<rant>
Again I watch a bewildering cycle of absurdity play out in America.
Kid goes on shooting spree, leaves note, says that “Now he’s going to be famous”
People despair and ask why.
No-one asks why anyone could possibly need an AK47 for keeping the squirrels in check etc.
Everyone floods him all over the news, making him “(in-)famous”, and thus actualising his prediction, and serving as a nice little reinforcement for others that if you find yourself feeling like no-one, you can kill a bunch of people, “solve” your problems, and become a “someone”.
Instead how about (a) making some moves to curtail assault weapon and handgun ownership, and (b) not making it public that part of his intention was fame, so as to avoid making him a role model to other disaffected youth.
</rant>