After much detailed research for a book I am writing entitled Ready to Pop : The Rise of Mass Murder in America, I have come to the conclusion that there are five factors in America today which have combined into a perfect storm to fuel mass murder including school shootings.

PART ONE : It’s Guns, but not just guns This past week saw another horrible school shooting, this one is Santa Fey, Texas. where a teenage boy shot and killed eight students and two teachers at a Houston-area high  The Friday attack, which also wounded another thirteen, echoed the all-too-familiar horrors Americans are