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What's the best way to stop the mass shootings in the US?

Have the media refrain from showing the face and name of the mass shooter

• 2015.10.02 - WashPo - Media: Please ignore Oregon sheriff’s appeal never to mention shooter’s name
  • I did not find this article at all persuasive.
  • His main point is that understanding the perpetrators can help us prevent future tragedies

    • WashPo national editor: "We believe that comprehensive information about those responsible for mass shootings and other horrendous events informs the public debate."
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      there’s a considerable journalistic imperative in retracing Mercer’s steps and, indeed, the steps of previous mass shooters. Serious biographical work can highlight breakdowns and missed opportunities that could have prevented the tragedy.
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      deep investigation by news organizations into Mercer’s life is a public service

    • The problem with this argument is that you could have the name available via the police department to interested parties without plastering it all over the news. It's the fallacy of the false dilemma.
  • He quotes someone who makes the point that not all of these people say they did the shooting because they'd seen another one in the media

    • Doris Fuller of the Treatment Advocacy Center told the Erik Wemple Blog: “Jared Loughner [charged in the January 2011 killings in Tucson] — he wasn’t copying anyone. He was acting on his own internal stimulation. [Seung Hui] Cho at Virginia Tech, the Fort Hood killings — these people weren’t copying someone else. They were acting on their own delusions and their own illness. . . . These people tend to have their own unique delusional worlds when they’re ill. One person is paranoid, one person thinks he can save the world.”

       
• The problem is that they do it to get ratings...
• And having Congress pass a law might set a dangerous precedent. I'm not sure if it would be legal.