Im not fully grasping how the mind of those “copycats” works. People who are obsessed with Columbine for example, and want to do a mass shooting. That is their thought process? Is there some study I can read exploring what’s on their minds?

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    Copycats are motivated by the same thing as the originals, I guess, and just see someone who did it “successfully”. (My source is I made it the fuck up)

    I’ve heard it convincingly argued mass shooters are people that a few decades ago would have become serial killers. This is just a new, easier way to kill a bunch of people and feel powerful.