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May 27, 2022 · Like AR-15 semi-automatic rifles, body armor and other tactical gear have become an increasingly common feature of mass shootings — a trend that experts say is as much a cultural phenomenon as...
- Caitlin Dickson
- 3 min
- No Template For Violence
- Personal Or Political?
- Mass Shooting Intervention
The revelation that the Orlando shooter used gay dating apps and frequented Pulse has led to speculation that closeted self-loathing played a role in the shooting. There is some scientific evidence that self-hate can be outwardly destructive. A 2012 study published in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology found that people with implicit ...
Some researchers think that even people who seem like straightforward terrorists—suicide bombers, for example—are driven by personal mental-health problems. In his book, "The Myth of Martyrdom: What Really Drives Suicide Bombers, Rampage Shooters and Other Self-Destructive Killers" (St. Martin's Press, 2013), University of Alabama criminal justice ...
With no consistent profile to use as a guide, researchers and threat-assessment professionals are working to figure out who, among the unstable and rage-filled, might progress to violence. This is not an easy task. "You can't measure the dogs that don't bite," Bloom said. Standard measures for violence risk in extremists often fall short. Scientist...
- Stephanie Pappas, Livescience
Oct 20, 2015 · One of the most common reasons we wear masks is what I think of as Imposter Syndrome —the fear that the world is going to find us out. I’ve heard it described as feeling like a fake like...
- Susan Sparks
May 26, 2022 · Within 10 days this month, mass shootings in Buffalo, N.Y., Laguna Woods, and Uvalde, Texas, have claimed dozens of lives, shattered families and communities, and put people around the U.S. on...
- madalyn.amato@latimes.com
May 25, 2021 · Baruch Fischhoff, who studies decision-making at Carnegie Mellon University, said that at this point in the pandemic, with just over 39 percent of the country fully vaccinated, there is a...
May 30, 2022 · Twenty-one mass shooters over the past 40 years have worn body armor, most of them in the past decade, according to the group. On May 14, a gunman in Buffalo, New York, used an assault rifle to...
Apr 22, 2021 · Unvaccinated people should wear masks when in close conversation with people outside their family — even outdoors — and should almost always wear a mask when indoors and not at home ...
