When a lone teen-aged boy, already known to the authorities as a threat, entered the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida and killed 17 of his former school-mates and wounded 17 others, it sparked a nation-wide frenzy of activism that had a single goal: enact "More Gun Control."

The event was horrifying, and no doubt each of us would like to see an end to violence of this kind.

But to blame it on the gun is to turn one's back on various other factors that contribute to this kind of violence, and in fact leaves us all more vulnerable.

In fact, the chain of events that led up to the shooting were, for the most part, misguided policies and decisions made based on irrational desires and magical thinking disconnected from reality, and that, far from preventing a catastrophe, resulted in one.

"Solutions" that eschew the actual root of problems are never solutions at all; only when the problem is understood can actual, effective solutions be crafted and implemented.

And this conference aims to reveal the true contributing factors to the problem, and will advance both short term and long term solutions to the various aspects that contribute to school violence, and to teen anguish generally.

The conference will include experts on such topics as:

Facts on gun violence, with John Lott and others

Fatherlessness, the breakdown of the family and the war on boys with Dr. Warren Farrell and others

The loss of cultural morality and the reverence for violence rather than life

The role of psychotropic drugs and other medications, with Dr. Linda Lagemann and Jonathan Emord

Current policies and plans recommended and implemented by schools to address school security

And we will hold sessions led by the various experts on how to address these various aspects of violence in schools, and how, exactly, to create "safe spaces" for our students.

The event includes a buffet lunch and book signings, and a no-host reception to follow.

Join us, as we explore the underlying causes of tragedies such as the one last February, and as we address how to prevent them, both by tackling those causes and by various security strategies.

Be part of the REAL solution and help keep our kids safe.