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safeinOhio

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16. Sociology of American Shooters: Young, Angry, andViolen
Mon Nov 20, 2017, 03:27 AM
Nov 2017


https://sophieologie.me/2012/09/27/sociology-of-american-shooters-young-angry-and-violent/

Last line, "As we can see, about one-third of our shooters are under the age of 25 at the time of their gun rampage."

So in implementing vast reforms in public high schools to make them resemble almost prison-like conditions, and in treating students pretty darn similarly to prison inmates, is it any surprise that this generation has grown up to express increasingly violent tendencies? Is it really any surprise that we are now seeing school shootings with increased frequency by shooters of increasingly younger ages? No. Nobody should be surprised at all.

And when I say increasingly younger ages, I really do mean our mass murderers are really getting younger. A young and angry generation. First I present to you a general breakdown of the shooters in my sample, done in percentages, to the left.

As we can see, about one-third of our shooters are under the age of 25 at the time of their gun rampage.

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Don't know many women into assault rifles Sneederbunk Nov 2017 #1
Don't you think they have personality disorders? They are not regular men. applegrove Nov 2017 #2
Men are the most privileged class in this society. MrScorpio Nov 2017 #3
BINGO Skittles Nov 2017 #9
Da winner! Nt raccoon Nov 2017 #21
Testosterone FarCenter Nov 2017 #4
I do start to wonder if that's a big piece of the puzzle Calculating Nov 2017 #6
Males of most mammalian species are larger, more aggressive than females FarCenter Nov 2017 #31
Worlds most dangerous substance. VOX Nov 2017 #7
Men are taught Matthew28 Nov 2017 #5
I don't think it's any one thing, meadowlander Nov 2017 #8
Strangulation appears to be a common thread in mass shooters. Hamlette Nov 2017 #10
Interesting article. Thanks for sharing. Nt ecstatic Nov 2017 #12
You probably have read my 1000 posts asking the same question. BigmanPigman Nov 2017 #11
For that matter, why are they all white? goldwax317 Nov 2017 #13
4 people shot is a mass shooting Alea Nov 2017 #15
All? Were Rizwan Farook and Omar Mateen white? Marengo Nov 2017 #20
All white isnt even close to true. Lee-Lee Nov 2017 #22
Ft Hood - Which one? ck4829 Nov 2017 #23
You know which one Lee-Lee Nov 2017 #25
Not all. There was the Goleta postal facility shootings in 2006. Make7 Nov 2017 #14
What ever happened to going postal? There for a while it was mailmen doc03 Nov 2017 #30
Sociology of American Shooters: Young, Angry, andViolen safeinOhio Nov 2017 #16
Amy Bishop was a professor who shot at a group of other professors LeftInTX Nov 2017 #17
16 yr old Brenda Spencer shot up Raine Nov 2017 #18
Laurie Dann Crabby Appleton Nov 2017 #19
A culture of toxic masculinity (ours). shanny Nov 2017 #24
I can't quite speak to mass shooters janterry Nov 2017 #26
I think a lot of it is how we are conditioned in our society mythology Nov 2017 #27
Testosterone HAB911 Nov 2017 #28
I dont like Mondays Loki Liesmith Nov 2017 #29
Dont forget that more boys are medicated rainy Nov 2017 #32
A couple years ago we had the San Bernardino shootings. former9thward Nov 2017 #33
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