Two Professors Found What Creates a Mass Shooter. Will Politicians Pay Attention?

Kids are twenty times more likely to be killed by relatives than strangers13—but vigilante fearmongerers acting as Bad Samaritans are ready to indict a mother just trying to do her best under trying circumstances, a mother whose kid has suffered no actual harm. These vigilantes are a real threat to worry about. And their numbers may be sizeable.

Terrorists tend to be young, rarely older than thirty and usually in their early twenties. Terrorists feel resentment toward mainstream society because of perceived or real injustices they have experienced, and they often feel frustrated that they are unable to obtain justice. Before they became violent, most terrorists spent time in close contact

type of agent that could repeatedly incite dark horses to believe they need to change the direction of their life: it must be a pervasive social force that suppresses individuality.

out: Is “our society driving people to this point so often, because we have an epidemic [that’s being] caused by specific things that are dysfunctional in our society?”

These trends are dangerous, because when opponents become enemies, people can justify almost anything in responding to them. After all, how can you expect to reason with idiots and maniacs?