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[QUOTE=Christien;7154522]But the most important stat, IMO, is that school shootings occur in the US far more than anywhere else. I didn't count, but it might even be more than the rest of the world combined. If not, it's certainly close. There's something about the US that makes this occur more often, and I think that's what needs to be the target of any investigation, discussion, soul searching, etc. Why does it happen there so much more than anywhere else? And this is a question that MUST transcend political beliefs, ideologies and religion. This is more important than ideology, pro- or anti-gun beliefs, religious thoughts, shame or embarrassment over mental health issues, or political beliefs regarding funding them. All that needs to be pushed aside to arrive at REAL, HONEST answers to difficult questions.

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As I remember my history, many organizations use(d) school shootings and mass murders to gain notoriaty. For an example, the rebels in El Salvador purposely targeted schools in order to spread fear and the feeling the government coult not or would not do anything to protect the children. The taliban targets schools with female students. There are many countries in this world with far more issues of attacks on specific groups than is experienced in the US. We just have a "better" method of dissiminating information and notoriaty.

I do not think this is a US only issue. This is a global issue and has been for thousands of years. We just have better tools today than 100/1,000 years ago.


I do agree we need to address the mental health needs of society. This has been the case for a long time. The vocalization of needs is becoming much stronger.

My concern is about the efforts to attack elementary schools all on the same day in disparate parts of the US by seemingly unrelated individuals. I fear a different agenda of fear from a different group.