School Gun Shootings: Access to Guns or Something Else?

I don't think anyone will assert (if you do, please cite sources) that school gun shootings were more prevalent in the U.S. fifty, sixty or seventy years ago than today.

I also don't think that anyone can seriously argue that access to guns was more strictly controlled fifty, sixty or seventy years ago than today.

So, then, if access to guns was far easier fifty, sixty or seventy years ago than today and yet there were not just fewer but [b]FAR FEWER[/b] school shootings than today, isn't it reasonable to conclude that other factors are at work that are resulting in [b]FAR MORE[/b] school shootings than simply the mere access to a firearm?

EDIT:
Statistical reference
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_school_shootings_in_the_United_States

School Massacres Around the World
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_school_massacres_by_death_toll

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ajsk13 · 51-55, M

It's a lack of parental guidance and interference from the school system and their radical views creating this issue.. If parents were allowed to raise their children like they did 40-50 years ago this would not be happening..If you question teens today they do not care about anything..hence my statement a lack of parenting ..the shooting didn't really start till obama ,I posted this before he had 162 while president..the 4 previous presidents combined had 62

QuixoticSoul · 41-45, M

@ajsk13 [quote] If parents were allowed to raise their children like they did 40-50 years ago this would not be happening..[/quote]We've seen the results, thanks. Children raised 40-50 years ago were not all that impressive, especially when it comes to metrics like crime and violence. Parents do a far better job today - even if the occasional basket case does more damage.