jlf1961
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I am afraid that Ted Bundy, the Green River Killer, and the rest of the known serial killers all seemed to have perfectly normal lives. I know there is a term to cover these types of personalities, but I cant remember off hand what it is.
Charles Joseph Whitman was raised in an abusive household, kept a journal that detailed his thoughts of violence before he went up on the UT clock tower and started shooting people.
He was discovered to have a brain tumor in the area of his brain that dealt with impulse control and emotions. However, he had exhibited signs of anti-social behavior for quite some time prior to the incident, and the tumor was said to be small.
Seung-Hui Cho, the man responsible for the Virginia Tech shootings was diagnosed with and was treated for a severe anxiety disorder in middle school, and he continued receiving therapy and special education support until his junior year of high school. While in college in 2005, Cho had been accused of stalking two female students and was declared mentally ill by a Virginia special justice. At least one professor had asked him to seek counseling.
Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold, the two boys responsible for Columbine actually had a website that detailed their anger against society, although police investigated death threats on the web site, not much else was done.
Now to claim that the availability of firearms is responsible for these acts, is about as justified as making the claim that firearms, jets, bombs, tanks and other military hardware is responsible for war, which is not the case.
Prior to the invention of assault weapons, humans have killed using single shot pistols, gun powder, knives, clubs, rocks, rope, fire and anything else that could be utilized as a weapon.
The problem does not lie with the instrument used, but with the person who commits such crimes. In centuries past, there was no way to detect and prevent such incidents. Today there are ways to detect people who would be prone to such acts, there just is no resources available.
Nor would I advocate incarcerating individuals as soon as any of the behavior patterns make themselves known. If society is partially to blame for this behavior, then society must find a way to prevent or treat such behavior.
The problem as I see it is that society finds it easier to blame the tool of the crime or the individual rather than look at any other stimulus that may have contributed to the problem.
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It wont be "an interrogation" it will be "small talk from the cool parent" in the vein of "So what did you guys see? Im looking for a good scary movie for Mrs DomAviaitor and I? Oh yeah was it dumb? Shit that sucks, theres no good zombie flicks any more. Oh yeah you went to the Pasadena Hollywood 20 huh? Cool only $5 for the early show huh? Damn, Ill have to try that one we usually go down to Clear Lake... You guys eat near there? I dont remember whats out that way... Oh LaPorte huh? Great I love Mama Mias too, they make the best calzone.. Was Heather working? Shes so cool - ask her about the time Mrs DA accidentlly dropped a whole pitcher of beer on my lap." By the time Im done "making totally innocuous small talk" she will have unknowing told me that he spent about $44 leaving him with six bucks for the nuclear reactor fund and she will think that DA is the coolest dad in the world, cause he likes zombie flicks, listens to her, knows heather, got doused with beer, etc. 
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