That kid, the Newtown shooter and the Charleston shooter needed to be placed in some kind of protective but involuntary custody at a young age. They were damaged and dangerous people, and our refusal to do anything with them cost of a lot of innocent people their lives. Our current strategy is to wait until they break the law and then imprison them, which works out horribly for them (they aren't really responsible for their actions....their brains are simply non-functional) and even worse for their victims if their first crime is a shooting spree instead of selling dope or petty larceny.Flightmare wrote: ↑Thu Apr 15, 2021 11:55 pmIf I recall, the Parkland shooter specifically chose 10 round magazines because he couldn't fit larger ones in his backpack. Perhaps the solution is to ban the smaller magazines? (kidding of course)MaduroBU wrote: ↑Thu Apr 15, 2021 11:32 pm The Virginia Tech shooter murdered 32 and injured 17 people with 10 round magazines. The thing that these cretins are most terrified of is their sick power fantasy being interrupted by someone else carrying a firearm. The desire to exact revenge for a host of real or imagined slights from related or wholly unrelated third parties founders in the face of the very real chance that the final, suicidal act will be yet another laughable failure. Many are also afraid of dying. These people are fundamentally cowards, and the rapid, violent reactions of their intended victims has a far greater effect than merely stopping one shooter. Rather, when a shooter who serves as a model for what others hope to become is rapidly engaged serves as a huge deterrent to others.
The shootings will slow and end when the pool of shooters is dissuaded from impartial violence not by their fear of ultimately being punished or killed, but by their fear of public failure.
Some people belong in asylums, and waiting for an excuse to send them to prison instead doesn't make us humanitarians.