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To navigate their way through life, how doses, or maybe not particularly well -- handle being upset, maybe angry at the workplace, but they did have coping behaviors, and now all of a sudden those coping behaviors are not what they should be. they are not relying on them. so i found it very interesting when both of these were back to back. and also made me wonder about the copycat, or the contagion effect in the shootings that we have seen in younger shooters. >> andrew, in your experience from ...

The focus on the ripple effect of violence. what were some of the key findings? >> well, one of the key findings was that there was a copycat effect when these cases occurred, which meant that after one shooting occurred, then the level of violence increased, there are more threats of violence in the more additional shootings. and as the shootings got more sensational, then prior shooters became, as andy said, theyre inspirational, they become folk heroes, and new shooters aspire to be like dyla...

Kind of behavior. we first -- we really first studied copycat effect following the suicide of marilyn monroe. but that wasnt the first time that lots of human behavior influenced other humans to do the same thing. and so its not unusual that this copycat behavior is part of what we see with mass shootings and it still continues. its just when you have older men, 67, 68, 72, peer influence is not nearly as important if you are 20 or 21 where what other people think of you is really important. tha...

Clearly has some sort of an obsession with violence if, in fact, it is this person, and that it is somebody who has an obsession with perhaps school shootings, as well, or some mass shooting. thats something that needs to be looked at. i think thats something we need to address in this country. when are we picking up the phone here? were conditioned to see something, say something, kind of the new york city area mantra when it comes to terrorism. when are we going to do that when it comes to peo...

Classroom where there were children inside. >> there was no hesitation. no hesitation whatsoever. were thankful for their training, that they did exactly what they were trained to do. >> in alabama last week, a man was shot and killed by a resource officer after he attempted to enter an elementary school where 34 children were attending a literacy camp. he was also trying to forcibly enter a patrol vehicle and was killed after an altercation with the officer at the school. >> he went straight to...

Journalists show emotion in the wake of a terrible tragedy like this? >> well, journalists are not robots, and if you are describing on the air thoughter of 19 -- the slaughter of 19 children and 2 of their teachers and you dont feel something and you dont catch a lump in your throat, then maybe you dont have a pulse. were humans, thats okay. if it crosses a line into performance -- im im not alleging that here -- thats another question. i get the sadness, the human compassion, the anger when yo...

Amount of attention that this horrible tragedy has received, i always note that there is a concern about copycats and i have heard of a few attempts anyway. his law enforcement talking about that? any kind of stuff like that, the copycat effect? >> they are not outright talking about it. im sure theres probably some language that they are using to sort of prevent that. i dont really hear them using the suspects name or using the photo a lot when going into detail about that. that is something th...

Culture that gives us gun violence. there is one party, as the congresswoman alluded to, that is saying enough funds enough, lets at least try to do something. so of gun violence prevention, as we are today the democratic party is a national political party in what you find a home. >> mark, you have government shootings. and i learned a lot from your reporting on this. particularly about how we cover them, and i think actually in the decade have been doing this as changed, and formed by some of ...

Events like the December 2012 Newtown massacre require that constitutional and complex cultural factors be taken into consideration and that policy be based on a serious study of all of the evidence.

For violent extremism or support for or obsession about other people who have committed violent acts, absolutely, that adds up. >> i do wonder, do you think the tragedies like in el paso and dayton, do you think it has made people more vigilant so they are reporting more, or do you think as weve heard -- weve heard in the past the fear after tragic mass shootings of a copycat effect after mass shootings. do you think either one is at play here? >> i think, yes, i think thats a good observation, ...