HIGHLANDS RANCH an inflection point on school shootings?

Possibly. Three things of note happened. First, the students refused to be victims; they rushed the shooters. Second, the students refused to play their 'proper role' in the politization of the tragedy; they walked out of the 'memorial' service.

And third, mostly unremarked, the media has since dumped coverage down the memory hole.

Stolen from Instapundit, who uses it frequently.