Why are kids shooting other kids at school?

[MineralMan]

49. People are willing to talk about the firearms.

However, the society places a high value on the right to own them, so it seems extremely unlikely that they will disappear. What that means is that we have to come at the problem from a different angle. Of course if the kid couldn't access a firearm, it's likely the targets of his rage would not be dead. That doesn't mean that violence would not have occurred.

The reality is that firearms are not going to be banned in our lifetimes. So, we have to approach the problem in another way. The focus needs to be on why people are troubled to the degree that they use violence. That's more complicated to deal with, but it's the thing that needs to be dealt with. There are millions of firearms, but a much smaller number of people who would use them in this way. So, let's look at how we can help those people.