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SecularMotion

(7,981 posts)
Tue Nov 3, 2015, 11:06 AM Nov 2015

Sons and gun lovers in American culture

According to the Associated Press, the mother of the 26-year-old Oregon gunman who killed nine and injured nine "told investigators he was struggling with some mental health issues."

Yes, he was.

Neighbors have described Christopher Harper-Mercer as an anxious, alienated young man. His mother, Laurel Harper, appears to have written in online forums about his mental and social struggles.

It's a profile so familiar it's cliché. Dylann Roof, the "quiet" 21-year-old white supremacist accused of murdering nine people in a Charleston, S.C., church in June, was similarly disturbed. And, of course, Adam Lanza, the 20-year-old who in 2012 sprayed gunfire through the classrooms of Sandy Hook Elementary School, had all the markings of the agonized loner who seeks catharsis by making others suffer horribly in turn.

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-oregon-shooter-dylann-roof-adam-lanza-20151006-story.html
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DonP

(6,185 posts)
1. Another month old Op Ed "Gun's-R-Bad" article? From Bloomberg View?
Tue Nov 3, 2015, 12:06 PM
Nov 2015

That gruel must be gettin' pretty thin out there.

Hangingon

(3,073 posts)
2. It is an acknowledgment of the connection between mass shooters and mental health.
Tue Nov 3, 2015, 01:03 PM
Nov 2015

Apparently, 63% of Americans believe there is a significant connection that must be addressed.

 

DonP

(6,185 posts)
3. Nah, everybody knows that's just an NRA Talking Point from the "Elders of the NRA" Training Manual
Tue Nov 3, 2015, 01:09 PM
Nov 2015

pablo_marmol

(2,375 posts)
5. What would The Controllers do without foaming hyperbole?
Tue Nov 3, 2015, 01:48 PM
Nov 2015

And, of course, Adam Lanza, the 20-year-old who in 2012 sprayed gunfire through the classrooms of Sandy Hook Elementary School.........

Uh huh. "Spraying bullets" with a semi-automatic rifle? Of course we're accused of gagging on minutia when we point out the dishonesty in Controller statements.
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