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One smart idea would be to encourage the media to cover these shootings in a way that would be less encouraging to a potential active shooter. Also, if they keep demolishing every school that suffers from a mass shooter event. It might motivate a would-be shooter to try it, just so that they can be responsible for having their school destroyed.

It wouldn't be a bad idea to have PR experts meet with psychologists devoted to coming up with strategies to discourage this outcome. I think the active shooter drills, are probably harmful. I wouldn't doubt that it's probably seeding the minds of unwell persons to do unwell things.