Part of the problem is if you start handing out guns to everyone, the shooters will just turn to bombers. Unless they are trying to target specific people or types of people, bombs work. Just look to the Middle East. They don't go around shooting people, they blow up.
It isn't very hard to figure out why these happen. Sure there are thousands of people who might be possible school shooters and don't, so that is the hard part, determining who is going to do this and who isn't. I would say that this was caused by jealousy and emotional problems that he was unable to cope with, and instead of just killing himself, it made sense to take out the people that were happy and successful that reminded him of how much of a loser he was.
Maybe in elementary school they should mention that if you tease and bully other students that they might come back and kill them a few years down the line.
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