I'm less worried about the violence issue, and more worried about the failings of public schooling built to "save" the least able student.
This, and what they teach. They are teaching children to be more incompetent emotionally, as well as more reactive to their emotions.
If you do choose to homeschool, there are quite a lot of people now who do it, and they connect up for social activities in the neighborhood. It is almost like they are making a school system again...
Yeah I've seen some in my area. Sometimes I cringe at the "classes" that are offered. However, I've also thought I could teach a bunch of kids this stuff and make it fun for them. I've made some great strides in my collegiate scientific endeavors recently, but one of the coolest things I do there is occasionally teach high school kids human anatomy in the cadaver lab. It's fun watching them squirm looking at donor organs for the first time. Maybe there's some teaching in my future. I've really been enjoying research though, even choosing to step away from my job in a week or two to take a cool 10-week research opportunity. Kind of scary, but we'll see how it goes.