The American was planning to shoot at the school and changed his mind: the story of Aaron Stark

Denver resident Aaron Stark wrote an open letter in which he told about how he almost did not shoot at school. He sent his story to the local television station KUSA. To tell about everything he was pushed by his family’s reaction to february killing at school in Florida 14. His wife and daughter could not understand how the killer could get to this, but Stark knew how this was happening and wanted to tell about it.

Photo: Facebook / Aaron Stark

A translation of his letter published editionJellyfish".

“I almost committed a shooting at my school. I didn't do anything, I didn't harm anyone. But in 1996, I almost did the worst thing,” the man writes at the beginning of the message.

According to Stark, he had a “very chaotic and cruel childhood”: his family often moved from place to place, and most of all he got from the closest people. At school, he was an outcast - a complete, shy and vulnerable teenager. In addition, as he recalls, he smelled badly, as he had not had clean clothes or the opportunity to go to the shower for weeks.

Above Starck constantly mocked and hounded him - for the appearance, for the fact that he was a "smart man" and did not play sports.

“I was filled with anger, and I began to hide weapons wherever I frequented. Knives, sticks, sharpeners, brass knuckles and all that stuff. So that I always have something at hand,” Stark admitted.

He stressed that he wrote a letter not to justify shooting at schools, but to show that adolescent violence is a complex and complex problem. People often explain such tragedies to one reason: mental problems, the influence of video games and movies, or simply called the killers as assholes. But he said that he really suffered from depression and was on the verge of suicide or massacre. However, his classmates and himself were saved by the fact that he did not have access to firearms.

“Yes, it’s not guns that kill people, it’s people. But people with guns kill a lot of people,” Stark wrote.

The man believes that simply changing the rules for selling weapons will not solve the problem of massacres. In his opinion, it is pointless to try to identify "dangerous teenagers" and isolate them; instead, we must work with them, let them feel that there is a point in their lives.

“If I had a gun, I would become a murderer. But if I was loved, I wouldn’t need a gun,” he said.

Stark told how once, when he was already thinking of committing suicide, a girlfriend suddenly called him and called me to visit: it turned out that his friends, even unaware of his condition, made a secret party for him and baked a cake.

“The only thing that pulled me out is real friendship,” the man confessed.

He is convinced that if it were not for this incident, he would not be alive. Stark added that he had long struggled with depression, but now he is a happy family man.

Aaron with his girlfriend.
Photo: Facebook / Aaron Stark

Amanda Nickerson, director of the Center for the Prevention of Bouling at the University of Buffalo, noted that the appeal of Aaron Stark touches on two important aspects that affect adolescent violence: the lack of feeling of others and a sense of isolation.

“This letter is written from the perspective of someone who has been in a similar situation and is able to analyze what stopped it and what we should do,” she said.

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