If you've paid attention to the news the last several years, you can't help but question what's driving the nationwide surge in violence. Why are massacres occurring more frequently than ever? How can a person who commits such a heinous act turn off their God-given restraint to kill a fellow human? Lt. Col. Dave Grossman joins CCV Communications Director Mike Andrews and Policy Director David Mahan to share his expertise on the psychology of violence.

 Before the interview, CCV President Aaron Baer sits down with David and Mike to recount the annual March for Life held in Washington, D.C., last week, as well as the story of an NHL hockey player, Ivan Provorov, who chose not to wear a pride-themed jersey during warmups.

More about Lt. Col. Dave Grossman

Lt. Col. Dave Grossman is a U.S. Army Ranger, a paratrooper, and a former West Point psychology professor. He has five patents to his name, has published four novels, two children’s books, and six non-fiction books to include his “perennial bestseller,” On Killing.
 
Col. Grossman’s research was cited by the President of the United States in a national address, and he has testified before the U.S. Senate, the U.S. Congress, and numerous state legislatures. He has served as an expert witness and consultant in state and Federal courts. He helped train mental health professionals after the Jonesboro school massacre, and he was also involved in counseling or court cases in the aftermath of the Paducah, Springfield, Littleton and Nickel Mines Amish school massacres.  
 
Since his retirement from the U.S. Army in 1998, he has been traveling full time as one of our nation’s leading trainers for military, law enforcement, mental health providers, and school safety organizations. Today, Lt. Col. Grossman is the director of Grossman On Truth, LLC.

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