Regardless of belief in the solvency of gun reform, the excessive attention given to those who commit mass shootings seems widely accepted as contributing to the proliferation these atrocities.
There seems no better reward for an individual on the sidelines of society than a week of attention into his or her life, personal issues, and grievances with society.
We are empowering them.
There are limits to regulation of media and freedom of the press, but there are also opportunities for initiatives that might pressure outlets into limiting their obsession.
If these companies profit off of consumer's attention, and these companies perpetuate copycat attacks, the role of the state in securing the homeland must be rightly, but justly, exercised.