Discuss “Communicating to prevent school tragedies”

This past Wednesday, a student at Jokela High School in Finland shot and killed seven students and the principal before also killing himself. Though school shootings may seem to be a primarily American affair, they are not infrequent abroad: Since 1996, there have been 114 deaths as a result of school shootings in the United States, 49 in European countries, eight in Yemen, three in Argentina, and three in Canada.

In the United States, school shootings are often catalysts for debate about gun control. However, the frequency of gun-related violence in schools in other countries — each with different gun control policies — is evidence that the problem is universal, and likely psychological.

Concern about political correctness — not separating...