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First of all...we need stop treating teens as children...once they are capable of reproducing they should be given rights and responsibility and accountability as adults. Second..we gotta stop the over the top shooters imagery found everywhere...news..computer games..movies..novels...comic books..where do you think these mentally deranged people get their ideas? Not from reading books on metaphysics, I’m sure.
What is especially galling is the idiotic self righteous media decrying these crimes yet showing or discussing or bloviating over them 24/7(keeps their ratings competitive y’now).The mentally deranged are in monkey see monkey do mode. Why keep feeding them this imagery day in day out?
And finally...its not a crime to be mentally ill. Once diagnosed some of these people need to be controlled. It would seem to me that most publicized mass murders are done by mentally deranged people...even people who murder one by one have some mental issues...though many are just plain greedy.

Please pardon my long rant.Thank you.

I agree with your point of computer games.

Ultra violent video games such as mortal kombat came out in the early 90’s, and within seven years of that games release Columbine happened.

These violent games desensitize kids. Combine that with all these mind altering drugs and you have a ticking time bomb.

Last night my wife and I watched "Wonder Woman" on Netflix (we haven't paid to see a movie in years). Despite its glowing reviews, I found it stupid, contrived, ultra-sexist, and way too in love of violence. It makes deadly violence look exciting and even alluring. Saw "Cloverfield Paradox" last week. Incoherent, way too long, horror for horror's sake, edited with a backhoe, WTH is going on?

I realize the kid in this article is unidentified because he is a poor, unhappy yute. Wonder what video games he was given as presents?