hit in his right wrist
Dean R. Kahler; 300 ft (91 m); back wound fracturing the vertebrae, permanently paralyzed from the chest down
Douglas Alan Wrentmore; 329 ft (100 m); hit in his right knee
James Dennis Russell; 375 ft (114 m); hit in his right thigh from a bullet and in the right forehead by birdshot, both wounds minor
Robert Follis Stamps; 495 ft (151 m); hit in his right buttock
Donald Scott MacKenzie; 750 ft (230 m); neck wound