03-20-2018, 05:41 PM
Modern media coverage means that anybody anywhere can become famous for better or worse as long as they do something dramatic enough. It also shows people who may have impulses or ideas rare enough that they would not normally be able to share them with anyone in their normal circle of contacts that there are indeed others like them. In the case of wanting to shoot up a school, that's unfortunate. I do think that the availability of firepower makes the problem worse and I support reasonable gun control. I don't see why people accept speed limits but still feel that any limit on guns is unbearable. Nevertheless I think the main thing behind mass shootings of today is the lure of the notoriety to be had.