Looking at the recent shootings, there is a pattern Esselstyn said. Perpetrators have been young and male. We need to get out of denial and unto action. Bannock County Deputy Tarry Barker agreed. He said people need to be aware there is a problem in the county.
People are in denial of the problem, that's the biggest thing.
They just kind of pass it off when a kid tells them something. He suggested parents check their children's rooms and make sure they know what they are taking to school. With all these shootings, there is a new awareness with the problems in the nation. Don't think it doesn't happen here. Every month the county juvenile center deals with numerous cases of children bringing weapons to school.