There is only one solution to these young, crazy shooters [View all]
Most of these non-terrorist, crazy mass shooters are fairly young, and after the fact are always described as loners, misfits, depressed, anti-social, etc. Yet they haven't done anything yet that would prohibit them from legally obtaining a gun. But, there were "warning signs" if only someone had noticed and "done something" about it.
So how about every year, starting in Jr high school, there is a survey of all the students where they have to rank all their classmates on a social acceptance scale? Yes, it would be something like a popularity contest. Each student would have to rate each of their classmates in several categories and rank them on a scale. Students would be able to comment on who is "weird, a loner, a misfit, creepy, anti-social," etc. After all, who would observe and recognize the "warning signs" better than their peers? School authorities would turn these survey results over to qualified psychiatric panels who would evaluate and identify students that "bear watching." If someone is consistently ranked "weird" or "creepy" by their peers they would get further scrutiny. Finally, at the end of high school, where most people are legally eligible to legally buy weapons, the authorities could put the ones that consistently ranked as loners, misfits, and losers in a Federal database that would prohibit them from ever passing a background check and obtaining a weapon from an FFL. If the UBCs are expanded to all sales, including private sales, it would preclude many of these mass shooters from obtaining a firearm.
That is a way to identify and do something about all these young misfits that turn into mass killers even though they haven't done anything criminal yet. At least it is a way to do something that could pass constitutional muster and every elected representative should be OK with it.
What do you think?
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