Another US school shooter - Portland, this time

[Tamas]

There is one thing society and the media could do straight away to dramatically improve the situation: never make the identity of the shooters public

[Sheilbh]

There is one thing society and the media could do straight away to dramatically improve the situation: never make the identity of the shooters public

Yep:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PezlFNTGWv4&feature=kp

[CountDeMoney]

There is one thing society and the media could do straight away to dramatically improve the situation: never make the identity of the shooters public

I disagree: what they need to do is put the crime scene photos on the front page and on television.  Outside of what First Reponders see, the concept of "20 dead children" is just that: a concept. People need to see what a .223 Remington round will do to a 6 year old's skull.  Then maybe with some context, people will see that mass shooting victims are more than just a line of text.

[Malthus]

There is one thing society and the media could do straight away to dramatically improve the situation: never make the identity of the shooters public

Yep:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PezlFNTGWv4&feature=kp

Known to the ancients: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herostratus

Attempts to avoid media coverage didn't work then, either.

Far from attempting to evade responsibility for his act of arson, Herostratus proudly claimed credit in an attempt to immortalise his name. To dissuade those of a similar mind, the Ephesian authorities not only executed him, but attempted to condemn him to a legacy of obscurity by forbidding mention of his name under penalty of death. However, this did not stop Herostratus from achieving his goal because the ancient historian Theopompus recorded the event and its perpetrator in his Hellenics.

Herostratus' name lived on in classical literature and has passed into modern languages as a term for someone who commits a criminal act in order to bask in the resultant notoriety.

[garbon]

There is one thing society and the media could do straight away to dramatically improve the situation: never make the identity of the shooters public

I disagree: what they need to do is put the crime scene photos on the front page and on television.  Outside of what First Reponders see, the concept of "20 dead children" is just that: a concept. People need to see what a .223 Remington round will do to a 6 year old's skull.  Then maybe with some context, people will see that mass shooting victims are more than just a line of text.

People will just look away.

[mongers]

Can we have all of these school shooting threads consolidated into one, as they clutter up the forum.

[garbon]

More than threads you start?

[Barrister]

There is one thing society and the media could do straight away to dramatically improve the situation: never make the identity of the shooters public

I disagree: what they need to do is put the crime scene photos on the front page and on television.  Outside of what First Reponders see, the concept of "20 dead children" is just that: a concept. People need to see what a .223 Remington round will do to a 6 year old's skull.  Then maybe with some context, people will see that mass shooting victims are more than just a line of text.

Identity of the shooter.

[Valmy]

The Daily Show did a segment a couple of days ago on how often these tragic events occur and how predictable the media coverage has become.   It was dark humour at its best. 

Ironically (given sbr's post) they were particularly picking up on the "there is nothing that can be done" meme.

Want to know what you can do?  Maybe look at the gun laws every other civilized society has.

If you want to see it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OvA4jH8MoxM

[mongers]

More than threads you start?

Whoosh.

[garbon]

I think that's what happens with most things you post.

[Jaron]

The problem with guns is that in America the cat is already out of the bag. How do you stuff it back in?

[Admiral Yi]

The problem with guns is that in America the cat is already out of the bag. How do you stuff it back in?

i think some form of mental health assessment/risk modeling is the only feasible solution.

[Grey Fox]

You take the guns away. Using Force.

[Barrister]

The problem with guns is that in America the cat is already out of the bag. How do you stuff it back in?

One step at a time.