Why is it no one is getting outrage about Wayne La Pierre suggested a mental health database

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28. 5 myths about mass shootings.... Myth#1. The shooter is insane

http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/five-myths-about-mass-shootings/2012/07/27/gJQAcpB8DX_story.html




With 12 dead and 58 injured, the July 20 massacre at the midnight premiere of “The Dark Knight Rises” in Aurora, Colo., is one of the largest mass shootings in U.S. history. Aurora is only 20 miles from Columbine High School, where seniors Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold killed 13 and injured 24 in 1999. We may think we know what makes the perpetrators of mass shootings — mostly boys and men — tick. Though psychology doesn’t always lend itself to hard statistics, there are some patterns that might surprise you.

1. The shooters are insane.

The 2002 Safe School Initiative report, by the Secret Service and the Department of Education, looked at 41 attackers across 37 incidents from 1974 to 2000. It concluded that only 17 percent “had been diagnosed with mental health or behavior disorder prior to the attack.”

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Adult and teen shooters do not suddenly snap. Their anger and planning often develop over time. And the more they plan, the more an argument can be made, in the eyes of the law, that they are sane.