Mark Follman

He had some developmental disabilities that were serious. He was going through a lot of therapy. But none of these things really defined or caused what he did.

He had some developmental disabilities that were serious. He was going through a lot of therapy. But none of these things really defined or caused what he did.

He had some developmental disabilities that were serious. He was going through a lot of therapy. But none of these things really defined or caused what he did.

2007.

2007.

2007.

Yeah, and I wrote about that case extensively in Trigger Points. That is a really good case study in terms of behavioral warning signs that were missed or misunderstood. That was also almost two decades ago. And I think the understanding of the problem has evolved and developed quite a bit since then. But yeah, I think we can get into the discussion of warning signs.

Yeah, and I wrote about that case extensively in Trigger Points. That is a really good case study in terms of behavioral warning signs that were missed or misunderstood. That was also almost two decades ago. And I think the understanding of the problem has evolved and developed quite a bit since then. But yeah, I think we can get into the discussion of warning signs.

Yeah, and I wrote about that case extensively in Trigger Points. That is a really good case study in terms of behavioral warning signs that were missed or misunderstood. That was also almost two decades ago. And I think the understanding of the problem has evolved and developed quite a bit since then. But yeah, I think we can get into the discussion of warning signs.

I would steer you away from describing this as nuts, the behaviors, because that sounds like crazy or mentally insane. It's like the way we see it, right? Yeah. Normal people don't get a knife out and go to the library and start stabbing at it. That's an expression of anger, perhaps psychopathy in certain situations, which is also a fragment minority set of cases among school and mass shooters.

I would steer you away from describing this as nuts, the behaviors, because that sounds like crazy or mentally insane. It's like the way we see it, right? Yeah. Normal people don't get a knife out and go to the library and start stabbing at it. That's an expression of anger, perhaps psychopathy in certain situations, which is also a fragment minority set of cases among school and mass shooters.

I would steer you away from describing this as nuts, the behaviors, because that sounds like crazy or mentally insane. It's like the way we see it, right? Yeah. Normal people don't get a knife out and go to the library and start stabbing at it. That's an expression of anger, perhaps psychopathy in certain situations, which is also a fragment minority set of cases among school and mass shooters.

People who are actually psychopaths is another term that we sort of throw around in lay language. Oh, that person's psycho, but actual psychopathy or antisocial personality disorder, that's a fraction of the set of overall cases. I think that you're referring to some of the dressing like the Columbine shooters, the imitation behavior. There's a different way to think about that.

People who are actually psychopaths is another term that we sort of throw around in lay language. Oh, that person's psycho, but actual psychopathy or antisocial personality disorder, that's a fraction of the set of overall cases. I think that you're referring to some of the dressing like the Columbine shooters, the imitation behavior. There's a different way to think about that.

People who are actually psychopaths is another term that we sort of throw around in lay language. Oh, that person's psycho, but actual psychopathy or antisocial personality disorder, that's a fraction of the set of overall cases. I think that you're referring to some of the dressing like the Columbine shooters, the imitation behavior. There's a different way to think about that.

And I actually explored this at great length to what I call in the book emulation behavior. It's known as the copycat problem. Why do mass shooters look to previous shooters for inspiration and sometimes for tactical ideas too? And it's because they see in many cases, the evidence shows they are drawing inspiration from it, but they're also looking for a way to get attention. They want notoriety.

And I actually explored this at great length to what I call in the book emulation behavior. It's known as the copycat problem. Why do mass shooters look to previous shooters for inspiration and sometimes for tactical ideas too? And it's because they see in many cases, the evidence shows they are drawing inspiration from it, but they're also looking for a way to get attention. They want notoriety.

And I actually explored this at great length to what I call in the book emulation behavior. It's known as the copycat problem. Why do mass shooters look to previous shooters for inspiration and sometimes for tactical ideas too? And it's because they see in many cases, the evidence shows they are drawing inspiration from it, 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. Another way to think about it that I often have heard from experts in this field is these are people who want to seize control of their story, to seize power through violence because they feel powerless. They feel hopeless. They're suicidal.

They want to be known. They want to be a somebody instead of a nobody because they feel like nobody. Another way to think about it that I often have heard from experts in this field is these are people who want to seize control of their story, to seize power through violence because they feel powerless. They feel hopeless. They're suicidal.