Violence is as American as apple pie.
By John Perritano Be afraid, be very afraid. The person down the hall, or driving in the slow lane, or sitting across from you at the breakfast table could be another Matthew Beck, a ticking time bomb waiting to violently explode when the wrong set of circumstances presents itself. We will never know with any certainty what precipitated the tragedy, or what thoughts ran through Beck's mind before he undertook his murderous rampage. The shootings so close to home have spurred watercooler conversations about the nature and apparent increasing frequency of violence in our society. But while we may like think of ourselves as a civil society, Matthew Beck didn't pull the trigger alone.