America has found a very America way of trying to solve mass shootings in schools. Nope, it's not tighter regulation on a billion dollar industry that is killing its population at an alarming rate.

In fact, the US Army, Department of Homeland Security and tech firm Cole Engineering Services have teamed up to make a simulation video game in order to train teachers how to react in the event of a school shooting.

Initially designed for training soldiers, the software is being repurposed for use in school shootings. The mother of a victim from the 2012 Sandy Hook shooting is helping out, too.

In a video by Gizmodo (below), Army Research Laboratory rep Tamara Griffith outlines of the game - namely that people have a better chance of surviving something if they have more experience.

But I thought video games were an instigator for this violence, and not a super well-funded gun lobby? You learn something new every day.

All jokes aside, this is probably a valuable tool for helping teachers prepare for school shootings, which constitute a quarter of instances of gun violence in the country. But there are surely other ways to deal with such a massive problem.

Here's the video: