XponentialChaos
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So these mass shooters either have mental health issues, they’re angry, or they’re dealing with a crisis.Please spare me. You've acted like a petulant child throughout this entire thread (T's and P's anyone? Anyone? T's and P's?). There are plenty of posters worth my respect and you at the moment are nowhere near being on that list. The reason you give so little cred to the idea of 'why' is because that is less important to you than using the the bodies of the dead as your own personal soap box. Regarding my personal experience outside one college criminology class, I am neither a chemical engineer nor a geologist, but I know that it takes oil and gasoline to run my vehicle. Similarly, there are psychologists making careers out of studying what drives a person to become a mass shooter, the WHY in other words. Officials on-site could see immediately the HOW, but the WHY is still being sorted out, away from public view - see post #389.
A brief sample;
Peterson: We’re not trying to create excuses or say they shouldn’t be held responsible. This is really about, what is the pathway to violence for these people, where does this come from? Only then can we start building data-driven solutions that work. If we’re unwilling to understand the pathway, we’re never going to solve this.
Two Professors Found What Creates a Mass Shooter. Will Politicians Pay Attention?
Mass shooters overwhelmingly fit a certain profile, say Jillian Peterson and James Densley, which means it’s possible to ID and treat them before they commit violence.www.politico.com
The common thing to say about mass shooters is that they have mental health issues, but that’s often misleading. This has been studied in a variety of ways. A majority of mass shooters are not suffering from a diagnosed mental illness. It’s mostly the circumstances that drive them to do what they do, not an underlying disease.
Opinion | Why Mass Shooters Do the Evil They Do (Published 2022)
The common answer is often wrong.www.nytimes.com
In the last week, more than 30 people have died in three separate mass shootings in Gilroy, El Paso and Dayton, Ohio. We believe that analyzing and understanding data about who commits such massacres can help prevent more lives being lost.
Op-Ed: We have studied every mass shooting since 1966. Here's what we've learned about the shooters
Perpetrators of mass shootings have a lot in common. Understanding that could help prevent future violence.www.latimes.com
Second, practically every mass shooter we studied had reached an identifiable crisis point in the weeks or months leading up to the shooting. They often had become angry and despondent because of a specific grievance. For workplace shooters, a change in job status was frequently the trigger. For shooters in other contexts, relationship rejection or loss often played a role. Such crises were, in many cases, communicated to others through a marked change in behavior, an expression of suicidal thoughts or plans, or specific threats of violence.
Wow, super helpful. So enlightening. Who could have possibly considered that mass shooters would be dealing with personal issues?!
Thank you. Thank you so much.
