School shooters have begun to be charged as terrorists, but
should they be? What is ISIS doing to incite kids to attack?
These questions – and more – will be answered. But, first, we
take a look at the rise in wannabe school shooters – copycats
of Ethan Crumbley – who recently shot up Oxford High School
in Michigan, and became the first to be charged with terrorism.
Since his infamous attack, there have been threats of varying
severity towards several other schools in Michigan, as well as
in Pennsylvania and Tennessee. Fortunately, these students
were arrested – and charged with terrorism – before they
could actually do harm.

Their individual stories are chilling: a 17-year-old girl who
rapped about shooting up a school “like Oxford,” two 12-year
-old girls who threatened two schools, a boy who’d already
been expelled but returned to case the school for a future
shooting, with his friend, who’d stockpiled weapons, and more.
These students’ sole purpose was to disrupt classes, create
fear and cause school closures.

Next, we explore why school shootings happen, what the
elements are that go into the making of a school shooter –
including what they are spending time on online. And here’s
where TikTok comes in. ISIS is using TikTok to recruit young
suicide bombers to carry out Christmas attacks. What do
ISIS and Radical Islamist terrorism have to do with school
shooters who have been labeled as terrorists? We delve
into this and the potential danger of calling everyone a
‘terrorist’ just because they create terror – even if they don’t
have a socio-political motive.