> There;s been yet another school shooting.  I've lost count of them, but
one 
> is too many.
> 
> IMO the one thing that will do the most to curtail this sort of thing
is to 
> simply not cover such things in the major media.

When a kid goes to school heavily armed and starts killing people, they
are prepared to die that day. Apparently the most recent shooter in Texas
lacked the ability to actually go through with shooting himself, but he
says he was planning to. My guess - and it is just a guess - is that a
lot of the shootings are related to the growing teenage suicide rate. A
school shooting is big national news, as you say. It becomes an
attractive option for kids who are leaning towards suicide. They feel
insignificant, but can go out famous. I read some research several years
ago suggesting that newspaper coverage of suicides led to additional
suicides. So you might be onto something.
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