who will come to sophia mccomb sophie shevardnadze the shooting in sandy hook elementary america six years ago. what's driving youngsters to take up arms and why do tragedies like this continue to happen i guess today is dr peter last month psychologist and author of the books school shooters and why kids kill. a deadly epidemic of school shootings is bleeding 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 open fire on their peers can tragedies like sandy holcomb columbine ever 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. 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 the cost for that. well it's hard to say for sure. the federal data the official