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jody

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23. More thanks than you can imagine. nt

Reply to alcibiades_mystery (Reply #18)

Tue Dec 18, 2012, 07:54 PM

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School gunman Adam Lanza may have snapped over fears mother was going to send him to psychiatric fac [View all] FarCenter Dec 2012 OP

Unsubstantiated as it is it's still among the more plausible stories so far. nt jody Dec 2012 #1

...sigh... a geek named Bob Dec 2012 #2

If she knew the kid was psycho, why didn't she have the presence of mind to remove Cleita Dec 2012 #3

still knives in most houses... a geek named Bob Dec 2012 #6

Knives are not high powered rifles. Cleita Dec 2012 #12

I thought the question at hand was her safety...hence the committment idea. a geek named Bob Dec 2012 #21

When twenty six-year-old children and six adults are slaughtered in a ten minute span with a knife alcibiades_mystery Dec 2012 #13

the snark around here is incredible... a geek named Bob Dec 2012 #22

How you read my post as "resistance to having Lanza committed" is a great mystery for the ages alcibiades_mystery Dec 2012 #25

I understand your post but I ask all to put yourself in her shoes. I don't mean to excuse her but jody Dec 2012 #15

Still you get rid of the objects that could be used against someone. Cleita Dec 2012 #17

I agree with you but we have the luxury of being detached. Some parents in her shoes would not have jody Dec 2012 #20

You're absolutely right...such decisions are deeply emotionally charged alcibiades_mystery Dec 2012 #18

More thanks than you can imagine. nt jody Dec 2012 #23

If I were worried about my son and htinking about having him committed malaise Dec 2012 #28

FoxNews.com. n/t SoCalDem Dec 2012 #4

They can't screw the story up any more than the other media has ProgressiveProfessor Dec 2012 #35

If this is true and the mother still kept the guns in the house Fumesucker Dec 2012 #5

Maybe she was that scared of him? GreenPartyVoter Dec 2012 #7

Did she keep a gun hidden in every room alcibiades_mystery Dec 2012 #9

I don't know. And I don't agree with it if that's what she was thinking. Just trying GreenPartyVoter Dec 2012 #14

There are plenty of plausible reasons...and they're all bad alcibiades_mystery Dec 2012 #16

All so very true. GreenPartyVoter Dec 2012 #31

Responsible Gun Owner (tm) keeps massive arsenal in house with mentally ill, dangerous son alcibiades_mystery Dec 2012 #8

This message was self-deleted by its author devilgrrl Dec 2012 #10

apparently that's what law enforcement is looking at as motive... magical thyme Dec 2012 #11

Potential motive. LisaL Dec 2012 #30

"Bloodthirsty child killer " " Mom Nancy Lanza was the first person Adam Lanza blew away " Atticus Dec 2012 #19

Atticus, I'm curious, are you from Monroeville, AL. or vicinity? A devotee of Nelle Harper Lee. nt jody Dec 2012 #24

It and the Daily News are tabloids widely read on the subway. FarCenter Dec 2012 #33

And yet she left all those weapons in the house malaise Dec 2012 #26

Google Joshua Flashman. GeorgeGist Dec 2012 #27

RWNJ BeyondGeography Dec 2012 #29

Sounds like the type Nancy Lanza would have befriended at a shooting range. FarCenter Dec 2012 #32

This substantiates my original opinion customerserviceguy Dec 2012 #34

If she was that worried she should have secured her firearms better. ileus Dec 2012 #36