gun awareness and education programs are the answer.

With education and awareness you can limith the damage crazy mass shooters can inflict.

The first thing that comes to mind about the recent shootings is the inability of the witnesses and victums to immediately identify the gun shots for what they were, gun shots, teacher stated something along the lines of " I thought at first the shots were the sound of chairs falling in the auditorium". So many times its the lack of recognition of a threat that prevents the taking of effective action.

How does a shooter penetrate deep into a crowded mall undetected? Due to a failure of the populace to identify the threat because of a lack of awareness. Most people would not recognise or take notice of an individual in their midst who to the trained eye would appear suspiciouse. This is simply because most people are not trained, but the recent shootings show the obviouse error of not training the public of a gub culture in how to identify threats and also what effective action the individual can take to neutralize said threats.

Today when we send our children out of the room to protect them from violence or situations they might witness on the TV when the adults are viewing R rated movies or adult oriented news and entertainment material, those children go to their rooms and turn on their phones or game systems to engage in mass slaughter first person shooter games with total impunity. Many times the games the kids are playing are far more violent and adult oriented than what the parents are watching in the next room. While the parents are shieldine the kids from the new of mass shootings, the kids are in the next room engaging in mass shootings for entertainment.

Please tell me in which video game does the player ever attend the funeral for the victums the have slain? When does the player ever face the spouces and children of the characters they kill in the game? Where are the consequenses of their murderouse actions inside of the game? There answer is of that there aren't any, we train kids to act out violence without responcibility, then when events unfold in the real world we shield the kids from the aweful reality of it. This is not condusive to addressing the violence that is real and present in the world, in us.

Children know more about guns than you may think, ask your 8 year old what the differance between a shotgun and a sniper rifle is, a nine millimeter vs a forty five, a revolver vs an automatic an ar15 vs an m60 or an ak47. Where do they learn these things? In the games they play and the movies they watch, but when do movies and games ever educate these kids on the safety factors related to the firearms they are using in the game? Things like,

1. Neve point this firearm at anything you are not willing to destroy.
2. Treat all guns as if they are loaded.
3. Never put you finger on the trigger until you are ready to shoot.
4. Always be aware of what is behind your target and do not shoot if background not clear.

These things should at rhe very least scroll across the screen in bold type at the beginning of every game level where the player will use a gun.