American Community Media on Instagram: "Dr. Ragy Girgis, director of the Center of Prevention and Evaluation (COPE) at Columbia University, describes public mass shooters as sharing a distinct psychological pattern shaped by three core traits. First is a strong fascination with firearms. This goes beyond simple access. Many shooters form an emotional or symbolic attachment to guns, which heightens risk in environments where weapons are easy to obtain. Second is nihilism, marked by profound empti