My thoughts and prayers are with the victims and their families. From the sounds of it, a very troubled man was either ignored or neglected by society until he finally cracked. I am not excusing his actions, I am only saying that we, as a society, need to be alert to such problems and actually stand up and alert people to a potential problem before it explodes. What might've happened if someone told the authorities the shooter had gone off his meds? If you truly care for your community and your family, then step up and let people know if there is a problem.
Time and again we have these incidents where a potentially violent individual slips between the cracks. Afterwards we hear from neighbors and family about how troubled the shooter was but no one actually DID anything. Don't ignore the warning signs. There is little difference between workplace violence and school shootings. Please check out the following links and educate yourself so you can spot the warning signs.
http://www.securityinfowatch.com/article/10490545/identifying-signs-of-emerging-aggression-to-prevent-workplace-violence
http://jom.sagepub.com/content/24/3/391.short
http://www.opm.gov/employment_and_benefits/worklife/officialdocuments/handbooksguides/workplaceviolence/p1-s3.asp
http://www.marshall.edu/jrcp/sp2002/similarities_of_school_shootings.htm
http://blog.medfriendly.com/2012/02/psychological-profile-of-chardon-school.html
Keeping quiet about a potentially violent person can cost lives. I would rather err on the side of caution than live with the knowledge that I could have stopped a madman and did nothing.
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