Premeditated and Preventable
When it comes to school gunmen (and, yes, they're usually male) what may seem like random acts of madness are usually premeditated.
"The most frequent motive was revenge," the Secret Service concluded in a 2002 study of 37 school shootings. As part of the Safe Schools Initiative it undertook with the Education Department after the 1999 Columbine killings, agents reviewed cases and interviewed 10 school shooters. They found that school assassins send clear warnings and that "[i]nformation about these attackers' intent and planning was potentially knowable before the incident."
None of this suggests that assassins deserve public sympathy or that all mentally ill people are dangerous.… Seguir leyendo »