Until, we as a society, quit glamorizing the role of being a dickhead, we will have disenfranchised people who will jump to the first cowardly response.
These gun control advocates are obsessed with restricting guns to "save people" but rarely talk about preventing the seed being planted in the first place, which would actually be concerned with the humanity aspect. Want to know one of the most common denominators? disenfranchisement.
Tell your kids not to be a dick to the weird kid. Tell them to stick up for the smelly kid. To care about people. Not rip them for painting their nails black or liking a certain genre or being unable to conduct themselves appropriately in social environments