Help me understand the mindset of someone who commits a mass murder like that in Connecticut.
December 14, 2012 11:03 AM   Subscribe

Help me understand the mindset of someone who commits a mass murder like that in Connecticut. It is so far beyond my ken I don't know where to start.

I know that tragically inadequate mental health services and an insane lack of gun control contribute (this is obviously NOT the space for a debate about that, so please steer clear), but I don't understand, at all, how someone gets to the point that a shooting at an elementary school, or movie theater, or mall, seems like the thing to do. I also don't understand why it seems to be so many men my age (mid-20s) or younger.

Can you recommend books, articles, interviews, documentaries, etc. that can help me comprehend this? I want to get a better comprehension of what is going on in their minds, or what helps prevent them (are there cases of them being prevented that I just don't hear about?). I also know some of it is just incomprehensible.
posted by c'mon sea legs to Society & Culture (1 answer total)

This post was deleted for the following reason: Maybe either ask this question when it's not such a touchy issue or explain why your current Googling and whatever isn't helping you here? I understand that nerves are raw here, but starting with a shot across the bow at gun control isn't going t get you what you want here. -- jessamyn

 
Response by poster: Mods are absolutely welcome to delete if the timing is bad, but this has been on my mind for a while and is (to me) pretty clearly not chatfilter, as I'm not asking for opinions but for books, articles, interviews, etc.
posted by c'mon sea legs at 11:10 AM on December 14, 2012 [1 favorite]


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