I wonder if that has to do with a call to arms so to speak. I’m reminded of a John Mulaney skit where he says at the end if the boys and girls basketball club, the speaker gets up and says how it’s great they have this organization because the alternative to youths playing basketball is drugs and alcohol… and that was the first time he heard that there was an alternative, and so he became the best at that. I also wonder if public shootings happen more when they are reported on.
They keep moving the bar every time we find middle ground. What do you expect?