Mark Follman

Why do mass shooters look to previous shooters for inspiration and sometimes for tactical ideas to what I call in the book emulation behavior? It's known as the copycat problem. But they're also looking for a way to get attention. They want notoriety. They want to be known. They want to be a somebody instead of a nobody because they feel like nobody.

Why do mass shooters look to previous shooters for inspiration and sometimes for tactical ideas to what I call in the book emulation behavior? It's known as the copycat problem. But they're also looking for a way to get attention. They want notoriety. They want to be known. They want to be a somebody instead of a nobody because they feel like nobody.

Why do mass shooters look to previous shooters for inspiration and sometimes for tactical ideas to what I call in the book emulation behavior? It's known as the copycat problem. But they're also looking for a way to get attention. They want notoriety. They want to be known. They want to be a somebody instead of a nobody because they feel like nobody.

You've already put your finger on it. For me... My focus on violence prevention in this space is really ultimately a hopeful story.

You've already put your finger on it. For me... My focus on violence prevention in this space is really ultimately a hopeful story.

You've already put your finger on it. For me... My focus on violence prevention in this space is really ultimately a hopeful story.

That's what led me to write the book because I discovered this field of work a decade plus ago called behavioral threat assessment, which is, I think, a potentially very powerful solution to this problem among, I think, a multitude of policy tools and choices that need to be made. But the debate was always and still is often only about firearms.

That's what led me to write the book because I discovered this field of work a decade plus ago called behavioral threat assessment, which is, I think, a potentially very powerful solution to this problem among, I think, a multitude of policy tools and choices that need to be made. But the debate was always and still is often only about firearms.

That's what led me to write the book because I discovered this field of work a decade plus ago called behavioral threat assessment, which is, I think, a potentially very powerful solution to this problem among, I think, a multitude of policy tools and choices that need to be made. But the debate was always and still is often only about firearms.

And this is a different way of looking at the problem. So yes, it's very heavy subject matter inherently. But this is a way of looking at it that is really focused on progress and trying to mitigate the problem.

And this is a different way of looking at the problem. So yes, it's very heavy subject matter inherently. But this is a way of looking at it that is really focused on progress and trying to mitigate the problem.

And this is a different way of looking at the problem. So yes, it's very heavy subject matter inherently. But this is a way of looking at it that is really focused on progress and trying to mitigate the problem.

Yeah. I mean, that's really one of a number of myths that surround this problem in perpetuity. We have an inordinate population. version of this problem in the United States. It's much bigger here. But this goes on in other places in the world. There have been quite a few mass shootings in Europe, in Canada, Australia, comparable nations in terms of culture and wealth.

Yeah. I mean, that's really one of a number of myths that surround this problem in perpetuity. We have an inordinate population. version of this problem in the United States. It's much bigger here. But this goes on in other places in the world. There have been quite a few mass shootings in Europe, in Canada, Australia, comparable nations in terms of culture and wealth.

Yeah. I mean, that's really one of a number of myths that surround this problem in perpetuity. We have an inordinate population. version of this problem in the United States. It's much bigger here. But this goes on in other places in the world. There have been quite a few mass shootings in Europe, in Canada, Australia, comparable nations in terms of culture and wealth.

But we have much more of it and much more frequent recurrence of it. So I think that lends itself to this kind of stereotypical idea that only America goes through this. But in the field of threat assessment, which is the focus of my book, this field of violence prevention, the term they use is called targeted violence. It's describing a planned or predatory type of violence of attacking.

But we have much more of it and much more frequent recurrence of it. So I think that lends itself to this kind of stereotypical idea that only America goes through this. But in the field of threat assessment, which is the focus of my book, this field of violence prevention, the term they use is called targeted violence. It's describing a planned or predatory type of violence of attacking.

But we have much more of it and much more frequent recurrence of it. So I think that lends itself to this kind of stereotypical idea that only America goes through this. But in the field of threat assessment, which is the focus of my book, this field of violence prevention, the term they use is called targeted violence. It's describing a planned or predatory type of violence of attacking.

A person who wants to do this plans it out carefully. That's the opportunity to prevent it because there are warning signs along the way. But that form of human violence, of targeted violence, goes on in all societies. We are also a country that has a huge number of firearms, and they're very easy to get in most places.

A person who wants to do this plans it out carefully. That's the opportunity to prevent it because there are warning signs along the way. But that form of human violence, of targeted violence, goes on in all societies. We are also a country that has a huge number of firearms, and they're very easy to get in most places.