Sure we do, it's abundantly obvious. Very high numbers of guns in culture, frequent depictions of killings in movies and video games, and imitative behaviour on the part of alienated or psychologically unbalanced individuals. It's a problem almost unique to the USA, although it does happen in other countries, but with nowhere near the same frequency. — Wayfarer
I would say that you are right. Legislation is needed. — WISDOMfromPO-MO
Speculation. — WISDOMfromPO-MO
I'm just suspicious of such a perfect record. Basically no crime, and they always get their man when there is... — Wosret
being more aware of the behavior of others, recognizing the warning signs of a potential mass shooting, being aware of suspicious behavior, etc. and knowing how to intervene. — WISDOMfromPO-MO
In many of these mass murders there were red flags well in advance of the crime and opportunities to intervene were missed. Virginia Tech is the best example that I know of. — WISDOMfromPO-MO
We can't predict when and where they will happen. — WISDOMfromPO-MO
But I have never heard of anybody spontaneously carrying out a mass shooting. — WISDOMfromPO-MO
Red flags are probably there well before the end a lot of the time. — WISDOMfromPO-MO
I can't help but think that this has become a meme; and that for a certain type of mentality, the behaviour has become normalised. So at any given time, there are probably many thousands of men - it's always men - who will be thinking 'I could do that'. Presumably, their lives are full of sufficient inner torment and self-hatred to provide the impetus for such terrible crimes. — Wayfarer
Anomie is a "condition in which society provides little moral guidance to individuals". It is the breakdown of social bonds between an individual and the community, e.g., under unruly scenarios resulting in fragmentation of social identity and rejection of self-regulatory values. It was popularized by French sociologist Émile Durkheim in his influential book Suicide (1897). Durkheim never uses the term normlessness; rather, he describes anomie as "derangement", and "an insatiable will".
For Durkheim, anomie arises more generally from a mismatch between personal or group standards and wider social standards, or from the lack of a social ethic, which produces moral deregulation and an absence of legitimate aspirations. — wikipedia
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