Mark Follman

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.

So therefore, it makes sense on a very fundamental level that we have more mass shootings.

So therefore, it makes sense on a very fundamental level that we have more mass shootings.

So therefore, it makes sense on a very fundamental level that we have more mass shootings.

No, that's not quite right. That number actually, that was the number of approximate annual gun deaths in America at the time that the book was published. So 2022. I see. I wondered how you figured that out. I was like, that is a lot. That's based on CDC data just in terms of gun injuries and death. At the time, approximately 40,000. It's actually higher now. It's more like 50,000 a year annually.

No, that's not quite right. That number actually, that was the number of approximate annual gun deaths in America at the time that the book was published. So 2022. I see. I wondered how you figured that out. I was like, that is a lot. That's based on CDC data just in terms of gun injuries and death. At the time, approximately 40,000. It's actually higher now. It's more like 50,000 a year annually.

No, that's not quite right. That number actually, that was the number of approximate annual gun deaths in America at the time that the book was published. So 2022. I see. I wondered how you figured that out. I was like, that is a lot. That's based on CDC data just in terms of gun injuries and death. At the time, approximately 40,000. It's actually higher now. It's more like 50,000 a year annually.

The majority of those are suicide. That's something that we'll talk about later when we talk about the Elliot Rodger case because in many instances, the mass shootings problem is a suicide problem. These are suicidal, homicidal attacks in which the perpetrators take their own lives. Those statistics are talking about the number of gun casualties.

The majority of those are suicide. That's something that we'll talk about later when we talk about the Elliot Rodger case because in many instances, the mass shootings problem is a suicide problem. These are suicidal, homicidal attacks in which the perpetrators take their own lives. Those statistics are talking about the number of gun casualties.

The majority of those are suicide. That's something that we'll talk about later when we talk about the Elliot Rodger case because in many instances, the mass shootings problem is a suicide problem. These are suicidal, homicidal attacks in which the perpetrators take their own lives. Those statistics are talking about the number of gun casualties.

I do say, I think, in a general statement in the introduction to the book that there is quite a bit of evidence-based research that tighter gun restrictions in states that have them have been effective for reducing gun violence. How do you balance that with the Second Amendment stuff, though, man?

I do say, I think, in a general statement in the introduction to the book that there is quite a bit of evidence-based research that tighter gun restrictions in states that have them have been effective for reducing gun violence. How do you balance that with the Second Amendment stuff, though, man?

I do say, I think, in a general statement in the introduction to the book that there is quite a bit of evidence-based research that tighter gun restrictions in states that have them have been effective for reducing gun violence. How do you balance that with the Second Amendment stuff, though, man?

You know, I also say Trigger Points is not a book about guns. And that's a provocative thing to say, a book about mass shootings, because, of course, you don't have mass shootings without guns. I mean, it's intrinsic to the problem itself. But really what I was interested in was human behavior. What is the human behavior that is driving this problem?

You know, I also say Trigger Points is not a book about guns. And that's a provocative thing to say, a book about mass shootings, because, of course, you don't have mass shootings without guns. I mean, it's intrinsic to the problem itself. But really what I was interested in was human behavior. What is the human behavior that is driving this problem?

You know, I also say Trigger Points is not a book about guns. And that's a provocative thing to say, a book about mass shootings, because, of course, you don't have mass shootings without guns. I mean, it's intrinsic to the problem itself. But really what I was interested in was human behavior. What is the human behavior that is driving this problem?

And that's what the field of threat assessment is focused on in terms of solution. If you study the behavior that leads up to these attacks— You can learn about it. You can identify patterns of behavior, of circumstances that are shared among these perpetrators. And that's the opportunity to intervene.

And that's what the field of threat assessment is focused on in terms of solution. If you study the behavior that leads up to these attacks— You can learn about it. You can identify patterns of behavior, of circumstances that are shared among these perpetrators. And that's the opportunity to intervene.

And that's what the field of threat assessment is focused on in terms of solution. If you study the behavior that leads up to these attacks— You can learn about it. You can identify patterns of behavior, of circumstances that are shared among these perpetrators. And that's the opportunity to intervene.

If we can understand that better, we can see it coming and we can do things about it constructively to try to prevent it from happening. And when I first was learning about this field of work, which I would say a decade plus ago was really completely out of public view. I'd never heard of it. And I'd been studying mass shootings already for a couple of years at that point.