The LA shooting is very sad state of affairs and could be part of a trend toward intentional destructiveness by some of our youth. While testosterone and a little chest pounding can be normal, the willingness to pick up a gun and mow people down is dangerously disturbed. Its antithetical to the very core needs of civilization and smacks against healthy mind and/or biology of the perpetrators. The problem is solutions and the political will to make good legislation.
Incidents like this is where strong police tactics and training can make a huge difference in outcomes. This is where the legislative powers should support research on better tactics and investigation methods. Its difficult but necessary discussion. Whether this is mental health related, hate related, gang related, easy gun access issue or something else, it remains to be seen.
Taking all of these mass shooting incidents and uploading them into a database for analysis will tell you much about these crimes. You might be able to start seeing patterns of which guns, where they are getting it, beliefs, characteristics, interview comments, etc. (If one were to create a basic framework we might have 2 or 3 questions to ask each perpetrator during interrogations that can be compared against the answers found in other interrogations to test similarities.) That requires not only the investigative pieces at individual departments but also the ability to collect and analyze such investigations on a macro level. Science can solve problems.
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