I went to a rural community high school in Northern
California in the late 60s. Plenty of guys brought rifles
or shotguns to school in their cars or pickups. The plan
was to get some hunting in either before or after classes.
There was also no shortage of fist fights but nobody ever
thought of using their firearms in lieu of their fists. I
assume that was pretty much the case across the US.
Ten years after I graduated the shop teacher who was
my agriculture teacher dad’s pheasant hunting partner
taught school classes in gun bluing, gun stock
refurbishing, crossbow building and knife/dagger making.
Many of the projects came out pretty good and nobody
tried out their handiwork on others, not at school,
anyway.
Yep, things have changed.
Social media.
ABORTION!! And CELEBRATING ABORTION!! Our Govt. kicked out Fathers and gave more money to women having babies out of wedlock....VIOLENCE in MOVIES....Feminism.....DIVORCE.....and #1...KICKING GOD and especially His SON, JESUS, out of this country!
There was trash all over the side’of the roads and the rivers had bottles and trash 8n them, and now they dont. That is what I tell m6 k8ds is the one thing I can think of that is better now.
Psychotropic drugs.
What we are trying to explain is why mostly adolescent boys/young men are suddenly engaged in the cold blooded mass murder of strangers. This is different than grudge killings based on revenge, jealosy or crimes of passion. Those have been around for thousands of years and have rational motives. The mass shooter craze seems to have started in the 90’s and have increased in body count.
IMO the most likely cause of this is realistic first person shooter video games where the goal is to gun down as many “people” as possible. These people are either computer controlled representations or those who are controlled by other online gamers. Either way the gamer learns to shoot as many strangers as possible with no remorse and for no reason other than fun and the joy of killing. A case can be made that mass shooters are a real life version of a first person shooter video game. This explanation is applicable only for mass shooters that were avid gamers.
It can be argued that millions of people play these games and do not become mass shooters. The few that do are likely those who are psychopaths/mentally ill and have no regard for human life. Another factor could be the use of mind altering medications that started to be widely prescribed in the 90’s.
We now live in a permissive liberal society that permits everything.
They draw a line where any use of a gun exists.
There is no concept of morals or sin, no civilizing virtues or rules in the delusional utopia.
To save America and prevent school shooting, we must eliminate the left wing tyrants. We must overthrow and destroy the scourge of people that are liberals.
Communists are celebrated rather than driven out.