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Extremism in the media is the fueler of a lot of fear, anger, and hate.

Constantly making people feel like they're under attack and have to do something about 'the enemy' that nobody else is seemingly willing to do.

Feed that diet to people who already don't have the best mental health and give them easy access to weaponry and it isn't a surprise that they turn to said weapons to 'correct the problem' they see. Even if their actions won't actually fix anything, they're taking the only course of action they feel they can.

Mix the above with a culture that places more of an importance on ensuring the availability of weapons over the lives of any and everyone and you get modern America.

And it is fueled even harder when following these senseless acts, any attempts to introduce the minimum of regulations results in the same media networks, that are in part or chiefly responsible for these acts, freak out and double down saying 'the enemy is coming for your guns!'

Its a perfect storm that feeds itself.