Sons Of Anarchy: 20 Most WTF Moments
12. The School Shooting
One recurring theme in Sons Of Anarchy is how the MC that rule over Charming in a supposedly benevolent capacity actually inspires much of the violence and mayhem in the town. Their negative influence worms its way into everything – including the mind, and later arsenal, of a troubled Catholic school kid.
The toxic effect of SAMCRO on their town comes just as Jax is agitating for the gang to get out of the gunrunning business. The need to get out of the arms trade is really hit home when one of their IRA-gotten machine guns winds up in the hands of a school kid, who pens a missive in his diary and then murders his teachers and fellow students.
The sixth episode première “Straw” is unique amongst Sons Of Anarchy episodes in that it doesn't actually show the massacre happen on screen. Instead the camera stays outside, relying on some chilling sound effects to get the violence across. At that point, viewers were used to bikers doing bad things to each other; not so much kids.