From reader Rick F.:
Today, on my evening commute home, I found myself looking (metaphorically) for a reason Adam Lanza chose to shoot and kill innocent children for his demonstration of mayhem. This may not be an original thought, but I have not seen it posed elsewhere . . .
I have read numerous accounts that Nancy Lanza was pretty heavily into firearms — some reports have suggested she was overly fixated on guns, which may or may not be true. I also have read stories that things were deteriorating to a great deal between mother and son in recent months. I even saw where mom had threatened to have her son committed to a mental institution. (Oh, but that she had…)
Whether or not Mrs. Lanza was overly fixated on weapons, I suspect Adam recognized they were important to his mother — likely very important.
Some have said that insane, suicidal murderers crave post-mortem infamy. They don’t really seem to care if they die, they just want to leave a sick, but memorable mark in order bring some sort of meaning (albeit insane) to an otherwise sad existence.
Is it possible that Lanza reckoned that killing little children en masse would be the final act that would bring gun-control to the fore — so as to punish his gun-loving mother? Obviously, other acts of violence (while similarly awful) had not created the groundswell of anti-gun rhetoric that has come about as a result of this event. If true, anti-gunners are playing right into the hands of a madman — though I doubt they’d care.
Acting on the senator’s advice, I went to the range today, signed in with an Uzi and threw my pen at a Dirty Bird target. The results were not gratifying. I splattered ink everywhere, my membership was revoked and I blame it all on Sen. Babalage or whatever his name is.
I guess it’s true. There is less oxygen at higher elevations.
Ok, it’s a theory. But what do we do with it? I guess we could demand a plan to ban gun control since that’s what drives these mass shooters to do their evil deeds. Sounds weak to me. Don’t get me wrong, knowledge is better than ignorance. But I’m not sure that we should give these shooters any more notoriety. We would be better served by totally ignoring them, not giving the publicity they crave.
Story today supposedly leaked from the police investigation that Lanza harbored hopes of outdoing the Norwegian guy as it related to number of victims and he chose the school because it provided the “easiest targets”. Posted in the same paper that outed permit holders in my home area. The Journal News.
Cops said that was bunk, but the media wanted to tie Lanza to right-wing extremism so there you have it.
That is new twist on the gun grabber conspiracy theory. I go with William of Occam. Lanza was nuts and went for infamy. Mission Accomplished.
+1
The razor never fails.
I agree with tdiinva, Lanza was nuts and I will, also write, he was evil.
The author of this article is my son-in-law, a staunch 2nd amendment supporter. Years ago, he was stopped by a Va. State Trooper for speeding. The trooper saw a pistol on the front seat and he asked, why do have a gun and son-in-law responded, it’s my constitutional right. In other words, stick it.
I don’t know about you guys, but I think the bit where he “stuck it” to his mother was when he killed her…
“Law enforcement sources have told CBS News correspondent Bob Orr that Lanza was motivated by violent video games and a strong desire to kill more people than infamous mass murderer Anders Breivik, a Norwegian man who killed 77 people in July 2011.”
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-505263_162-57570009/sandy-hook-shooter-adam-lanza-blacked-out-game-room-bedroom/
So it looks like the NRA was right. Again. For people who are disconnected from reality, violent video games feed their obsession with death. Just because we don’t like it doesn’t mean it’s not true.
http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/02/19/17016107-police-mere-speculation-that-adam-lanza-was-motivated-by-obsession-with-other-mass-killers?lite
Please stop spreading disinformation.
Reports that Sandy Hook school shooter Adam Lanza aspired to one-up Norwegian mass killer Anders Breivik are “mere speculation” given the ongoing nature of the investigation, said Connecticut State Police spokesman Lt. Paul Vance.
Where were they last night when this was presented on national TV? Nowhere. Which is why I’m sure it’s information, not disinformation. But you probably know more about disinformation than I do.
I had to laugh while reading this, a doctor calling for less killing. Doctors kill more people with malpractice than all 12k gun deaths in America! They kill around 90,000 people A YEAR! How many of those do you think are age 19 and under? Yet all this smart doctor wants to point out are gun deaths based on skewed research. If he really cared about saving lives he would put his attention on more pressing matters like preventable MALPRACTICE DEATHS!
I dont know. Those cops in NYC hit a shit ton of targets beyond 10 yards. The fact that they were not the intended target shouldnt matter 😛
the conclusion of the study is that “Guns that are kept in homes should be stored in a manner that renders them inaccessible to children”
wow, i wish they had paid ME all that money to come up with that gem of wisdom.
If the anti-gunners were truly interested in stopping these mass killings they can also denigrate the First Amendment.
Make it illegal to print the name of these mass murderers so that their infamous legacy would be anonymous.
Oh, but wait… anonymous doesn’t sell newspapers or airtime. They need a face, a name, something other wacko’s can aspire to beat.
What kind of a outrage would that inspire in the Media.
The names of rape victims are not revealed. Neither should the names of narcissistic mass murderers.
Without putting too much trust in the supposed integrity of the media, there is a compelling idea that Lanza had designs on “besting” the Norwegian Brevik’s “score.”
Does that sound like the thought process of an individual capable of making a rational decision in terms of motive and outcome? After spending months alone in a basement with nothing more connected to reality than “Call of Duty,” it becomes easy for the common person to speculate that the bastard simply lost touch with humanity/sanity/reality and likened everything to the base of sheer numbers on the bottom left corner of the screen.
Brevik decided to set explosive devices in a city and chose an island where the police could not possibly interfere. An island that would be aptly described as a gun-free zone. The explosive devices were supposed to inflict casualties as well as horror for the same reason that any other “conventional” (sad world when this is considered conventional) terrorist would; there is just no adequate defense.
There is speculation that Lanza passed up a high school because there were too many possibilities he would be stopped before his goal was completed, so he chose an elementary school. Insert gun-free zone remark here. He went about his business without hindrance until the first armed responders showed up, then put the gun to his own head.
What’s the moral of this twisted tale of insanity wrapped in tragedy? Both of these killers chose to do there deeds far removed from the possibility of their victims being capable of armed self defense. Period.
Is that insanity, or the very definition of calculated thought? The motives draw that line, not the execution.
That brings me right back to where I started. Did Lanza show long term consideration with the place, time, method and results of his actions? I do not think so. My own ridiculous opinion is that Lanza chose to see no farther than the “score” he could acquire, regardless of the tragic expense of so many others, and the only thing that could have stopped it was exactly what did. A bullet.
It is terrible to think that people like that exist and walk amongst us every day. It is equally horrifying to know that there are children who will see their own parents as nothing more than obstacles for what purpose strikes them at a whim. I have taken these thoughts and asked my own conscience about the boy who calls me dad. Could he be so callous as to kill his mother or myself just to obtain the tools he would use in a mass shooting? This is not an “I hope not” kind of answer. This is a resounding and forceful Of Course Not. What makes me so confident? Easy. I raised him, taught him and treated him with the respect that he earned. I did not coddle or praise his every action for fear of damaging his self esteem. I did not make things easy, or dumb it down so he did not have to make decisions. Rather, his mother and I put ourselves to the task of raising a person that we would someday want to be our friend. Apparently that seems to be lacking in the recent crop of sociopaths.
By the way, guys? Maybe you should screen user-submitted articles a bit more thoroughly. You had that idiotic one comparing people who dislike CTD or boycotted them after they displeased their customer base to tantrum-throwing children, one that suggested a MA cop was pro-citizen AR-15 ownership, and this lovely gem pontificating the possibility that Lanza really killed those kids because he was pro-gun control and wanted to get back at mommy.
What. The. ****?
You’re slipping. I didn’t care about the annoying ad thing but this is getting a bit much.
I love how he cherry picks the childhood mortality statistics. The number of childhood deaths due to firearms (accidental or intentional (homicide)) is far lower than the number of drownings, deaths due to car accidents, etc. So, the doctor cherry picks a few statistics to make his point, because he can’t paint an objective picture without bringing up questions about why we aren’t pursuing draconian controls on things that aren’t a constitutional right (like having a pool, driving above 55MPH, etc).
Interesting article and an issue I wish we could address; however as the bulk of our time is spent on defending the right to bear firearms, our time spent on the responsibility that comes with that right is diminished.
For that study to be controlled, the variable to “safety training” needed to be controlled by those issuing the study, not simply questioning parents. My son is five and daughter two, and ever since they could speak I have trained them on what to do if they find gun. The weapons in my home are secured and unloaded with the exception of defensive weapons which are in biometric safes. As we live on a block heavily populated with military and law enforcement, many with small children, the safety basics are stressed and reinforced.
I love this guy. But the box in the lower left is annoying. Oh well.
There is a button along the bottom edge that looks like a speech balloon, that says “Hide Annotations” when you mouse over it. Click on it, and that box will go away.
Whatever you call them, the SCOTUS protected them in 1939. That is what should be drummed into every “assault weapons” (sic) debate.
I agree show how the fascist media helps mass murders with a smile since it gives them political message and news. I say ban PIGs who work for CNN MSNBC NBC CBS ect. They cause more murders than guns do with there bias.
LOL. Who knows what plate will be randomly seasoned next…
SAAMI’s list of non-recommended combinations of firearms and ammunition:
http://www.saami.org/specifications_and_information/publications/download/SAAMI_ITEM_211-Unsafe_Arms_and_Ammunition_Combinations.pdf
Even if you are interested in seeing what this crappy book is about DO NOT purchase it. Download it via a torrent for free. That’s one way of giving Stephen King and the Brady campaign the bird.
The next governor of Colorado.
does he confess to the murder of John Lennon in his new book? :p
http://www.lennonmurdertruth.com/
Meh. My desire to suffer through any of King’s writing can’t get any lower than it already is. His success has fooled him into thinking everything he says is important just because he said it.
Echoing Brandon’s comment…
It might be tough to flood a state of 5+ million when the item is “SOLD OUT” three minutes after this blog post.
This is why i got a BCM upper in 5.56!
Follow the money ——-> Pharmaceuticals
If you tape a salt shaker to the barrel of a pistol as a vertical forward grip, does that make in an AOW? If I tape it at a slight angle, would that be ok? Seriously, I need to know by tomorrow… it’s important.
Isn’t he inciting felonious action?
Please go back to your usual hijinks and leave us alone, Joe.
http://www.theonion.com/articles/biden-scores-800-feet-of-copper-wire,31013/
I know it’s tempting to mock Joe for this comment, but let’s remember that should he fire a warning shot from a double barreled shotgun (and I hope he never has too) a swarm of highly trained Secret Service Agents wearing body armor and carrying machine guns (real ones) will descend upon him and place their bodies (and machine guns) between him and harms way.
So in the world of Joe Biden and the privileged political class, this is actually very practical advice.
Darn! No more AK mags… =*(