A father by the name of Andrew Pollack has just co-written a new book titled “Why Meadow Died: The People and Policies that Created the Parkland Shooter and Endanger America’s Students”  Mr. Pollack’s 18 year old daughter, Meadow, was killed by Nikolas Cruz during the Marjory Stoneman Douglas (MSD) High School shooting back in February 2018 in Parkland Florida.

The New York Post published an excerpt from that book that details real bizarre behavior by the shooter which brings into question why no one in the school attempted to do anything to help the shooter and possibly stop this shooting.

The following are just seven of the most egregious behavior by the shooter detailed by the Daily Caller:

Cruz Was Caught Masturbating In School


Cruz Shouted: “I Want To Kill!”






Cruz Attempted To Commit Suicide After School





School Psychiatrists Warned That Cruz Has “Dreams Of Killing Others”




Mr. Pollack and his co-writer wrote the following:


I know many people say hindsight is 20/20 and many times that phrase and thought does apply.  I would have to say with the behavior that was demonstrated above, hindsight is 20/20 is certainly not applicable in this case.

Could this teenager been crying out for anymore help?

Why didn’t anyone in authority do more to help this boy and possibly stop this shooting?

How would banning of any guns have stopped this shooting?

The increase in shootings or mass shootings is not due to an increase in the availability of guns, guns were much easier to obtain decades ago and we did not have this problem.

The problem appears to be more on a human level, for some reason more children, teenagers and adults are suffering from mental challenges and acting out on those challenges.

If adults and teenagers in and outside of schools are not going to do anything about these troubled people than all the gun laws in the world will not stop them from acting out on their demons.  Ban and confiscate all guns and they will either find the guns on the black market or use some other means, i.e. a van to run over students in the parking lot.

This is not a gun issue, it is a mental health issue and in the case of the Parkland Florida shooting the school not doing enough to protect the other students.  Were they worried about the eventually shooters rights more than the other students or did they attempt restorative justice with Cruz and it did not work.