St. Louis School Shooter - Another "lonely" young male taking it out on society

So yesterday a 19 year old walked in to a school he used to attend and started shooting. Two killed and seven wounded. The shooter, Orlando Harris, was killed by the police. He used an AR-15 and had over 600 rounds of ammunition.

Today they released portion of a note he left in his car. It listed other school shooters in the U.S. and the number of people they'd killed. He said he wanted to be the next name on the list.

He also said, “I don’t have any friends, I don’t have any family. I’ve been an isolated loner my whole life. This was a perfect storm for a mass shooting."

The knee-jerk reaction is "mental health issues." Well, yeah. Clearly. Randomly killing people isn't exactly a solid mental health platform. But maybe it's not something than can be diagnosed. Maybe we're creating these people with social media as the main ingredient.

Bill Maher is hit and miss for most everyone but this commentary, which has to include the little jokes but probably shouldn't, examines the role of loneliness and frustration and how it's been created/exasperated by social media. Lot of truth there.

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scrood · 31-35

More than fifty people were shot in Chicago over the weekend
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11349277/More-FIFTY-people-shot-Chicago-weekend.html

Ynotisay · M

@scrood That's a very different topic. But what stands out is that Chicago is only seventh on the list for murders. The reality is the murder rate is much lower now than it was through most of the 80's and 90's. Although the murder rate in states Trump won is 40% higher than in the states Biden won. I just mention that in case you were playing the democratic Chicago is a hell hole card.

scrood · 31-35

@Ynotisay Yes because everybody in Chicago votes twice and everybody in red states votes red

Ryderbike

@scrood and yet most red states have higher gun death rate than Illinois..

Go figure

Ynotisay · M

@scrood The point was that red states typically have much looser gun laws which is why there's more homicides and suicides than in blue states.

scrood · 31-35

@Ynotisay Point is you change the subject because you can't deal with the facts

Ynotisay · M

@scrood So my comment was about a school shooter and the way social media influences. Your comment was about shootings in Chicago. But I'm the one who changed the subject.
Sit the hell down bud.

bijouxbroussard · F

@scrood You changed the subject ! It wasn’t about Chicago ! 🤨

scrood · 31-35

@bijouxbroussard Would you call 50 murders "taking it out on society"?