It is always a loner. Never the captain of the football team who does this type of thing

[booley]

9. Guns give you a sense of power

Something I think we don't acknowledge as often as we should:

Guns give you a sense of power.

if one believes that one is helpless, a gun can create an immediate sense of empowerment.

And no it doesn't matter if the helplessness is legitimate or not, real or imagined. It doesn't even matter if a gun will really fix anything.

Remember the Virginia sniper shootings? How did many people react? they bought guns. A gun would not help anyone in against a sniper. that's the whole point of being a sniper. But people did it anyway because in a chaotic world where no oen was safe, it made them feel safer.

When one thinks one has no power, a gun provide quick and easy power.

So who's more likley to feel a sense of powerless in one's life?

The Popular jock? Or the loner?

And no that isn't the only factor in why someone would commit mass murder. But is A factor.