Mark Follman

For decades, people have tried to figure out, can you predict an act of violence like this? And the answer is definitively no. There is no way to predict someone doing this, but you can prevent it if you can identify the process leading up to it. So that's what the profiling is. It's studying the process of behavior and circumstances leading up to the attack.

For decades, people have tried to figure out, can you predict an act of violence like this? And the answer is definitively no. There is no way to predict someone doing this, but you can prevent it if you can identify the process leading up to it. So that's what the profiling is. It's studying the process of behavior and circumstances leading up to the attack.

Well, again, it's that in combination with these other things because regular teen angst is everywhere, right? But regular teen angst plus like suddenly this person's gotten very interested in firearms and they never were before. Suddenly they're not waking up in the morning.

Well, again, it's that in combination with these other things because regular teen angst is everywhere, right? But regular teen angst plus like suddenly this person's gotten very interested in firearms and they never were before. Suddenly they're not waking up in the morning.

Well, again, it's that in combination with these other things because regular teen angst is everywhere, right? But regular teen angst plus like suddenly this person's gotten very interested in firearms and they never were before. Suddenly they're not waking up in the morning.

Suddenly they are saying they don't have any friends even though they skateboard with a couple buddies down the street once a week. Where do shooters usually get their weapons? Family and friends or do they go to the store and buy them? So with school shootings, there are a lot of cases where they're getting them from home or homes of other people. And then a lot of guns are acquired legally.

Suddenly they are saying they don't have any friends even though they skateboard with a couple buddies down the street once a week. Where do shooters usually get their weapons? Family and friends or do they go to the store and buy them? So with school shootings, there are a lot of cases where they're getting them from home or homes of other people. And then a lot of guns are acquired legally.

Suddenly they are saying they don't have any friends even though they skateboard with a couple buddies down the street once a week. Where do shooters usually get their weapons? Family and friends or do they go to the store and buy them? So with school shootings, there are a lot of cases where they're getting them from home or homes of other people. And then a lot of guns are acquired legally.

That's just the reality in our country that most mass shooters are using legally purchased firearms. It's an overwhelming majority. You want to get a gun, you can get a gun. The Elliot Rodger case, he went to gun shops in the vicinity of Santa Barbara and bought three handguns.

That's just the reality in our country that most mass shooters are using legally purchased firearms. It's an overwhelming majority. You want to get a gun, you can get a gun. The Elliot Rodger case, he went to gun shops in the vicinity of Santa Barbara and bought three handguns.

That's just the reality in our country that most mass shooters are using legally purchased firearms. It's an overwhelming majority. You want to get a gun, you can get a gun. The Elliot Rodger case, he went to gun shops in the vicinity of Santa Barbara and bought three handguns.

And that's actually another thing that's important here too, is that a lot of people who commit these attacks don't have criminal history, or they have not been committed involuntarily for mental health treatment, which is a very high bar. And there are some states, there's the federal NICS database that prohibit a legal firearms purchase in a licensed dealer if they're in that database.

And that's actually another thing that's important here too, is that a lot of people who commit these attacks don't have criminal history, or they have not been committed involuntarily for mental health treatment, which is a very high bar. And there are some states, there's the federal NICS database that prohibit a legal firearms purchase in a licensed dealer if they're in that database.

And that's actually another thing that's important here too, is that a lot of people who commit these attacks don't have criminal history, or they have not been committed involuntarily for mental health treatment, which is a very high bar. And there are some states, there's the federal NICS database that prohibit a legal firearms purchase in a licensed dealer if they're in that database.

But there are a lot of ways around that, of course, the loopholes, right? So you want a gun, you can get a gun. And most perpetrators who commit these attacks are doing it that way.

But there are a lot of ways around that, of course, the loopholes, right? So you want a gun, you can get a gun. And most perpetrators who commit these attacks are doing it that way.

But there are a lot of ways around that, of course, the loopholes, right? So you want a gun, you can get a gun. And most perpetrators who commit these attacks are doing it that way.

I think where the sort of much broader question of gun regulations intersects this kind of prevention work is fairly obvious. If we had more effective gun regulations, that would be a tool that could be more effective in the setting of violence prevention. In other words, you've got an individual you're worried about. You're looking into him.

I think where the sort of much broader question of gun regulations intersects this kind of prevention work is fairly obvious. If we had more effective gun regulations, that would be a tool that could be more effective in the setting of violence prevention. In other words, you've got an individual you're worried about. You're looking into him.

I think where the sort of much broader question of gun regulations intersects this kind of prevention work is fairly obvious. If we had more effective gun regulations, that would be a tool that could be more effective in the setting of violence prevention. In other words, you've got an individual you're worried about. You're looking into him.