I have tried to figure out why these mass school shootings continue to happen. Of course, the individual is not mentally stable, no person in their right mind would do something like that, but there have been mentally unstable people going to school forever. Why so many of these shootings now?
Reading this thread there are many people that have ideas as to why or what we may do to stop it. The OP started the thread by addressing gun laws. It would be nice if it was that easy and all we had to do was ban this or that and the criminals would actually obey that law.
Another person thought it may be because of too much video games and such that are putting ideas in their heads. I'm not sure I can completely agree with that either. When I was a child we used to get toy guns for Christmas and played cops and robbers shooting each other. All the shows we watched showed people getting shot or stabbed. We knew it wasn't real.
One person had a pretty good idea about metal detectors but the only problem with that is if there is no one there to stop them it wouldn't matter. The shooter could have pulled the gun out ten feet before he went through the door. If there is no one there to stop him he's coming in.
Someone brought up bullying. Although this is a problem in schools, when hasn't it been, it's still not a reason to kill a bunch of people. What was it that the kid in Florida said was his problem? Oh yeah, his girlfriend broke up with him. None of it makes any sense. I would be willing to bet that 95% or more people reading this have been bullied at some point or another and who hasn't had a break up with a girlfriend.
So what's the cause? This has been touched on by a couple of people but I believe that the main reason that school shootings continue to happen is because of the media. Getting back to what I said to start with...the person that does this has got to be mentally disturbed. I believe that seeing these kids picture and giving their names and telling their sad little stories is what is causing this to continue. In their sick minds, they see these shooters as some kind of heroes or something, championing their cause if you will. They want to be like them (famous). If they would quit showing their face and giving their names this would eventually stop. Even a sick minded person would have to know they are giving their life up as well.
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