Porter Rockwell
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You don't have to around locking up every kid, but we can identify potential mass shooters and stop those guys without infringing on their constitutional Rights and without gun control.
Okay, how do we do that? I mean, it's not like we have Tom Cruise in "Pre-Crime" identifying which ones are going to be the mass shooters.
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ALL mass shooters have the same basic M.O.
Unfortunately, ONE of the common denominators for determining someone who will commit a mass murder is going to be a young male 17 to 40 (usually no older and most of the time white) and is on a schedule of drugs called SSRIs. Of course, that brings out the typical reaction to ban SSRIs, but not everybody that goes on SSRIs will commit a mass murder.
So, there is a laundry list of things that point to a person that will commit a violent act in their lifetime. If you think back about the kids who committed mass shootings; in retrospect, people would say "I knew something like this was going to happen" or "this didn't come as a surprise."
Let's go back just two years ago this month to Nickolas Cruz (and the profile is the same for mass shooters like him.) He killed 17 people and wounded another 17. But, that was not before he had racked up dozens (maybe as many as 45) police reports. The guy even makes a cell phone video, telegraphing his actions before he commits the act:
State Releases Videos Made By Parkland, Fla., Shooting Defendant
At some point, the authorities have an obligation to take these people into custody and evaluate them. We shouldn't arrest every kid that gets pissed off and throws a tantrum. Neither should we allow people that are on mind altering drugs and have a history of spouting crap about violence to roam the streets unchecked. Additionally, just being brief, mind altering drugs on children should be our LAST option, certainly not the first - and many times only option.