Kids have had access to guns for a very long time...

it happened at my high school, no one got hurt bad, in 1974

Same here. Grew up with a house full of guns and once I was 12 or 13 could access them without even asking.

In high school even as recently as the 80’s, it was nothing for guys to shotguns or rifles in their vehicles on campus during hunting season. It wasn’t a big deal.

Access to firearms is not a mitigating factor in school shootings.

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It’s obvious to me that gun access isn’t the issue...so what might have changed?

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The proliferation and ulceration of radical social liberalism.

Exterminate that and all manner of modern problems will disappear.

Proliferation of shitty parents who don't raise their kids right and just put them on meds instead of disciplining them properly

Gun control folks will try to tell you the weapons of today are more advanced. But with the exception of better scopes, firearms haven’t changed much over 100 years.

I think the answer lies more in the taboo nature that many on the left have attached to guns. Like anything else, the more familiar/comfortable a kid is with something, the less attractive it is. Once something is prohibited, it becomes appealing. Firearms used to be tools, not unlike a hammer. Now they’re mystical killing devices that operate independently of human contact.

Of course, there’s also the issue of a modern culture that places little value in faith and looking out for one another.

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It’s obvious to me that gun access isn’t the issue...so what might have changed?

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Just my own conjecture but 24/7 news coverage giving teenagers ideas and their 15 minutes of fame

Bought my first at 12, mine not dads. Had everything covered by the time I was 16. Never had to ask, just told them where I would be. Gun in the truck at HS during hunting season, pocket knife everyday. Never entered my mind to use anything but fists and boots to handle conflict. If I took an asswhipping so be it and in a week or two we’ll go again. Definitely a cultural problem

like you, i grew up with a gun in my hand from the about the 3rd grade on....so did all of my kinfolk,friends and classmates....the difference in that day than now is our parents were married, they carried us to church, they instilled doing the right thing and if we got in trouble somewhere, we got in trouble again when we got home....that trouble at home included a severe asswhipping,too....we were surrounded by the proper structure and support....today, you have about 50% of the kids raised by filth for parents, or PARENT in most cases....as a male, we were taught to be men, not damned sissies like most of the leftists on this board are...bullied, didn't happen but on rare occasion....see, we could fight, and would do it in a second....we had raising, real raising, done in the right way....today, you have animals kept in a zoo

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15 minutes of fame

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Now that for me is something I simply cannot identify with.

Fame is a target on your back. No enjoyment to be had as EVERYONE under the sun is now watching your every moment (moving or non-moving)once famous. You're marked for extortion, blackmail, harassment, stalking, you name the annoyance another person can bring, they absolutely WILL bring it, constantly, 24/7/365.

Fortune? Sure, I could learn to endure the hardships riches bring. But keep that Fame crap far far away!

Principles no longer beat the students arse. We feared the principle and our parents. And respected them.