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Re:List of school shootings in the United States by ryandvm on Wednesday May 25, 2022 @02:27PM (#31508557)
Precisely. How do you keep crazy people from having guns when the only suitable definition of crazy is somebody that has done something terrible (which obviously is too late).
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Re:List of school shootings in the United States by leereeves on Wednesday May 25, 2022 @03:36PM (#31509456)
There are ways to intervene short of throwing someone in a sanitarium, and better causes for intervention than holding a fringe opinion.

> The Secret Service found that when youth plan targeted violence, they often tell at least one person about their plans [and] offer specifics before the event

> most attackers engaged in some behavior prior to the incident that caused concern or indicated a need for help

https://www.ojp.gov/ncjrs/virtual-library/abstracts/preventi...

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