youngsters to take up arms and why do tragedies like this continue to happen i guess today's dr peter landesman psychologist and author of the books school shooters and why kids. of school shootings is bleeding in america with school kids and college students having to adapt to constant danger and random senseless messages becoming less with every attack what happens in the mind of someone who decides to find a role. can tragedies like sandy hook can. 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 book school shooters and why kids kill welcome to the show it's really great to have you with us. so dr lang when a teen was worst year on record for school shootings was becoming more frequent deadly can we say school shootings in america are on the rise and was a 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