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customerserviceguy

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34. This substantiates my original opinion
Tue Dec 18, 2012, 10:06 PM
Dec 2012

that extreme self-centered jealousy motivated Lanza to go to the school to kill the children. At first, I thought she was a teacher there, but even after finding out that this was not the case, I figured that her involvement with the kids at that school provided the fuel for the jealousy of this narcissistic little asshole.

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
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