But after hearing about the mass shooting last week and all the discussions about gun control, I think we need to rethink the problem. I don't see gun control as the answer to mass shootings. Most of the people obtained their firearms legally, and I don't see the need to punish 99.9% of the people to maybe stop one shooter.
The problem is the media attention. If a person is feeling blue and wants attention, all he or she has to do is grab a gun and start shooting everyone for instant fame. Suddenly, his name will be mentioned at least once an hour, every hour, for days on end. Everyone knows all about the shooter's life, from infancy to death. People might even make a movie about what happened.
For someone who feels so alone, overlooked, left out, or abandoned, creating a mass shooting seems to be the answer, the solution to those negative feelings. Dying during the incident might even count as a bonus - you can live on in infamy.
So how do we stop the mass shootings? I think the answer is easy. Stop publicizing when one occurs. If someone shoots up a school in Macon, Georgia, then no one outside of Macon needs to hear about it on the news. The media needs to stop naming the people responsible for the shootings, need to stop listing the number of dead and injured, needs to stop making each incident into headline news.
It's the same philosophy as with children. All children need attention. They crave positive attention, will settle for negative attention, and cannot stand being ignored. The shooters have not found a source of positive attention and will happily settle for the negative media attention. If we ignore the shootings, we remove that source of attention. No attention equals no reason to become a shooter.
The question is, can we stop the media from publicizing each mass shooting?
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