Thu Dec 20, 2012, 09:47 AM

FarCenter (13,033 posts)

Newtown gunman Adam Lanza may have wanted to join Marines or other military

Troubled gunman Adam Lanza once considered joining the Marines, a demanding career that his mother ultimately decided wouldn’t be the right fit her antisocial son, a family friend claims.

While mom Nancy Lanza liked that her 20-year-old son could be given purpose and structure, she knew that serving in the armed forces wasn’t something that he could handle, friend Ellen Adriani told the Connecticut Post.

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He even said he could join another branch of the military if the Marines didn’t pan out, the newspaper reported Thursday.

“It became overwhelmingly clear to her that (military service) wasn’t right for him," said Adriani, who never actually met Adam Lanza.

She added that Nancy Lanza “squashed” the possibility of serving his country when she reminded her son that he “didn’t like to be touched” — something that he couldn’t avoid if he were injured.

Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/news/crime/adam-lanza-wanted-join-marines-article-1.1224217

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9 replies	Author	Time	Post
Newtown gunman Adam Lanza may have wanted to join Marines or other military (Original post)	FarCenter	Dec 2012	OP
If the reports about congenital analgesia are true he wouldn't have been let in	Recursion	Dec 2012	#1
NY Daily News ...	GeorgeGist	Dec 2012	#2
Here is the original article by the CT Post...	Little Star	Dec 2012	#3
The drill sergeant killing scene from Full-metal Jacket comes to mind. n/d	Ganja Ninja	Dec 2012	#4
You can see this kid, and this mother, casting about for anything	TwilightGardener	Dec 2012	#5
off-topic, but...	Enrique	Dec 2012	#6
"Considered"? That's it? That's a news story?	JHB	Dec 2012	#7
That's where most like him go. nt	Comrade_McKenzie	Dec 2012	#8
How broad brush of you...	Coyote_Tan	Dec 2012	#9

Response to FarCenter (Original post)

Thu Dec 20, 2012, 09:49 AM

Recursion (25,486 posts)

1. If the reports about congenital analgesia are true he wouldn't have been let in

They can find a way to work around a lot of conditions, but inability to feel pain is absolutely not something you want in a Marine.

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Thu Dec 20, 2012, 09:51 AM

GeorgeGist (9,511 posts)

2. NY Daily News ...

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Thu Dec 20, 2012, 10:06 AM

Little Star (11,644 posts)

3. Here is the original article by the CT Post...

which is referenced in the NY Daily News article the OP posted:

http://www.ctpost.com/local/article/Newtown-shooter-wanted-to-join-Marines-4133308.php

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Thu Dec 20, 2012, 10:09 AM

Ganja Ninja (15,691 posts)

4. The drill sergeant killing scene from Full-metal Jacket comes to mind. n/d

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Thu Dec 20, 2012, 12:46 PM

TwilightGardener (39,679 posts)

5. You can see this kid, and this mother, casting about for anything

that would give this kid a solid future. Sad that the family wasn't intact and speaking to each other--both mom and killer needed support.

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Thu Dec 20, 2012, 12:54 PM

Enrique (22,595 posts)

6. off-topic, but...

the correct word is "quashed". Carry on...

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Thu Dec 20, 2012, 12:58 PM

JHB (17,798 posts)

7. "Considered"? That's it? That's a news story?

It's not as if he was pestering a recruiter, or so much as filled out an application, just "considered".

I guess there wasn't any real news, and someone needed to fill column space.

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Thu Dec 20, 2012, 12:59 PM

Comrade_McKenzie (2,526 posts)

8. That's where most like him go. nt

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Thu Dec 20, 2012, 01:40 PM

Coyote_Tan (194 posts)

9. How broad brush of you...

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