The most depressing part of last weekend’s mass shooting in Santa Barbara, California, other than the six dead and 13 wounded, of course, is the bigger implication. When Marc Lepine killed 14 women at the École Polytechnique in Montreal in 1989, his calculated separation of the sexes before beginning the massacre of the women - all complete strangers to him - was its most chilling aspect, and the reason why it stands out as a uniquely tragic event.
