Igniting a Mass Shooter

The first eight months of 2019 in America have been irretrievably scarred by the indiscriminate killings of people and kids attending festive events they never knew would be their last moments on Earth. The listing of killings and the killers is lengthy besides being upsetting because of the number and recency of these assaults by men armed with military-style weaponry. The frequency of these deadly assaults has resulted in a change in all of our lives with programs and videos being developed to assist not just law enforcement personnel but the “man-on-the-street,” the intended victims. Kids in schools or churchgoers and hospital personnel now have training for terroristic attacks. Who would have thought this possible?

Who are these men (and to date they have all been men) and what promotes this killing exercise that we’ve seen over the past months and years? Is it mental illness? Disgruntled workers? Domestic violence? Political activists? Filtering out the who and why of the grim statistics is a drill meant for AI (artificial intelligence) if ever there was one.