I am convinced that the people who do these shootings do so because they have an ego that cannot cope with their societal impotence.<p>That is, they think they should be more liked, more powerful, be able to get girls, be in charge of things, free from criticism, unable to be bullied (which is reasonable) etc... but aren&#x27;t for any given reason.<p>So their recourse is to <i>prove</i> to everyone how powerful they are by shooting them up. The worst part is, it is pretty powerful and it destroys communities, which is what they want. They want to be able to say they destroyed a community because that&#x27;s how they are proving their power.<p>I don&#x27;t see any solution to this. Preventing them from getting access to the tools that could empower that could help but is really hard to do, especially in the US, because banning guns or whatever likely wouldn&#x27;t work 100% of the time. If they are smart and dedicated enough they will find a way to get&#x2F;make bombs and guns.<p>So I see no real solution here.