The Louisiana man who killed eight children was ex military

[malaise]

with known mental health issues

https://www.livemint.com/news/us-news/louisiana-shooting-ex-soldier-who-killed-8-kids-had-mental-health-issues-early-warnings-in-fb-post-latest-updates-11776774766543.html

4. Speaking to CNN, several of Elkins' family members noted that he suffered from mental health issues. According to The New York Times, a woman who raised him but was not his biological mother claimed that earlier in February, he tried taking his own life.

[Jilly_in_VA]

1. And...?

My son was ex-military too. He never tried to kill anyone. Just himself.

[haele]

7. Agreed. Unless there's something about gun laws in LA that

Give preference to military veterans, whether or not they're a former felon (apparently another condition he had), or had been deemed mentally unstable (as in, a suicide attempt would or should trigger an evaluation process).
A sad story, in which a bunch of "stuff" is being thrown in to somehow absolve unregulated access to any gun, any time, for any reason as a significant contributer to the murder of 7 children and wounding of others.

[GCG]

2. I'm former military

I haven't killed anyone since I got out...and I got out after coming back from Desert Storm!

[JI7]

3. Fuck him

[Aristus]

4. Gulf War veteran here.

Never killed anyone. Never, ever thought that killing school children would solve all of my problems.

[no_hypocrisy]

5. When I was 8, an ex-military guy murdered his

wife and 2 small children. 1965. It’s haunted me.

[MagickMuffin]

6. in February, he tried taking his own life.

I guess his own life needed company.

Condolences for the loss of life at the hands of a mentally disturbed person.

[purr-rat beauty]

8. Veteran here...

...no excuse

This monster is a murderer