Why do you think there are so many school shootings now?

It's not an issue of "taking God out of classrooms." It's an issue of mainstream society not dealing well with the fact that not *everybody* believes in the same God. I was raised religious up until I joined the Army after high school, and I never felt my faith waver just because I couldn't pray in school. Religion is best practiced at home and in church; it does society no good poisoning schools, courts, laws and governments.

Multifaceted. 1st: society has been desensitized to violence through 24/7 news, graphic movies/video games and horrific events. 2nd: Access. There are millions more high capacity semi-automatic weapons than there was 30 years ago. Ammo is readily available. 3rd: Society has a lot more “crazy” people in it. People with untreated/undertreated mental health conditions are being allowed to roam around, and are prolific breeders. 4th: Our country is more divided now more than it has been anytime throughout history, and on many more issues. During the Civil War, you either supported the Union or the Confederacy. You were either for slavery or against it. Today, we can’t agree on whether or not the police are good or bad, is the President “ours” or “not mine”, transgenders, abortion, birth control for free, are the rich paying their fair share, should welfare recipients be able to buy Doritos and Coke a Cola, where was Obama born, should healthcare be free and does the 2nd amendment need to be updated. Schools are relatively easily accessible with a lot of unarmed victims in close proximity, and you know that they are “gun-free” so you don’t have to worry about being stopped. Same as movie theaters, shopping malls and outdoor concerts.

Psychotropic drugs and lack of sufficient security on school campuses.

Because we are raising absolute monsters that are capable and willing to murder innocent people...

How come school shootings are such a rare occurrence in countries that are more secular than the United States if "taking God out of the classroom" is the reason for the increase?

There are so many shootings because there are really very few. What's worse, is any shooting that stops or ends the shooter is not reported by government run or millionaire/billionaire owned mainstream media.
This is the lefts' agenda to get us to eventually disarm. Which, most of us won't allow.

I've been listening and reading all day, people wondering what we can do about school shootings. They blame the NRA, or the style of gun among a host of other things. Well here is my take on it. WE are all to blame, not the kid, even though he did pull the trigger. I'm not giving him a pass, the thing with freedom is a little thing called personal responsibility. It is us who hold the ultimate responsibility by tolerating things that would never have been accepted when we were 17,18 or 19. You can't discipline your kids or it's abuse. You can't talk about morality because it's not your place to decide what's right and wrong. They've succeeded in removing G*d from our schools, and now they're trying to take him out of our lives. There is no justice in the justice system, it's a continual revolving door. You CAN NOT be a parent and always be your kids best friend, sometimes you have to lay down the law. We carried our guns in our trucks when I was in school and no one was ever shot, because our parents taught us, sometimes painfully, the difference between right and wrong, something recent generations seem to have forgot, and we get kids who think they are entitled to $15/hr for flipping burgers, or the $200,000 job right out of high school. Yeah, it was the kid who pulled the trigger, but it was our "tolerant" society that failed the kid.

All incorrect IMHO. It has to do with the individual getting attention for what they did. If the media never reported another shooters name, no one would know who they are. I honestly believe this would reduce the violence.

I think it is a chain. 1 Stagnant Wages and gridlocked government make people angry about immigration and a host of other issues. 2. Social Media tends to inflame people more and there are some (witness this website) that cannot handle Social Media by remaining civil. 3. Increasing congestion on a Interstate Highway system falling apart in places......road rage. 4. More and more people turning away from family values and God.......which will change but is en vogue now.

Honestly, more are reported and on the news than there used to be, especially with social media and instant alerts on phones. It is more talked about and spread than it used to be.
Taking God out of the classroom has nothing to do with anything. That goes to the fact that there are other religions out there and we can't favor a specific one, so it's out. Religion may help some people "be good", but it may drive others to do horrible things, others to not go to school, and others to cry and whine that they aren't represented. Religion is a personal thing, not a public one. We also used to have guns in schools but they've been taken out as well (school rifle and pistol teams - it was a competitive sport)
Education is what is needed. The plans for active shooters in school suck. They. Suck. Many call for all students to gather in a corner or closet, which makes a very easy target as well as multiple casualties from less rounds fired.
Many people wish to ban guns. That's like taking painkillers for a broken leg. The problem is still there, but you feel better. Remember Columbine? Guns and.... a propane tank, they were planning on more than just shooting. If we ban guns, then the bad guys will do a few things: 1. still use guns. 2. use knives, bats, etc... 3. open up one of a ton of books and articles, go to their local Walgreens, Lowes, and/or pool supply store and make some serious HME and that'll be a whole lot worse than a shooting.
Our mental health system is very lacking. It needs improvement, and drugging everyone with anti-psychotics isn't the answer. Institutions help people, we can't institutionalize the severely mentally ill who want to shoot people, but we can fill the overfull prison system with weed dealers.