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morningfog

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1. Wasn't the Aurora shooter's dad wealthy and connected , too?

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Sandy Hook mass murderer Adam Lanza, 20, 'deeply disturbed kid' [View all] FarCenter Dec 2012 OP

Wasn't the Aurora shooter's dad wealthy and connected , too? morningfog Dec 2012 #1

The local news said from a unconfirmed source "his brother said former-republican Dec 2012 #2

"Split personality" is a meaningless lay term. kestrel91316 Dec 2012 #3

I'm just saying what the local news reported former-republican Dec 2012 #5

The question now is "Who was his doctor, what did the doctor know, and what meds was he on?" FarCenter Dec 2012 #7

I would be curious why his mother thought it necessary to have an assault weapon in the house still_one Dec 2012 #16

and why it wasn't secured and inaccessible to this son who she knew tosh Dec 2012 #59

"Schizophernia" literally means "broken soul or heart". Very close to the cause, imo Cetacea Dec 2012 #28

Actually, Schizophrenia literally means "cracked head" and it seems to be Ecumenist Dec 2012 #30

Close enough and debatable. It still does mean "split personality" Cetacea Dec 2012 #38

Schizophrenia has nothing to do with "deep sadness". It has nothing to do with kestrel91316 Dec 2012 #61

I should know. Cetacea Dec 2012 #66

My sister is in fine mental health. My mom had it and she's dead, prematurely kestrel91316 Dec 2012 #73

Thank you, Kestrel. This person strikes me as someone who knows NOTHING about SchizoPhrenia Ecumenist Dec 2012 #71

The schizo in schizophrenia means "split", and it refers to the split from reality that they have. kestrel91316 Dec 2012 #74

Amen. The have visual and auditory hallucinations..... BOY, once you;ve Ecumenist Dec 2012 #75

After 40 years of dealing with my mom, I do know a thing kestrel91316 Dec 2012 #77

Wow, you know nothing about it. eShirl Dec 2012 #36

Wow. Try me. Cetacea Dec 2012 #37

"It must be because of a traumatic childhood" is a comforting fiction. lumberjack_jeff Dec 2012 #41

You are misquoting. Cetacea Dec 2012 #47

In addition... Cetacea Dec 2012 #49

People, no matter how poor their parenting skills, can not make a child schizophrenic. kestrel91316 Dec 2012 #64

Mental illness is a catch-all term for a lot of different disorders. kestrel91316 Dec 2012 #63

Until there is a cure, everyone's belief systems are incorrect. Cetacea Dec 2012 #68

Stop perpetuating these myths about schizophrenia. kestrel91316 Dec 2012 #62

I am a diagnosed schizophrenic. Cetacea Dec 2012 #65

All mental illness is not caused by abuse. Shiraz Dec 2012 #57

Schizophrenia is a physical brain disease. There is a genetic component - children of kestrel91316 Dec 2012 #60

CETACEA. with all due respect, it's not biochemical. It's ORGANIC It can actually be seen on Ecumenist Dec 2012 #72

Meds are key here. ananda Dec 2012 #14

If the report is accurate he was on some type of psychiatric medication former-republican Dec 2012 #20

It seems that violence can be a side effect or a result of withdrawal when the patient goes off meds FarCenter Dec 2012 #22

Having worked in the MH field "take their meds" is the key phrase underpants Dec 2012 #48

I don't understand what this "devoted mother" was doing ... frazzled Dec 2012 #4

That has me puzzled, too. Blue_In_AK Dec 2012 #6

With alimony at $250+ K / year, I'd bet that Adam was in some kind of treatment FarCenter Dec 2012 #8

I would hope so, Blue_In_AK Dec 2012 #13

and it's making me really angry at the parents JI7 Dec 2012 #9

Boy do I agree with that! napi21 Dec 2012 #10

The father is alive and well. Early reports were wrong. FarCenter Dec 2012 #11

I wonder if he was close enough to his son to provide any answers? nt napi21 Dec 2012 #15

Earlier on TV, a neighbor said that they'd never seen the son at the house in Stamford FarCenter Dec 2012 #23

Not very smart. Unless she had them to protect herself from him. Michigan Alum Dec 2012 #19

“She said she would often go target shooting with her kids,” landscaper Dan Holmes said underpants Dec 2012 #51

Maybe she was a gun nut. We just don't know many of the facts yet. Cetacea Dec 2012 #56

Like most people that buy guns Horse with no Name Dec 2012 #21

For all we know she got half her husbands gun collection in the divorce. Lone_Star_Dem Dec 2012 #27

Lots of people like guns. I knew a surfing Grandmother with a hip replacement. vaberella Dec 2012 #31

And yet his fucking stupid mother kept 5 guns, one an assault rifle, in the house. kysrsoze Dec 2012 #12

Unbelievable still_one Dec 2012 #18

"Adam Lanza’s mother found dead, ‘badly disfigured’" FarCenter Dec 2012 #17

So that was a head shot. n/t vaberella Dec 2012 #32

Earlier reports were that she was shot in the face FarCenter Dec 2012 #33

He clearly had a long history of mental disturbance--as others TwilightGardener Dec 2012 #24

found this former-republican Dec 2012 #25

He had a nevous system defect FarCenter Dec 2012 #26

The mentally ill are no more violent than any other group. Why deprive them of guns? Cetacea Dec 2012 #42

LOL! tabasco Dec 2012 #46

There are different forms of mental illness, and it's all on TwilightGardener Dec 2012 #67

If Caretakers Can Not or Will Not Provide Necessary Care LarryNM Dec 2012 #29

Republicans have shut those resources down. Barack_America Dec 2012 #40

Asperger's OR a personality disorder?? The press seems to believe they do not owe the public Jefferson23 Dec 2012 #34

+1 n/t lumberjack_jeff Dec 2012 #43

That is absolutely the case! CountAllVotes Dec 2012 #54

Lanza's mom, according to another article, was an avid gun collector zen_bohemian Dec 2012 #35

“She said she would often go target shooting with her kids,” landscaper Dan Holmes said underpants Dec 2012 #52

geeze zen_bohemian Dec 2012 #58

And yet, another profile has him as shy and intelligent muriel_volestrangler Dec 2012 #39

What exactly was the mother devoted to? Her guns? Cali_Democrat Dec 2012 #44

Come on - that's not fair underpants Dec 2012 #50

$240K alimony per year? My God. That kid ought to have been getting the best care in the world. reformist2 Dec 2012 #45

Only if he wanted treatment Freddie Dec 2012 #55

or a personality disorder CountAllVotes Dec 2012 #53

"who friends and officials said suffered from Asperger’s syndrome or a personality disorder," KamaAina Dec 2012 #69

The reporting has been beyond pathetic, worse than their usual for the MSM. Jefferson23 Dec 2012 #70

Really? Old and In the Way Dec 2012 #76