The societal response to date of potential shooter red flags has been tantamount to a white flag. From Columbine High to Sandy Hook Elementary, Marjory Stoneman Douglas High and now Oxford High. After the shock, outrage, finger-pointing and mourning are over, we go back to our gun culture.
What have we learned since Columbine? How about it’s not nearly enough to conduct “active-shooter drills?” That’s PR and damage control—not real pro-active prevention. Why not “If you see something, say something and then, dammit, do something”? Especially if it’s your kid? Had the parents of Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold, Adam Lanza, Nikolas Cruz and Ethan Crumbley been something other than clueless, careless, negligent manslaughter enablers and de facto accomplices, horrific tragedies could have been averted. And, yes, we’re still stuck with a Second Amendment somehow equating 21st century assault weapons with an 18th century militia-and-muskets era.