Part of the problem you’ve got with looking at their findings though is that all of the things that they’re highlighting as risk factors are really, really common. (Which is fucking horrific, but there it is.) If you made a database of all the people that fit the potential mass-murderer profile, you’d probably have well over a million, possibly 10M people in it. So then you have to find a way of finding out which one of those, say, 1M people will become a mass murderer. TBH, I fit their profile, but I have zero interest in murdering people. (OTOH, I do enjoy competitive shooting, even though I kinda suck at it.)
We’re largely unable, or unwilling, to address these deep social issues. And that’s shitty.
Let’s not ignore there are incredibly common underlying issues either party continues to avoid.
Oh, I agree.
Part of the problem you’ve got with looking at their findings though is that all of the things that they’re highlighting as risk factors are really, really common. (Which is fucking horrific, but there it is.) If you made a database of all the people that fit the potential mass-murderer profile, you’d probably have well over a million, possibly 10M people in it. So then you have to find a way of finding out which one of those, say, 1M people will become a mass murderer. TBH, I fit their profile, but I have zero interest in murdering people. (OTOH, I do enjoy competitive shooting, even though I kinda suck at it.)
We’re largely unable, or unwilling, to address these deep social issues. And that’s shitty.