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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think private schools are "safer," in the sense that a potential shooter -- i.e. a child who is in trouble -- would be identified and counseled early, hopefully mitigating their reaching a crisis point.

However, even that is not foolproof.  The Santa Fe shooter apparently showed few signs of dysfunctionality until a couple of months ago. Those signs were that of mild depression, which many teens go through.  I doubt that would have been caught even at a private school.

That said, I think the parents who did not secure the guns in their home have a lot to answer for.

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The things he posted on social media appeared to suggest that he glorified violence and had sympathy towards hate groups, NOTsigns of mild depression.  According to CNN, "Pagourtzis has a social media footprint that included an image of a custom T-shirt emblazoned with the words, "BORN TO KILL" posted on Facebook and several images of a black duster jacket with Nazi, communist, fascist and religious symbols."  How are these not red flags?  He was also known to be very interested in guns and violent video games. Some kid in the school told her parents she was worried that he would hurt her.

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