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#Georgia's Top #GOP Lawmaker Seeks Tougher Action Against Students Who Make Threats. But It May Not Make #Schools Safer.
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To deter #violence, research suggests the best strategy is not harsh punishment for threats but a different tactic, one based on decades of interviews with mass shooters, political assassins and people who survived attacks: threat assessments.

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https://www.propublica.org/article/apalachee-high-school-shooting-threats-response

After the Apalachee High School Shooting, How Should Georgia Respond to Threats?

To deter violence, research suggests the best strategy is not harsh punishment for threats but a different tactic, one based on decades of interviews with mass shooters, political assassins and people who survived attacks: threat assessments.

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Sep 14, 2024 at 3:20pmWeb
Show threadMylesRydenSep 17, 2024

@ProPublica

Just on the face of it (not ignoring the research, but just looking at the situations) most mass shootings are suicide missions anyway.

It is sort of like in an action movie when the bad guy sticks his gun in the face of the hero. Not the most efficient use of a firearm. In case after case, the shooter clearly wants to be the center of action/attention. Apparently they assume they will be shot by police.

Be nice if legislators even paid attention to the most basic things about items they wish to legislate on.

Show threadFrazell ThomasSep 17, 2024

@ProPublica The lawmakers love to move for quick fixes so they can have a campaign bullet point. It sounds like you’re doing something by toughening punishments.

The real work that needs to be done is a deep study of students and testing of actual solutions to the problem those studies uncover.

You can’t focus only on punishments. You have to fix the root of the problem.

Show threadottawasteph 🕊️Sep 20, 2024
@ProPublica Please use headline case instead of title case.