Did you have access to guns when you were in high school?

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15. I'm not blaming video games

But I am going to blame technology, to a point.
Today everything is so impersonal. Do you know what I mean? Today kids talk through computers, either texting, social media, etc. I honestly believe that we have a produced a populace of people (kids, and adults included) that have a lack of empathy.
I know this is way too simplistic, and I really am not a great communicator of what I’m thinking, but the social media society has made us all internet warriors, and for some kids that manifests itself into thinking that to commit a school shooting isn’t really reality. They have a grandiose idea of having their face and name splashed over the internet, and they will finally be recognized.
The video games tie into this by making shooting someone impersonal.
So while for the vast majority of kids, playing those violent video games, or spending the vast majority of their time on the internet is not a big problem, for a tiny amount of them it is a huge problem.
And for those kids, bullying, and the access to firearms, will set off a horrible chain reaction.