Ever since Sandy Hook, experts have learned a lot more about how to intervene with disturbed and suicidal young men — before they get their hands on AR-15s and body armor. Threat assessment, red flag laws, higher age limits for guns. motherjones.com/crime-justice/… #SandyHook10YearsLater
2/ This pattern with assault rifles and tactical gear used in the grim spate of mass shootings in 2022 is telling. It's an escalation of a trend over the past decade. motherjones.com/crime-justice/… #SandyHook10YearsLater 
3/ Among the 83 mass shootings since 2012 documented in our @MotherJones database, 34 of the cases involved assault rifles. motherjones.com/politics/2012/…
4/ Marketing by gun companies has fed into the mentality of young men who become mass shooters. Threat assessment research shows how. motherjones.com/crime-justice/…
(Note on #2 above: The UVA perpetrator used a handgun but also had an AR-15 and other gear and ammo in his possession)
(Note on #2 above: The UVA perpetrator used a handgun but also had an AR-15 and other gear and ammo in his possession)
5/ Frankly, it is astonishing that so many politicians still stand in the way of promising solutions like red flag laws. Including in Texas—even after Uvalde. These laws are designed to do precisely what many Republicans call for after every massacre. motherjones.com/crime-justice/…
6/ But there is also plenty to be hopeful about, and much more that can be done to reduce mass shootings. Here I also detail a recent case in Seattle that shows how threat assessment and red flag laws can be used successfully to prevent a mass shooting motherjones.com/crime-justice/…
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