youngsters to take up arms and why do tragedies like this continue to happen i guess today is dr peter landesman psychologist and author of the books school shooters why kids kill. school shootings is bleeding america with school kids and college students having constant danger. with. what happens in the mind of someone who decides to open fire on their peers can tragedies like. never be prevented and what will it take to cure the us of this sporadic lethal disease. dr peter langman psychologist and author of the books school shooters and why kids kill welcome to the show it's really great to have you with us. so dr langan with what eighteen was worst year on record for school shootings was becoming more frequent deadly can we say school shootings in america are on the rise in was the cost for that well it's hard to say for sure. the federal data the official counts tend to be a couple years behind but certainly it is a serious problem whether or not it's gone up in recent years or is just holding steady we certainly do have serious concerns about these attacks so jessie osborne they perpetrator