Quote: (08-24-2012 01:09 PM)joehoya Wrote:
Expect more of this. MUCH MORE.
Agreed.
I think the end game might involve initiatives to remove the incentive.
Every time some nut stages a mass shooting, his mug shot is all over the world media. They analyze his mental state, discuss his angst and try to find the reason why he acted.
Maybe there's a certain kind of psycho that decides "being shown in the news media as a mass murderer has to be better than living as an anonymous drone".
Paul McCartney had a good point when they interviewed him about John Lennon's shooting. He said "we should never say this person's name", when talking about the guy that shot Lennon. He didn't want the guy to gain fame or notoriety for what he did.
Maybe, eventually, the media will agree to publicize absolutely nothing about the shooter.
Also, they could change the tactics for armed response. Some kind of hybrid between SWAT and military. The team has a mandate to kill the guy no matter what. Even if he surrenders, he leaves in a body bag.
That would remove the incentive to pull a mass shooting just to see what happens. They guy knows he'll die where he opened fire, and won't live to see the aftermath.