Simon supports trying teenage perpetrators of heinous school crimes as adults.

“I do approve of being tried as an adult, but I do think execution should be off the table because I don't think we should be executing children, no matter how depraved and pieces of they are.”

The host believes that sharing first-hand accounts from individuals who committed violence is a crucial way to help audiences, including students, grasp the reality of these tragedies and foster chang

“I think it's so important to have speakers come in and speak first hand about what's going on and prevention and things like that because I think a lot of times, too, just thinking back when I was in high school, we would have these like assemblies and things where but it was it was kind of hard to ”

A school shooter believes that school violence is fueled by a lack of support and that potential shooters often feel trapped in a cycle of hopelessness, which can be mitigated through compassionate in

“If a year ago, when I was trying to kill myself then, if I'd gotten more help, if I'd gotten more support, if they had gotten me into, you know, the IEP programming, if they had helped me out while I was in that school, I could have gotten my [ __ ] together then.”