[seldom_seen]

Hmm, I wonder if there's anything in common with this shooting and many others?

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'A') friend of Hawkins said the troubled teen had been on anti-depressants and bouncing from job to job.

[Quicksilver]

Check out this list (the link between homicides/suicides and antidepressant use)

http://www.ssristories.com/index.php

[pup55]

There are more similarities than that. What is it about these kids that makes the docs and their parents put them on the dope in the first place?

Lack of a strong adult male role model/Divorce
Big suburban high school/lack of connection to the community or teachers (Papillion/Lavista split in two because of overcrowding a couple of years ago, per Wikipedia)
Street drugs (artifact of the above)
Culture of underachievement among young males

The strong adult male role model is a key point: A lot of these kids are in blended families, living with the biological mom, and the dad around is not compelled to provide a positive character building and discipline experience (translation: kick them in the ass) during early childhood and puberty when their character is developed.

This is a multi-decade trend relating directly to the middle class slide and income gap issues.

The strong role model was in the past sometimes provided by a stranger (drill sergeant) when the kid was drafted.

[dukey]

most of the time when theres a school shooting
the kids are on serotonin reuptake inhibitor drugs

it's like they are on cocaine every day. The side effects of these drugs include hallucinations..

[eXpat]

Just a thought, let's jump some time ahead in the future: the stock market has tanked, there are bank runs, people is being laid off by the thousands, prices in the supermarkets are spiraling, and the repo man is knocking your door...
My bet is that this kind of things will go epidemic.

[I_Like_Plants]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('eXpat', 'J')ust a thought, let's jump some time ahead in the future: the stock market has tanked, there are bank runs, people is being laid off by the thousands, prices in the supermarkets are spiraling, and the repo man is knocking your door...
My bet is that this kind of things will go epidemic.

[Zardoz]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('I_Like_Plants', 'O')h yeah. Just gotta get the kids to stop killing our own, channel that rage ...... in the Los Angeles area I'd advise the kid to go to the Fox Hills Mall and "go to town" that would be a social benefit.

[Stratovarius]

Re: Zardoz

white people > black people

[eXpat]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Zardoz', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('I_Like_Plants', 'O')h yeah. Just gotta get the kids to stop killing our own, channel that rage ...... in the Los Angeles area I'd advise the kid to go to the Fox Hills Mall and "go to town" that would be a social benefit.