We're the Only Ones Contagious Enough

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It is known in police parlance as "contagious shooting"-- gunfire that spreads among officers who believe that they, or their colleagues, are facing a threat. It spreads like germs, like laughter, or fear. An officer fires, so his colleagues do, too.

In other words, give an "Only One" a gun and mob mentality takes over? I think until we can ensure that this phenomenon has been drilled out of them, there's only one responsible solution.

[I found this link via a Slate article, which blames the guns, naturally, and I found that while reading some excellent commentary over at Armed and Safe.]