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

I don't get it, maybe it's because I am older or what. My brother and I were taught at a young age to always respect fire arms. When I was in school you could look out in the parking lot and see rifles in gun racks and not just during hunting season. No one ever took a firearm out, no one ever threatened anyone with a firearm. I just don't get what has changed over the last 30 years to make this happen.

most of these folks are mentally ill and most on medication. I blame the laws for them walking the streets and the doctors for not monitoring the prescriptions better. a metal detector at the door could have stopped most, or even a taser. some of the blame goes to the parents of the shooters as well and in some cases the system that didn't report them to the government. IMHO

It get's the most attention at the moment in time and place.

I agree...our "society" wants to punish parents for whipping their kids asses when they do wrong and instead wants to cuddle them and try to talk to them like an adults. Wrong answer.

I grew up back in the days when (while living on base) if I got into trouble which was my fault I got an "neighborhood whooping" which every parent that lived in the neighborhood WHIPS YOUR ASS so that by the time I got home my parents would ask "So, have you learned your lesson"?

Now, people will IMMEDIATELY videotape you on phone and call the Police before even know why you are whipping your kids, yet they will also be the SAME PERSON complaining when your child acts out while in public.

Educate your kids and punish them when they don't listen, period.

Today when a kid feels bullied, fighting is not an option. In my school days it wasn't even a suspension offense. It didn't matter if you won or lost, the fact that you were willing to fight sent most of the bullies somewhere else. At the same time, reporting that you are being bullied makes you a social pariah. Finally, teachers are not out on the playgrounds and courtyards to stop bullying and protect the passive or weak. No steam is let off, and the pressure is not turned off. Eventually a kid feels trapped and decides they have no option.

More bullies today than there was 25 to 30 years ago.

Personaly, I honestly believe it comes down to a lack of discipline in the home. It's not that parents don't "spank" their kids anymore, it is a total lack of punishment when they do wrong. I hear 10-12yr old kids telling their moms to "shut up" if not worse. It's one thing not to spank your child, but failure to instill discipline in the young leads to all sorts of problems. The school shootings are only the visible tip of the iceberg.

Your question presupposes thy there are more shootings. “Mass shootings” are down; but unsure about the ‘school’ subset. Heightened communication and speed makes it in the news more.

I attended public school in the 50's and early 60's. I don't recall God being part of the curriculum, but most everyone did attend church on Sundays. My parents and the school were stern disciplinarians. I mean the teachers actually walked the halls carrying boards. I had total access to my father's guns and anyone who's parents owned them did as well. Yet the thought of using them for anything other than what they were intended never crossed my mind. And, I never heard anyone else threaten to shoot anybody. I really think bullying might be one of the major causes of school shootings today. I mean people bullied kids back in my day, but now it's like the whole school attacks one person.

I agree God has a LOT to do with it. Also we need to let them know that they are NEEDED, AND LOVED, and an IMPORTANT part of our society. If the students felt better about themselves and their fellow students I believe there would be less shooting. Students, and everyone in general, need to love themselves FIRST and that should overflow to their fellow students, their peers. Morals is the toughest to teach kids bc they don't totally understand them. We are ALL here to HELP EACH OTHER, not hurt each other.