Explained: What drives people to mass shootings? | Explained News, The Indian Express

Explained: What drives people to mass shootings? | Explained News, The Indian Express

By New York Times |Updated: August 8, 2019 4:57:23 pm

Explained: What drives people to mass shootings?

Trump called for action to “stop mass killings before they start,” citing what he said were a number of contributing factors: the contagious nature of mass murder; the glorification of violence in video games; and the need to act on “red flags” to identify and potentially confine the “mentally ill monsters” that he said commit the crimes.

Clarissa Hernandez places a stuffed bear at a makeshift memorial at the Walmart in El Paso, Texas, on Monday, two days after a gunman opened fire inside the store, killing 22 and wounding more than two dozen others. (Jim Wilson/The New York Times)

Written by Benedict Carey