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In 1999, I was a School Resource Officer. Personally, like the rest of Americans, I was horrified by the tragic event of the Columbine school shooting. Professionally, that event made it painfully clear that law enforcement officers posted in public schools needed to be trained how to better respond to, and hopefully prevent, incidents like this. I was privileged to attend a course taught by Lt. Col. (Retired) Dave Grossman. Much of what he taught came from his book, "On Killing". I bought a copy of it that day and was impressed by his approach and perspective of the very unpleasant subject of the killing of another human being. Even though it reads like a dissertation (because it is one), there is much to learn from Grossman's research on the subject. A surprisingly interesting and insightful read.