Source: Christian Science Monitor
by staff
“After the school shooting in Winder, Georgia, on Wednesday, much of the attention has been on what failed. Most of all, federal and local officials acknowledge they knew about the troubled teen, who killed four people, and had questioned him a year earlier. At the time, they said, they could not definitively connect him to threats posted online. Yet this focus on how to better predict violence may mask a simpler approach to preventing it. A growing body of evidence shows that teaching empathy toward people who are troubled is more effective in curbing gun violence than trying to profile would-be assailants. And it taps into resources already at hand – neighbors, community leaders, and students.” (09/05/24)
https://www.csmonitor.com/Commentary/the-monitors-view/2024/0905/One-way-to-foil-school-shootings