This article is awesome. I believe it makes very valid points. How about you?

SGT John Rauch — Fri, 16 Oct 2015 14:25:48 -0400

http://mystudentapt.com/2015/10/06/theres-a-way-to-stop-mass-shootings-and-you-wont-like-it/

There's a Way to Stop Mass Shootings, and You Won't Like It.

There's a Way to Stop Mass Shootings, and You Won't Like It. That’s right. You’re not going to like it because it’s going to require you to do something personally, as opposed to shouting for the g...

Response by LTC Kevin B. made Oct 16 at 2015 2:30 PM

LTC Kevin B. — Fri, 16 Oct 2015 14:30:46 -0400

I can agree with that article. It definitely attacks the problem from a different angle. The challenge is on.

Response by LTC Private RallyPoint Member made Oct 16 at 2015 3:26 PM

LTC Private RallyPoint Member — Fri, 16 Oct 2015 15:26:19 -0400

I agree with this article. I think a huge problem with social media is the fact that people plug in and connect on there versus actual human interaction via talking to someone face to face or over the phone. Pull your head up from contact with your mobile device, and have a conversation with someone around you.

Response by LCDR Private RallyPoint Member made Oct 16 at 2015 3:41 PM

LCDR Private RallyPoint Member — Fri, 16 Oct 2015 15:41:42 -0400

I like it...addresses (at least part of) the problem and sincerely explains why every other approach would fail.

The part I don't agree with is removing the fact that it isn't just being an "awkward loner" that leads to massacre...it's being an awkward, evil, demented loner lacking empathy or responsibility.

I was that "quiet, awkward kid sitting in a corner"...caught hell when I was a kid. At some point, I realized some of that...a lot of it actually...was me, not "them". I took it upon myself to reach out, make friends, be "part of something". But I didn't do it alone; I had a no-nonsense father who got involved the first time he saw a problem. He pushed me, guided me, sometimes forcibly...but never cruelly...to be better than people expected me to be.

I think the author hits it on the head...but stops short of pointing out that it "take a village"...it takes an example.

Response by SGT Christopher Churilla made Oct 16 at 2015 3:47 PM

SGT Christopher Churilla — Fri, 16 Oct 2015 15:47:10 -0400

I think the title is spot on. In today's fast-paced and electronically connected society, the trouble of interacting with a stranger is borderline terrifying for people, not to mention all the hard work it takes.

Response by PO3 Sherry Thornburg made Oct 20 at 2015 1:13 AM

PO3 Sherry Thornburg — Tue, 20 Oct 2015 01:13:36 -0400

I wrote something similar when the last shooting happened. The problem is within ourselves and the writer, from their chosen angle on this has good points. http://sherrythornburg.hubpages.com/hub/areweencouragingmassshooters

Are We Encouraging Mass Shooters?

Yet another media circus has begun as the latest mass murderer’s actions, life and mental state are sifted through. Do you think we, as a society, and the media have created a vicious circle?