Let us consciously not teach violence. Have parents educate children on the proper use and storage of weapons. Continue advocating against violence on TV, movies and in the media. The average child sees 8,000 murders and 100,000 acts of violence on TV before finishing elementary school. Help each community form a Family Violence Council composed of doctors, law enforcement, lawyers, child protective services and schools to intervene and support families.
Adolescents are the vectors which carry violence from home into the community.
The way through the tangled jungle of violence in our schools can be found through education. Education of parents. Education of policy-makers. Education of children and education of our schools and communities. We need to begin.