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Zeus posted...

Which is an intentionally deceptive definition

Using the literal definition of each word in a term to define the term is a deceptive definition? News to me. No wonder you struggle so much with "Neo-Nazi."

Zeus posted...

Which would actually do nothing to prevent most of things you're trying to define as school shootings. It might help out with the actual crazies going on a rampage, but an angry guy who wants to kill his ex isn't exactly going to be flagged for a psych eval because he doesn't seem far enough gone yet.

Except for the part where "mental health services" goes far, far beyond psych evals and subsequent treatment. Nobody snaps without warning signs or prior exacerbating factors. Having the public education needed to recognize warning signs and the society-level supports needed to mitigate those exacerbating factors all fall under the broad umbrella of "mental health services," because mental health is far, far broader than what happens after somebody is diagnosed with a mental disorder.

Zeus posted...

And what's worse is using murders to prop up and perpetuate a false agenda.

What false agenda, that people shouldn't shoot people at schools? I think that's a pretty reasonable agenda. Working toward that is a good idea, and anyone who disagrees should sodomize themselves with a cactus made of flaming thermite. Could broaden that to "people shouldn't shoot people," but school shootings are a specific enough subset of shootings that you can probably find more specific remedial efforts to focus on than if you look at the broader problem.