.@AriSchulman: how many school/work shootings (not by career criminals) were there when machine guns were legal?

Some thoughts on why we and our institutions may be failing to deal with mass shootings because we approach them as… https://t.co/3JZ8J8HkHz

The problem with almost every narrative that mass shootings are “actually an X problem” is that X is usually so br… https://t.co/554yvZLjA6

Take mental health: It’s easy to say “mass shootings are really a mental health problem” because, well, you’d have… https://t.co/7Jm2gWxYwi

Some, like the Virginia Tech shooter, had serious diagnosed or diagnosable mental illness like psychopathy or major… https://t.co/HlaSVsT9Uu

“This is really about America’s love of guns” or “It’s just the most visible edge of our gun violence problem”: Aga… https://t.co/KcJtK4imE6

Or take this popular chart, from a sloppy NYT piece. I don’t find it meaningful. Mass US gun ownership didn’t start… https://t.co/FIg4ZbxAVE

“Let’s put armed guards in every school”: Not outlandish, but 99.9% would never encounter a shooter, and the few wh… https://t.co/8VCW01WKDU

Mass shootings are a white (or Asian) problem? I’ve never seen this argument made in good faith, but it’s bunk. The… https://t.co/DFh4euJLCm

Male toxicity or a crisis of masculinity? Hard to put numbers on that, but just about any definition would have peg… https://t.co/b3gWCT9GGo

Mass shootings do have something to do with all of these factors (except race). But weakly. Saying they’re “actuall… https://t.co/Ys0lwz2zJf

To the extent that mass shootings are about anything, it’s themselves. They have a distinct etiology: They’re a for… https://t.co/4tvgLXS5Ur

Big words, must be right! -> MT @AriSchulman To the extent that mass shootings are about anything, it’s themselves. They have a distinct etiology: They’re a form of imitative apolitical terrorism, fueled by antisocial rage but spread by infamy-seeking and social contagion