"School shooters" What's their path to violence?"

  Please read the following NPR article, "School shooters" What's their path to violence?", which was published on February 10, 2019. https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2019/02/10/690372199/school-shooters-whats-their-path-to-violence In this article, the reporter highlights many "risk factors" such as the following: current or former students, young, childhood trauma, mental health issues, social rejection/loneliness, absence of social support, depression, anger, and access to weapons. The article ends with the discussion of the case of one of the Columbine High School shooters as well as ways to increase support for those who are at high risk to become a school shooter. What are your thoughts about this article? Do you feel that some "risk factors" are more serious than others? Please also keep in mind an important quote from the article: "Mental health issues don't cause school shootings, Van Dreal emphasizes. After all, only a tiny, tiny percentage of kids with psychological issues go on to become school shooters." To what degree is it the responsibility of the student's peers, parents, teachers, counselors, psychiatrists, psychologists, and/or administrators to "pick up" the signs of a troubled student, so he/she does not "slip through the cracks?" What if school administrators do follow-up with a student, but nothing is done as in the case of the Parkland high school shooter? What if the troubled individual rejects the mental health support such as in the UCSB shooter? What do we need to do on our school campuses and in our communities to prevent such tragedies in the future?