“...What changed to make kids start shooting? ...”
Liberalism and the stupid policies they push.
Not being allowed to fight back, for one thing. Feeling powerless, and victimized, knowing that they’ll get in as much trouble as the assh*le(s) doing the bullying...
Human beings can take only so much. And that will make some people snap. Bullying isn’t new; the difference is in the way it’s dealt with.
You can’t “force” people to get along; it has to be worked out between them.
Bingo. Learned this from my dear mother. Put the bully and victim in a room ALONE and they find common ground. Bullies need an audience.
I did this with my son in HS. Invited the bully and his mother over after our kids were both suspended. She and I drank coffee while the boys went upstairs and played video games. Never had a problem with the bully and his gangster friends after that. Voila. Common sense.