Mark Follman
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They're using a broader criteria than we did back then, which was using a handful of cases that fit a more specific set of... Because of that range of criteria, it's very hard to say like, what is the probability? But I think the overall picture, it is a low probability event. There are not mass shootings happening every day in cities across America.
They're using a broader criteria than we did back then, which was using a handful of cases that fit a more specific set of... Because of that range of criteria, it's very hard to say like, what is the probability? But I think the overall picture, it is a low probability event. There are not mass shootings happening every day in cities across America.
And I think the public perception has been warped a lot by very intense media coverage that does occur when we have a very high profile tragic event.
And I think the public perception has been warped a lot by very intense media coverage that does occur when we have a very high profile tragic event.
And I think the public perception has been warped a lot by very intense media coverage that does occur when we have a very high profile tragic event.
To be honest with you, I was drawn to this subject initially because of the tragedy and trauma of it. I was reporting on it in the way that journalists do. But when I learned about this violence prevention method, I actually saw it as very hopeful because it's another way to look at the problem. another way to try to think about solving it.
To be honest with you, I was drawn to this subject initially because of the tragedy and trauma of it. I was reporting on it in the way that journalists do. But when I learned about this violence prevention method, I actually saw it as very hopeful because it's another way to look at the problem. another way to try to think about solving it.
To be honest with you, I was drawn to this subject initially because of the tragedy and trauma of it. I was reporting on it in the way that journalists do. But when I learned about this violence prevention method, I actually saw it as very hopeful because it's another way to look at the problem. another way to try to think about solving it.
In a lot of ways, it goes around the highly polarized partisan debate over guns. It's, let's look at this as a problem of behavioral health, of human behavior that is more broad-based. It's a nonpartisan way to look at it. I found that very hopeful and exciting. Yes, it's a heavy subject, but it's something that we can deal with.
In a lot of ways, it goes around the highly polarized partisan debate over guns. It's, let's look at this as a problem of behavioral health, of human behavior that is more broad-based. It's a nonpartisan way to look at it. I found that very hopeful and exciting. Yes, it's a heavy subject, but it's something that we can deal with.
In a lot of ways, it goes around the highly polarized partisan debate over guns. It's, let's look at this as a problem of behavioral health, of human behavior that is more broad-based. It's a nonpartisan way to look at it. I found that very hopeful and exciting. Yes, it's a heavy subject, but it's something that we can deal with.
That's another big myth I think we have with this problem to this day. I say this a lot when I'm talking about this work. This idea that, talk about the onion headline, right? With that, like, no way to prevent this as the only country that has this all the time. But there are a lot of things we can do to prevent it. And I think that's really hopeful and worth focusing on.
That's another big myth I think we have with this problem to this day. I say this a lot when I'm talking about this work. This idea that, talk about the onion headline, right? With that, like, no way to prevent this as the only country that has this all the time. But there are a lot of things we can do to prevent it. And I think that's really hopeful and worth focusing on.
That's another big myth I think we have with this problem to this day. I say this a lot when I'm talking about this work. This idea that, talk about the onion headline, right? With that, like, no way to prevent this as the only country that has this all the time. But there are a lot of things we can do to prevent it. And I think that's really hopeful and worth focusing on.
And that's why I've done it for so long. So I think people should think about it that way. We can do a lot more.
And that's why I've done it for so long. So I think people should think about it that way. We can do a lot more.
And that's why I've done it for so long. So I think people should think about it that way. We can do a lot more.
Pleasure to talk to you.
Pleasure to talk to you.
Pleasure to talk to you.