Knowing the psychological profile of a person who is capable of committing a crime as heinous as the one that occurred on May 23 in the State of Texas, USA, is essential to understand the reasons why a young man of only 18 years of age He can get up on a normal day, like any other, pick up the weapons he has acquired with total impunity and go to a school and take the lives of 21 people, including students and teachers, in addition to injuring another 15.
Important is the detail that, according to local authorities, before leaving his house, the subject had an argument with his grandmother, which ended with a shot to the head. He leaves the woman seriously injured and does not request help for her at any time. Thus begins the day of Salvador Ramos who, after this incident, decides to go out, take his truck and drive until he arrives at the educational center. It is then that Salvador gets out of the vehicle, jumps over the fence of the school and starts shooting indiscriminately.
Is it possible that in reality the subject had not premeditated what he was going to do before the incident at his home? Is it possible that the choice of the place was due to a coincidence that can only be explained because the vehicle stopped right in front of the school? And the most important question: could it have been avoided?
It is difficult to understand how a young man adapted to society, with no prior known criminal record, at least so far, has been involved in this tragic event that apparently has no explanation. From what is known so far, he had no relationship with the center or with any of the students and teachers beyond the fact that he belonged to the same community.
A complicated childhood?
Without falling into topics that could only harm all the people involved, it seems difficult to believe that some red flag that indicated that something was wrong had not been detected by family, friends or close people. A complicated childhood with the absence of brotherly love, emotional distancing from people close to them, lack of empathy, early violence with other children or even with small animals, low levels of assertiveness, difficulties in socializing and interacting with others are some of the traits that can define a psychopathic profile that is consistent with a murderer.
However, this is just a brief sample of the signs that can occur without the person presenting a mental pathology. What seems common in these cases is that the person who commits such an atrocity maintains a feeling or perception that he has been treated unfairly at some point by some person or group of people.
But none of this can explain what happened and neither does it explain the increase in mass murders in schools and other public places in the US in recent years. It can be argued that an important reason is the easy access to weapons in a country where the number of firearms far exceeds that of citizens and where it is only necessary to be of legal age to be able to acquire any type of weapon with peace of mind. and without any psychological requirement.
It is true that these events do not usually appear in other parts of the world with the same frequency and cruelty. That is why it seems logical to think that a modification of the laws is necessary in this sense and a greater control of the risks associated with the possession of weapons from such an early age.
On the other hand, the rapid access to information may be a reason that, although it cannot explain the origin of the initial idea of killing other people, it can explain why an individual who has said thought finds a way to put it into effect. and feel comforted by being able to share what you feel with other people of similar ideology. It then seems likely that this increase in murderous raids has been reinforced by the possibility of imitation and by increased exposure to these examples in different forums.
Too fast access to information
Young people have immediate access to information shared on social networks, data is shared and contents of practically anything in real time, and violence is becoming established as a normalized way of dealing with a problem when the social network profiles of these subjects increase their visits and interactions if these types of situations are published and commented on. Curiosity is encouraged, the curiosity to be part of something that is outside the standards defined by society. And the images, videos and comments go viral and go around the world in a matter of minutes. All this will stimulate and motivate these people who desperately seek to stand out, who need attention from others.
We can and should seek an explanation for these attacks, try to identify cognitive and behavioral patterns that allow us to prevent them from occurring too frequently and cruelly. However, it is not easy to find action guidelines that are effective in all cases because each person is different. In each case, a specific event may function as a trigger for behavior that has never occurred before. (YO)
Source: Eluniverso
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