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23. Right up until she was killed, and her firearms stolen.

Reply to SoCalMusicLover (Reply #11)

Tue Oct 24, 2017, 07:12 PM

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Sandy Hook Gunman Chose School Because He Was Pedophile [View all] DonViejo Oct 2017 OP

Fascinating and horrible. The tracking of other mass shooters is not surprising. underpants Oct 2017 #1

The obviously deranged should not be allowed access to weapons alphafemale Oct 2017 #2

In this case his mother was the gun owner, but he lived with her. CBHagman Oct 2017 #29

He killed her first. alphafemale Oct 2017 #35

I thought the guns he used were locked up ClarendonDem Oct 2017 #30

Considering he killed her by shooting her, obviously that is not the case. LisaL Oct 2017 #55

He may have killed her with one gun to get the rest of the guns, he could have used a hammer Not Ruth Oct 2017 #65

By obviously deranged, do you mean Aspergers? Not Ruth Oct 2017 #43

I remember alluding to this back in 2012... ck4829 Oct 2017 #3

No, we can do nothing gratuitous Oct 2017 #6

Exactly... Sancho Oct 2017 #25

Which of those proposed laws ClarendonDem Oct 2017 #31

Several of them... Sancho Oct 2017 #36

Actually, none of them ClarendonDem Oct 2017 #37

None of those guns would be in the house... Sancho Oct 2017 #39

How so? ClarendonDem Oct 2017 #45

Lots of things...but just for one... Sancho Oct 2017 #46

So you want to deny guns ClarendonDem Oct 2017 #47

Absolutely...if they don't take action to prevent killings!!! Sancho Oct 2017 #51

Yes. n/t Crunchy Frog Oct 2017 #57

Try getting auto insurance if your adult roommate has had a DUI stevenleser Oct 2017 #61

Mental illness, a love of guns and testosterone are the elements BigmanPigman Oct 2017 #4

So much pain. It's heartbreaking. WhiskeyGrinder Oct 2017 #5

The day of Sandy Hook is probably the hardest i have ever cried in my life. alphafemale Oct 2017 #7

It was a heartbreaking event ClarendonDem Oct 2017 #32

This article has lots of tidbits, but I don't think it's helpful (from a clinical perspective) janterry Oct 2017 #8

Thats a fucked up Newsweek headline. PdxSean Oct 2017 #9

+1 Lucinda Oct 2017 #14

As far as I can tell he spend most of his time in his mother's basement and wasn't around any actual LisaL Oct 2017 #15

Newsweek has been unrecognizable lately. EL34x4 Oct 2017 #41

I had to read the lede three times. cagefreesoylentgreen Oct 2017 #42

agreed and.. RayOfHope Oct 2017 #72

I doubt he could have acted on it RhodeIslandOne Oct 2017 #10

But Mom Was A Responsible Gun Owner nt SoCalMusicLover Oct 2017 #11

Right up until she was killed, and her firearms stolen. ileus Oct 2017 #23

Conspiracy 'nutz' say Sandy Hook never happened. left-of-center2012 Oct 2017 #12

Asperger's is a syndrome, not a disease. Ms. Toad Oct 2017 #13

I agree. I find this article marybourg Oct 2017 #38

Likewise. WinkyDink Oct 2017 #50

Thank you. WinkyDink Oct 2017 #49

rape victim. mopinko Oct 2017 #16

You'd lose your bottom dollar. LisaL Oct 2017 #17

no, there usually isnt. mopinko Oct 2017 #26

Suicide would have saved them lame54 Oct 2017 #18

The headline is very misleading. LisaL Oct 2017 #19

I'll stand by my post lame54 Oct 2017 #20

He did actually kill himself after he killed the children. LisaL Oct 2017 #21

I'd have reversed the sequence maxsolomon Oct 2017 #27

A really tragic life. milestogo Oct 2017 #22

There is no "Aspergers medication". mn9driver Oct 2017 #24

Yep, and it's also not a "disease" Spider Jerusalem Oct 2017 #33

Which causes me to question marybourg Oct 2017 #40

Thank you! Irritating as fuck. Crunchy Frog Oct 2017 #54

And the online acquaintance didn't report him? Honeycombe8 Oct 2017 #28

What did the mother do ClarendonDem Oct 2017 #34

She is indirectly responsible marylandblue Oct 2017 #58

Umm, stockpile massive numbers of weapons where he could easily access them Crunchy Frog Oct 2017 #62

Yes, she's partially to blame. Honeycombe8 Oct 2017 #68

I do not believe that the father was a part of his life Not Ruth Oct 2017 #44

She was divorced but Adam was already 17 when divorce took place. LisaL Oct 2017 #52

Exactly. As I recall, the father had little to do with his son, and had always been that way. nt Honeycombe8 Oct 2017 #69

Most people with (xxx) do not commit mass murder Not Ruth Oct 2017 #63

The marks were there. Honeycombe8 Oct 2017 #70

The FBI's "conclusion" is EXTREMELY specious, given that there is no attendant action on Adam's WinkyDink Oct 2017 #48

What is an attendant action? Not Ruth Oct 2017 #53

He didn't commit any pedophiliac deeds. The FBI is now into mind-reading. WinkyDink Oct 2017 #73

Yeah, correlation and causation are 2 different things n/t TexasBushwhacker Oct 2017 #59

So he was "Catcher in the Rye's" Holden Caulfield if Caulfield was a homicidal pedophile? stevenleser Oct 2017 #56

Or a product of divorce Not Ruth Oct 2017 #60

I wasn't speaking of his motive so much as who he was as a person, his worldview/lifeview. stevenleser Oct 2017 #66

Oh boy..cant wait to see what the FBI comes up for paddock 4 years after... Tikki Oct 2017 #64

This seems sketchy because there is no Asperger's medicine. However, there are medications pnwmom Oct 2017 #67

Wish momhah had done a hip check on a busy street with that one alphafemale Oct 2017 #71