[andrewmcwatters]

Yeah, because people who go on mass murders are looking for fame and power.

Yeah. It's not that they're mentally ill, need help, or are lashing back out on their community for the pain they've incurred from it. It's because they're looking for fame.

What a joke.

[jeremysmyth]

Not that much a joke actually.

According to University of Alabama criminologist Adam Lankford[1] the causes include fame:

    factors include a chronic and widespread gap between 
    Americans' expectations for themselves and their actual 
    achievement, Americans' adulation of fame, and the 
    extent of gun ownership in the United States.

[1] http://www.latimes.com/science/sciencenow/la-sci-sn-united-s...