1. Interesting point about the horrific home invasion case.. that could be why Mom wanted a gun.

2. I do agree with you about being very careful who we deem mentally ill. That was my first point. It seems like in these cases that acquaintances remember odd behavior and then say.. why of course that is why he committed mass murder. And the behaviors being ascribed to him are just odd. Being a goth kid or a loner doesn’t mean that someone is going to be a murderer. I wasn’t a popular girl/ homecoming queen in high school and I’d hate it if someone deemed I was mentally ill. However, it serms like there were more issues than that. The mom was home for a reason.

What I find “deeply disturbing” is that the news media prints noise that people send on Twitter as “news”.

crosspatch on December 15, 2012 at 1:42 PM

The information value is low, but they make up for it in volume.

My close family member with Asp’s has been involved with different sports for years, he gets hurt and feels it like everyone else. Hell, I had to explain to him that he needed to be tougher for some levels.

We’re looking at multiple issues, predominantly schizophrenia. They don’t experience pain in a normal way.

I’ve got little sympathy for the shooter’s mom.

If she initiated the divorce, then she was the catalyst.

Both parents have to be around, in some capacity, until these males move out of young adulthood. Only then can you be sure about a schizophrenic break.

But I thought the father was the one with undiagnosed issues.

Looks to be the mom.

She was teaching both sons how to shoot from an early age.

She has a kid with personality/mental-health issues.

And she’s teaching him how to use firearms.

That’s f’ing nuts.

I could accept her buying the handguns for herself, but, even that is a bit of a stretch. Two? But, definitely not the rifle. That just doesn’t fit.

a capella on December 15, 2012 at 12:10 PM

You obviously don’t know many gun owners. I don’t know anyone with just one.

Quisp on December 15, 2012 at 12:17 PM

Why is a woman buying two handguns and a rifle for herself a stretch?
I know several women with several handguns, shotguns, and rifles each. Some of them have AR15s.

Paul-Cincy on December 15, 2012 at 12:56 PM

It has been one of the theories given but to be honest, at this point, I just don’t trust any of the reporting. The media seems to be willing to fill up the minutes with anything.

she shouldn’t have had guns in the house if he was living there. apparently he tried to buy a rifle on his own earlier this week and was denied. so maybe he killed his mom and stole them from her which is a fairly reasonable presumption.

he was going to get guns and do something evil and f’d up by any means necessary.