I really can't deal with how we talk about these mass shootings anymore. Every time this happens, everybody gets completely riled up trying to figure out how this could have possibly happened. Immediately we re-enter the endless debate of whether it was a result of inadequate mental health care (which is true) or an inadequate control on firearms (which is also true). Both of these are just the tip of the iceberg to explain why such tragedies are continuously occurring.
We live in a world where children (particularly young boys) grow up playing games that encourage them to shoot people in the head all day. They turn on the radio and listen to uneducated, borderline illiterate young men singing about getting wasted, treating women like absolute trash, and, of course, resorting to deadly violence to solve their issues. This is not fringe culture, this is American popular culture today. And somehow, after a shooting, we look around like it's a big mystery where the shooter got his ideas from.
Even more disturbing, culturally, we don't seem to address men's issues at all. In our world, we tell our boys that to have feelings is wrong, that they must be strong and stoic at all times for fear of being labeled a pussy. And yet, just as many women aren't able to live up to the standard that our society presents for them, neither can men. However, they are not allowed to vent their frustrations and emotions. They bottle it up until the sadness and pain eats away at their soul to the point where there is nothing left but a ball of anger and hate that eventually explodes in the most horrible ways possible.