Trigger Points - Mark Follman

Jul 31, 2026

Upload by Quinn

在《Trigger Points》中，作者从2012年新城康涅狄格州桑迪胡克小学枪击事件的亲历记忆出发，聚焦大规模枪击并指出：枪支并非叙事核心，而是更深层的人类行为机制与可行的预防方案。书中结合公共舆论与公共卫生研究，回顾枪支监管不足与伤亡关联，同时解释为何需要超越“控枪辩论”，并介绍行为威胁评估领域与作者自建案例数据库的研究缘起、数据空白与定义挑战。

LanguageEnglish

CategoryStory & Novel

FormatPDF

Pages241

Reading Time6 h 11 min

AccessFree to download

Introduction: Light in the Dark

Light in the Dark

A Note on Sources

Part I

Chapter One: It’s a Small World

Chapter Two: Beyond the Magic Medicine

Chapter Three: On the Trail of Assassins

Chapter Four: The Pathway to Violence

Chapter Five: The Kids Aren’tAlright

Part II

Chapter Six: The Program

Chapter Seven: A Road Less Traveled

Chapter Eight: Vital Connections

Chapter Nine: The New Mindhunters

Chapter Ten: Evolutions

Chapter Eleven: Butterfly Effects

Acknowledgments

Endnotes

Index

About the Author

[OceanofPDF.com](OceanofPDF.com) Dedication For Lisa, Charlie, and Eleanor And for my parents, Joyce and Gary [OceanofPDF.com](OceanofPDF.com) Contents Cover Title Page Dedication Introduction: Light in the Dark A Note on Sources Part I Chapter One: It’s a Small World Chapter Two: Beyond the Magic Medicine Chapter Three: On the Trail of Assassins Chapter Four: The Pathway to Violence Chapter Five: The Kids Aren’tAlright Part II Chapter Six: The Program Chapter Seven: A Road Less Traveled Chapter Eight: Vital Connections Chapter Nine: The New Mindhunters Chapter Ten: Evolutions Chapter Eleven: Butterfly Effects Acknowledgments Endnotes Index About the Author Copyright About the Publisher [OceanofPDF.com](OceanofPDF.com) Introduction Light in the Dark Many people remember where they were when they first learned the newson December 14, 2012. I was on vacation and with family at City Museum, an adventure cornucopia for kids built inside a former shoe factory in my hometown of St. Louis. As my wife and I stood watching our nieces, ages four and six, scamper through tunnels and down slides, we also harbored the secret joy of having just learned that we would soon welcome our own first child into the world. My phone buzzed with news alerts and urgent messages. For the previous six months, my work as a journalist had been focused on investigating the recurring problem of mass shootings, but even that familiarity couldn’t prepare me for the headline: GUNMAN KILLS 20 SCHOOLCHILDREN IN CONNECTICUT. The attack at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, in which six adults also perished, felt like a catastrophic wound opening up in the world. If something like this could happen, nothing was sacred, nowhere safe. I absorbed the news for another moment and then looked around again for my nieces, who were now romping in a colorful ball pit full of other happy kids, most of them around the same age as those twenty first graders. One incoming call was a request for me to join a rare live broadcast of National Public Radio’s All Things Considered, to give some context from amass-shootings database I’d been building in my work for Mother Jones. I was soon on the air with NPR’s Robert Siegel, whose placid voice I’d known since I was just a kid myself, speaking to a mournful and outraged audience of millions. Though I’d summoned the resolve, it was hard that day to think about the unfolding event beyond how shattering it was for those Newtown families, a new depth to an endless problem quickly to be framed by the contentious national argument over gun control. Before long, however, I would start to learn of a very different way to look at the daunting phenomenon of mass shootings and what could be done to stop them. First things first: Guns are not the focus of this book. But before going further, I’d like to respectfully offer a few brief words about them. Growing up in the Midwest, I loved the bold thrill and big responsibility of learning riflery and achieving marksmanship. As a professional journalist, I have reported extensively about the impact of gun violence on American society. Personally, I share the view held by a clear majority of Americans, as measured in public opinion polls over the past three decades, that the nation’s gun regulations are inadequate and should be strengthened. Not all mass murderers use firearms, but the majority do—and more than three quarters of those killers acquire their guns legally. Extensive public health research and investigative journalism show that weak regulations correlate with a broad range of gun violence in the United States, from bullet-ridden city neighborhoods to accidental child deaths in suburban homes to suicidesin rural towns. Those problems produce far more casualties than the indiscriminate school and workplace mass shootings that so dominate public attention. Study of disparate state laws has made clear that stricter gun regul

FAQs

《Trigger Points》的核心关注点是什么？

书中强调“枪支并非焦点”，转而讨论大规模枪击背后的行为复杂性与可减少伤害的解决方案。

作者为何在2013年前后接触行为威胁评估领域？

作者在关注多起枪击事件后，于2013年开始学习该领域，并与同事建立与大规模枪击相关的数据资源。

作者提到的研究数据空白主要来自哪些原因？

文中提到，政治层面对枪支暴力研究的资金限制，以及对“mass shooting”定义缺乏统一共识，导致系统性数据不足。

Jul 31, 2026

Upload by Quinn