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Sorry, no. This is just plain wrong: "The reason school shootings happen is not because of poor gun regulation, or poor access to good mental health care. That

Sorry, no. This is just plain wrong: "The reason school shootings happen is not because of poor gun regulation, or poor access to good mental health care. That’s crazy." Also wrong: "There is a 52-page profile of school shooters written by the FBI. That profile should be one sentence: “School shooters hate school.”" And then the simplistic and wrong conclusion: "No, school shooters pick schools. So this should be an easy problem to fix." The reason why the FBI has a 52-page profile of school shooters is because it's a complicated subject. As a general rule, whenever someone offers an easy solution to a problem that has plagued society for a long time, do not trust them. And if you are the one who came up with that solution, consider that you've missed some important facts and probably shouldn't be armchair diagnosing.

scantis 4y ago
But what if it really was simple? Just having smaller classes, a better school lunch and a better outlook for the future could potentially half school shooting per decade? Which would be huge and is maybe measurable. School shootings are extremely rare. While also benefiting the million students in despair, who share many significant traits with the FBI standard issued 52 page school shooter, that aren't violent? For every shooter there are a million mistreated students, who choose to suffer in silence. So it will take a lot of effort to reduce the amount of very fringe outsiders, who can commit the willpower to kill their own peers, but somehow lack something to use this willpower to improve their own situation in a positive way. I like your general rule and there is actually no simple fix. But there are simple things you can do, that improve a situation a lot. Making schools less hateable isn't a bad idea and probably easier to achieve, then getting rid of all available weapons and everyone on happy pills.

scantis 4y ago

But what if it really was simple? Just having smaller classes, a better school lunch and a better outlook for the future could potentially half school shooting per decade? Which would be huge and is maybe measurable. School shootings are extremely rare. While also benefiting the million students in despair, who share many significant traits with the FBI standard issued 52 page school shooter, that aren't violent? For every shooter there are a million mistreated students, who choose to suffer in silence. So it will take a lot of effort to reduce the amount of very fringe outsiders, who can commit the willpower to kill their own peers, but somehow lack something to use this willpower to improve their own situation in a positive way. I like your general rule and there is actually no simple fix. But there are simple things you can do, that improve a situation a lot. Making schools less hateable isn't a bad idea and probably easier to achieve, then getting rid of all available weapons and everyone on happy pills.