>I've received half a dozen emails about 'how to talk to kids' about violence, how to handle grief, etc. etc, but nothing about prevention of any kind. It seems

>I've received half a dozen emails about 'how to talk to kids' about violence, how to handle grief, etc. etc, but nothing about prevention of any kind. It seems that politically, in the US, nothing will happen. A good government can see when intentions have unintuitively gone wrong. Then decide to fix the problem even if it against your political ideology. That's what good politicians do. Unfortunately good politicians are practically non-existent. >There was a short thread about fortification of schools. This is and does cause counter-intuitive consequences to society that are quite destructive. Often does result in less shootings and knifing but often results in destruction of the community. Obvious why... treating children like they are prisoners is not a good idea. The bigger discussion is why it seems all the solutions that have been tried are either counter productive and making the situation worse or at best not helping the situation. At what point do you see the pattern of failures in solving this problem for decades and decide that hanlon's razor is no longer the reality? That is indeed malice and not stupid politicians? I feel like we are there. The politicians are actively doing this intentionally with malice. Ready to talk about eliminating 'zero tolerance' in school and actively encouraging the opposite in a safe way. I believe the US Navy has a tradition of boxing?