I hope this at least leads to the deaths of songs that glorify psycho shooters, like Vince Staples and Diddy.
In this era, maybe these songs could be a contributing factor, in a culture where even cops are increasingly a target.
And where there is an absence of fathers to teach discipline or instill any kind of moral compass in these kids.
But glamorization of psycho shooter outlaws has been going on since the days of the frontier west, Billy the Kid, John Dillinger, mobs of the 1920's, James Cagney in
Public Enemy, Warren Beatty in
Bonnie and Clyde, Woody Harrelson in
Natural Born Killers, Winona Ryder in
Heathers, on and on.
But point taken, I think the line between entertainment and actual violence was more clear in decades past. The lack of values taught now makes lawlessness in entertainment an increasing inspiration for violence.
