Comments by "voteZDLR" (@voteZDLR) on "Theo Von Clips"
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I think it's more of a cultural phenomenon at this point than anything else. People have lived with a lack of socialization, or with poor socialization or positive relationships, forever. They've even lived under those same conditions with an over-abundance of guns within society as well for longer than we've had this problem as well, so it's hardly something to do with the number of guns (although that certainly doesn't help). The thing I think that fuels all of it is the media. A lot of people think Columbine was the first school shooting; it wasn't. It certainly seemed to get the ball rolling though. The news though really sensationalized this as a phenomenon, even if accidentally, and it has become more and more of a common thing since then.
I think a lot of these mass shooters on a conscious or subconscious level are just seeking attention. Sure, they're probably depressed and they're absolutely insane, but think about it -- more people are likely to remember the name of the shooter than any of their victims. The victims don't get a Wikipedia page devoted entirely to them, but the shooters do. This is one reason I am all in favor of not naming the shooter or showing their face on the news, and ideally giving as little coverage to them as possible so it at least takes the fame/infamy factor out of it. Of course, the news secretly loves it when these things happen because as the old saying goes, "If it bleeds, it leads". Violence is good for business for them.
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