Mass shootings

[Belsnickel]

(02-20-2018, 01:52 PM)Sociopathicsteelerfan Wrote: I completely agree with you both.  There is a lot that could have been done to prevent this.  All of these things could be done in the future as well.  As I stated above, at your request Matt, the school district's own policy prevented Cruz's numerous criminal acts from being reported to law enforcement.  Here's the latest person pointing out how many times this kid was referred to school authorities.

https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/florida-shooter-former-friend-gma_us_5a8c1890e4b0117adf71f83f

As for social services, they clearly didn't do their job at all if they described this kid as low risk.  He engaged in just about every red flag behavior there is, killing animals, threatening people both in person and on social media, prone to violence, obsessed with guns and knives.  I also heard he was a cutter, which is much rarer in males than females.  The behavior is usually linked to childhood sexual abuse, especially in females.  In men it's a huge red flag.

Numerous services failed this kid and all of his victims.  As you both state, the gun is the lowest hanging fruit in the story and also the one least likely to be addressed in the way some want it to be.  The actual culprits in this incident are identifiable and fixable.

Yeah, that's pretty ridiculous. I don't know enough about gun laws in Florida to say whether any of that would have prevented him from obtaining a firearm. I do know, however, that the systems failed him and as a result failed every student in that school and the entire community that is grieving.