In the terrible and regrettable violence over the past few months that killed a Democratic Minnesota House Speaker and her husband, and left a colleague and his family wounded, as well as the assassination of conservative commentator Charlie Kirk, plus several school shootings, Americans are looking for answers. Some may believe we are too polarized to uncover the reasons why, with all sides pointing fingers at each other.  That may not be an accident.

In the wake of the tragedy at the Annunciation Catholic School, a few news outlets revealed a puzzling development, but not so unusual if you track this recent spate of radicalization, where people with little or no criminal record are suddenly turned into lethal killing machines.

John A. Tures is a professor of political science at LaGrange College in LaGrange, Georgia.  His views are his own.  He can be reached at jtures@lagrange.edu or on “X” at @johntures2. His first book “Branded” will be coming out this Fall, published by Huntsville Independent Press (https://www.huntsvilleindependent.com/). His author site is https://www.johntures.com/about-the-author/.

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