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Psychology & Lives of Mass Shooters
The Warning Signs You Need to Know
What is it like to talk to murderers on death row?
How are they different than mass shooters?
The News:
In late October, a mass shooter, who shall remain unnamed in this post and in our program, killed 18 people and wounded 13 in a bowling alley and a bar in Lewiston, Maine.
After this horrific and senseless tragedy, U.S. House Representative from Lewiston, Maine, Mr. Jared Golden, a gun owner and a former Marine, changed his mind on gun ownership and called for a ban on assault rifles.
The History Behind News:
Did you know, that after the July 2012 Aurora movie theatre mass shooting, which killed 12 people, including 24-year-old Alex Teves, Tom and Caren Teves, Alex’s parents, founded the No Notoriety movement, which calls on the media to refrain from gratuitously sharing the names of mass shooters, or showing their images, videos or manifestos?
Why is this important, you may ask?
Because fame-seeking — notoriety — wanting to make the headlines and to be remembered in our history books, is one of the most important motivating factors for the…
