Quote Originally Posted by 10x View Post
Some studies have shown that these shootings occur when the media hype from the last one fades. The shooters are looking for recognition in the various news media. I wish the media would quit publishing their names. I also wish these people would get mental health help before they lash out and innocents are hurt.
Very true, and perhaps under-appreciated as it applies to mass shootings. Suicide clustering is a well-documented phenomenon, particularly among teens. I've started to wonder if many of these school mass shooters are a subset of the same group at risk of suicide in the first place; young people who are unable to cope with external factors and challenges, and looking to 'solutions' based on application of under-developed judgment and decision making in response to social and cultural inputs. Whatever one thinks of armed guards or teachers, where are the calls to put more mental or behavioral health counselors in schools?