Impossible to create a “School Shooter” profile

21Apr/070

Impossible to create a “School Shooter” profile

In the wake of the Virginia Tech shootings, you may find several people oversimplifying the human psyche and spouting in their completely unprofessional opinions like "He was a loner" or "He wrote disturbing stories" (Yeah, so does Stephen King. Does he kill people? Not AFAIK).

The fact of the matter is creating a profile of the "School Shooter" type is impossible. Find out why at livescience.com:

a la livescience.com:

But again, most mentally-disturbed individuals donâ€™t pick up a gun and use it. â€œYou canâ€™t say they have isolated themselves and they are depressed, so they are going to turn into a mass murderer,â€ Nelson told LiveScience. â€œThe problem is now youâ€™ve labeled literally tens of thousands of people incorrectly, because most people who are depressed, isolated and canâ€™t talk, donâ€™t become mass murderers.â€

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