“All school shooters in U.S. history had easy access to the firearms they used — even those who were very young or severely mentally ill. Many came from a gun culture where firearms are symbols of affection, bonding, and identity. The weapons were often freely accessible in the shooters’ homes... For many school shooters guns were what they called their ‘only friend’, or ‘the love of their life… There’s not a single school shooting in the US where a shooter had trouble getting a firearm.“