(08-05-2019, 10:18 PM)MalabarJag Wrote:

(08-05-2019, 09:19 PM)The Drifter Wrote: Typical mass shooter a white male? Think again

The attacks in El Paso, Texas, and Dayton, Ohio, over the weekend that have taken at least 31 lives have put a spotlight on the problem of young, isolated white men carrying out mass shootings.

Read more at https://www.wnd.com/2019/08/typical-mass...bUZcFTt.99

This is spin.

Defining a "mass shooting" as 4 or more victims includes a lot of gangland (drug war) shootings. They are not in the same ballpark as someone going into a public place and killing as many random people as possible.

There are a number of different "reasons" that mass shootings exist, but one thread connects them: the killer is a loser in life who wants to go out in a blaze of glory. The best way to stop this is to eliminate any publicity. Don't name the shooter but give them a degrading new name. My personal choice would not pass the filter here. Of course the press would have to cooperate, so good luck with that.

I agree with your diagnosis but I don't think we could ever stop people from saying their names, and even if we could it wouldn't help.  These perps' minds are long past any ability to distinguish between positive and negative attention.  

The rapid fire, easily aimed gun is what takes this mental pattern from "maybe I'll take one or two people out with me" to "I'll make the national news.". It's what makes going out this way so much more attractive than it would be otherwise.

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