Thoughts on mass shootings

In the wake of every mass shooting in America, we seem to have the same debate. The discussion centers around whether we should have more gun control or less gun control. Though this is a relevant discussion, it may not get to the real crux of what we're facing as a people. 

Unfortunately, these types of shootings committed mostly by dissafected American males are not slowing down. What we probably need to be doing as a society is looking for the common threads in most of these young men's lives. There are a number of cultural mile-markers that seem to bind many of these men together, and that should be our starting point.

Human connection in all its forms is probably the most important thing missing in the lives of these sad souls. But what leads to this lack of connection? The answer to this question likely holds the solution to the problem. We need to be looking into what we can do as a culture to stop churning out sociopaths, instead of only looking to legislation to solve the problem on a bureaucratic level.