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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think it's also important to keep in mind that Klebold and Harris were really the first of this ilk- the "disturbed" school shooters. These crimes are fairly common now but Columbine was ground breaking. So, whereas now we have a model on which we can assess children's behavior to determine if they fit this mold, [b]Klebold and Harris BUILT the mold. I cannot imagine any parent in 1997/1998 thinking their child would shoot up their school because that had not yet begun to be a "thing." [/b][/quote]

I think this is a part of the problem. Now that we have this sort of "thing," the 24 hours news media channels report continuously on these stories, inadvertently making these perpetrators stars for a short time. For a kid that has never been liked, given much attention, that is a draw. Over half of these school shooters since Columbine have referenced the Klebold/Harris killings in their writings. They can be infamous celebrities like them. That, combined with easy access to guns, social isolation, limited mental health resources, very graphic violent video games and movies, and there you've got a dangerous formula leading to a young, mass shooter. [/quote]

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