School/Mass shootings are now part of our culture.

[Muppet]

My now-deceased aunt was the administrator for a state psych hospital in North Carolina, Cherry Hospital (there is a new, modern hospital; she worked at the old creepy-ass hospital Cherry Hospital).

When we'd travel through the area we'd stop by to see her. That place scared the living hell out of me. I mean, it was old-school, brutal, and cold.

Growing up in Philly, we had Byberry mental hospital. It was knocked down years ago, a 55+ community sits there, that place was creepy as fuck with lots of bad things happening there during time open.

 

[Devildoc]

Some of them are members here.

Who? Hey, now.....

 

[RackMaster]

Growing up in Philly, we had Byberry mental hospital. It was knocked down years ago, a 55+ community sits there, that place was creepy as fuck with lots of bad things happening there during time open.

I think we can acknowledge the wrongs of the past but still admit the need for facilities like that. Build new ones with modern standards and treatment models. make Ayahuasca legal and the mandatory first treatment. We might see the numbers that need inpatient drop.

 

[Muppet]

I think we can acknowledge the wrongs of the past but still admit the need for facilities like that. Build new ones with modern standards and treatment models. make Ayahuasca legal and the mandatory first treatment. We might see the numbers that need inpatient drop.

Philadelphia State Hospital at Byberry - Wikipedia

 

[amlove21]

Who? Hey, now.....

Meh, just accept it. It's way more fun when you lean into it (personal experience).

 

[amlove21]

It's one of those things where the involved factors are consistent, but nothing definitive seems to come through.

- Male (or Assigned male at birth for lefties)
- Diagnosed/likely depression/anxiety
- White
- Mid to Upper socioeconomic status (AFAIK)
- Young (20s-early 30s)
-History of violence/violent crime (DV/assault/etc, as a victim or perp.)

These carveouts seem to hold true for most shootings. Its partially why I think "gun control" should be based off demographics (crime history) as opposed to age/brand accessibility.

ETA: My phone (or midweek beers) really let me spell like shit.

This is interesting inasmuch as it's so close.

Your list of factors is great. Now imagine another list- copy/pasted- but include "but insist they are women" for point one, "prescribed SSRI's" for point two, "and obsessed with race and identity politics/intersectionality" for point 3. Then all the carveouts make sense, and we clearly define the actual problem we have in reality, right now, and since 2020.

The other confounder here is ignoring actual statistics on mass/school shootings- New Orleans, Baltimore, Memphis and Chicago are actually where the most mass shootings (4 or more victims) have happened since 2020... and other than "male, young, history of violence", none of your list vibes.

But we aren't ready to have that conversation yet.