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> Mass shooters don't hide their intentions So what was the Vegas mass shooting about then? That guy was basically a totally private individual (I think there'

> Mass shooters don't hide their intentions So what was the Vegas mass shooting about then? That guy was basically a totally private individual (I think there's only like 4 publicized photos of him) and his motive was apparently a total mystery to this day. PS: From a rights perspective, Red Flag legislation definitely feels like it can be abused. To give an example that most people are probably familiar with: think of the Department of Pre-Crime from the movie Minority Report. This is basically what we're doing with Red Flag legislation: taking somebody's rights because we suspect they might commit a crime. I can easily see how it can be abused. Presumption of innocence before guilt and the right to due process by a jury of peers is not something that should be casually given up.

Bostonian 4y ago
Yes. The full title and subtitle, which I needed to shorten to post, are Red Flag Laws Are As Good as the Data: School shooters only hide their intentions from those who aren’t looking. The author says this: "A disciplined, hardened terrorist, or an odd fish like the Las Vegas mass-murderer Stephen Paddock, might not otherwise betray his murderous intentions, but the typical gun-fetishizing, mass shooter-admiring obsessive copycat will. This has been made clear in excruciating episode after excruciating episode. As the Texas atrocity showed again, killers of this ilk advertise their inclinations online and offline. They advertise their acquisition of weapons. They give voice to threats because making threats meets the same psychological need that acting on those threats does."