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RE: Realistic Aims
Have you taken time to read 'Richard McBeef'? They have it over on the smoking gun. Anyway, I would disagree with the psychologist that released him as not a threat to others. Sure, many *teenagers* do writings like this, when their angst is getting the best of them during puberty, but few continue with it into their twenties. I would argue that such writings show an obvious disconnect with reality, a violent streak, and present a threat when exhibited by a twenty three year old, simply due to the strengthened resolve of an older person.
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RE: Realistic Aims
Darn, everything I was going to say, guyvia already said.
I agree with the fact that if guns are removed from society, some crazy human will be still be sitting somewhere, brooding in the dark, planning for some other way to wipe a bunch of us out. Timothy McVeigh of Oklahoma Federal Building fame did. The problem with trying to recognize and prevent this behavior is that it is actually so rare in a statistical sense. (Not rare enough though.) I think the same "It can't be happening" mentality applies to the dangerous mental illness diagnosis part of this story also. Even though he presents himself as disturbed, unless he actually is exhibiting dangerous behavior, everyone brushes it off, because to be "pre-accusing" everybody all the time will eventually lead to paranoia on a grand scale. In other words, unless something presents itself in a obvious way, most of us who haven't lived dangerous lives, tend to think the best of any given situation, sometimes to our demise.
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