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

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.

Perhaps we need to do a little research. School shootings go back to the 1800's. This isn't s new phenomenon at all. To me, it's directly related to bullying. If you weren't bullied in school, you can't possibly understand. I was bullied in 9th grade. In Catholic school. Once I kicked his ass, it stopped. But if I hadn't it probably would've continued. I was depressed. My mother had died of cancer just a year or two earlier and it changed my outlook on life and my bigger picture of the world in general. I questioned everything that I had been taught. By the time I graduated high school, I was a full on Atheist. A year later I joined the Army. I served 15 years, until my body couldn't do the job I was being paid to do and I got out. I give this information only so you understand where my point of view comes from.

I honestly believe this epidemic is getting worse because of ACCESS to weapons. It also has to do with kids/teens not having access to help. When you are being bullied, even your friends don't know what to do. Kids and teens that are being bullied need someone they can talk to and that can help to make the pain go away.

It used to be, if you stood up to a bully, they have you respect. These days, if you stand up to a bully, they feel like you have disrespected them and they make it worse.

I'm not sure it has anything to do with society. Folks used to go to arenas and watch people fight each other to the death for fun, leave and visit a prostitute legally. Immorality is not a 21st century issue.

School shootings since the first of the new year....................