An Update to Preventing Mass Shooters
An update to this piece: 19 year old Allen Ivanov, who shot to death 3 former classmates in Washington last week was an avid Halo player and a developer of Skirmos, a laser first person shooter game. His tweets several days before the shootings alarmed several of his friends, who asked his parents to take away his new AR556.
Another shooting that could have been prevented by monitoring first person violent video games and gamer's social media posts?
Another shooting that could have been prevented by monitoring first person violent video games and gamer's social media posts?
there is no guarantee that telling the police about the shooter would have resulted in a different outcome, it might have.
After my time in a police department and in other environments I had a clearer understanding of how the system was supposed to work and the power it represented. Especially that of fabricating, lying, distorting or whatever the truth.Only attorneys are alllowed to do that and only judges can decide the meaning of 'the whole truth.'i also observed how people would walk up to a total stranger like the 7-11 clerk and talk about some misdeed. I would hold my hand in a stop gesture and say "Please. Don't say anything you don't want repeated in a court of law." In this day and age almot everyone expects everyone else to lie, cheat, steal and tolerate those that do.