Stephen Dubner

David Riedman thinks that school officials may have made mistakes that day, but he says... If you take the chain of events approach, there is a much bigger problem that leads to a failure like this.

David Riedman thinks that school officials may have made mistakes that day, but he says... If you take the chain of events approach, there is a much bigger problem that leads to a failure like this.

David Riedman thinks that school officials may have made mistakes that day, but he says... If you take the chain of events approach, there is a much bigger problem that leads to a failure like this.

So let me ask a few questions about that. What's your generic or descriptive term for what you are seeking here, what you're advocating? Is it like a red flag system for school shootings?

So let me ask a few questions about that. What's your generic or descriptive term for what you are seeking here, what you're advocating? Is it like a red flag system for school shootings?

So let me ask a few questions about that. What's your generic or descriptive term for what you are seeking here, what you're advocating? Is it like a red flag system for school shootings?

Isn't it a little bit shocking that there have been so many school shootings and something like this hasn't happened yet?

Isn't it a little bit shocking that there have been so many school shootings and something like this hasn't happened yet?

Isn't it a little bit shocking that there have been so many school shootings and something like this hasn't happened yet?

And how would you respond to that critique? What would you put in place to prevent that?

And how would you respond to that critique? What would you put in place to prevent that?

And how would you respond to that critique? What would you put in place to prevent that?

Reidman mentioned one shooting that was averted at a high school in Ohio in 2023.

Reidman mentioned one shooting that was averted at a high school in Ohio in 2023.

Reidman mentioned one shooting that was averted at a high school in Ohio in 2023.

Reidman has collaborated with other academic researchers, including Jill Peterson and James Densley, co-founders of the Violence Prevention Project Research Center. In 2021, they published a book called The Violence Project, How to Stop a Mass Shooting Epidemic.

Reidman has collaborated with other academic researchers, including Jill Peterson and James Densley, co-founders of the Violence Prevention Project Research Center. In 2021, they published a book called The Violence Project, How to Stop a Mass Shooting Epidemic.

Reidman has collaborated with other academic researchers, including Jill Peterson and James Densley, co-founders of the Violence Prevention Project Research Center. In 2021, they published a book called The Violence Project, How to Stop a Mass Shooting Epidemic.

We reached out to Aaron Stark to see if he would give his recollections.

We reached out to Aaron Stark to see if he would give his recollections.