Tragedy in Aurora, Colorado - Page 2

Apparently the shooter, James Holmes, was a disturbed individual:  http://abcnews.go.com/Health/james-holmes-alleged-colorado-batman-shooter-delusional-psychologists/story?id=16821836#.UAxtPLSe5gs

Everyone is speculating on the mental state of this guy. I hope they do figure out what his problem is, to hopefully stop the next maniac. And that's what he is to me, a maniac. jackie harris

Given the negativity of life in the US these days, I think we can expect more of those living on the edge to get pushed over to the dark side. The internet is a big factor. We can access plans to build bombs using common chemicals found in most homes. We can buy 6,000 rounds of ammo on the net legally. We can sign onto chat rooms and read posts designed to incite violent behavior in the mentally challenged. Not long ago one of those unstable individuals took a gun and shot Gabby Gifford in the head for no better reason that he could.  And in an election year the negative rhetoric ramps up even more.

Well, then, maybe we should not have freedom of speech and we should have to show papers when we want to go down the street. There was no Internet when Lincoln was shot, nor Kennedy. The guy was in graduate school, not standing on a street corner asking for food, he had a grant paying for his education and he lived in an apartment,, not under some bridge. Some people are just plane ol' deviates. If society was to blame for this, then I don't think there would be the outrage being expressed over it. It would be considered the norm. JMO.

For some in authority in the US, the goal is to identify these mentally unstable persons and act accordingly to try to prevent another Aurora.  They are trying to profile the common signs seen in those who are most likely to plan and carry out these horrible atrocities. Undue influence from the internet is believed to be one of those mitigating factors. Learning how to build bombs and other weapons using internet instructions is nothing new either. We all have to depend on the cooperation of family, friends,and aquaintances of people who are acting irrationally to do the right thing.

The goal of others is to ban gun ownership which most I know would not stand for and few politicans would ever endorse.

It's a brave new world.

I don't see any thing pointing to the guy being irrational until he imploded. He was described as being quiet and polite... not as being irrational. Probably if any one saw him wiring his apartment into a booby trap, they would have said something. The thing that might have thwarted his plan, would have been better security at the theatre holding the patrons trapped.JMO

Look what he bought 60 days prior.... http://www.latimes.com/news/nation/nationnow/la-na-nn-colorado-shooting-20120720,0,5725827.story

What movie goer will stand a chance against a hidden arsenal like that? The big question is: sane, or insane?  What I heard on the morning news was some FBI lady saying he's not a psycopath at all.  I got the feeling they want him to take responsibilty for the massacre as a crime. And not allowed to become a victim of a "sickness", meaning to take advantage of a personality disorder, as an excuse to be unable to distinguish right from wrong. 

You see, how recently the changes are! 

http://www.dsm5.org/Pages/Default.aspx
Changes to the Reformulation of Personality Disorders for DSM-5 (Updated June 21, 2011)
http://www.dsm5.org/proposedrevision/Pages/PersonalityDisorders.aspx

Interesting that he was not a good intern while studying neuroscience. The Temporal lobe....!
http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Latest-News-Wires/2012/0723/Colorado-shooting-suspect-James-Holmes-was-an-unusually-bad-intern


This is very interesting!

http://video.answers.com/neuroscientist-james-fallon-on-why-hes-not-a-murderer-397035655
   

page about one of the victims.

http://calebmedley.com/help

"I got the feeling they want him to take responsibilty for the massacre as a crime. And not allowed to become a victim of a "sickness", meaning to take advantage of a personality disorder, as an excuse to be unable to distinguish right from wrong."

That defense is flawed at its core because sane people don't shoot up movie theaters.  I believe that we have and do put innocent people to death in this country but in cases like this where there is an overwhelming preponderance of evidence and the person involved is so damaged that he/she will not only never contribute anything to society but will always be a danger to it, there is no reason not to simply put them down.

  OUT of the tragedy did come one joy...ONE woman shot twice in belly was carrying a baby.

  THAT unborn baby did survive according to ABC NEW world news by Diane Sawyer..


  THAT is one joy besides the ones who gave life to help and those who are recovering. Years of nightmares and a strong support system will be needed to get it out of  your memory that keeps you from sleeping and keeps thought processes going in the positive path..


 GONNA be a long road.  HE told law officers at scene , upon questioning he had taken a HYDOCODONE>>>VICADIN before he went on the site..


:????? I know what that drug does to peoples  minds. How many he took??  not known?

YR