Tis the season for psychotic breaks. (Reply #29)

In the discussion thread: Breaking: 2 Killed, 1 Injured by Man Armed with Rifle at Mall Near Portland (20-60 Shots Reported) [View all]

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Tue Dec 11, 2012, 09:01 PM

trouble.smith (374 posts)

29. Tis the season for psychotic breaks.

for all we know, the shooter lost his job, his home, and his family and finally just snapped. It will interesting to find out what led up to this.

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253 replies	Author	Time	Post
Breaking: 2 Killed, 1 Injured by Man Armed with Rifle at Mall Near Portland (20-60 Shots Reported) [View all]	Hissyspit	Dec 2012	OP
Moar guns. Moar guns. Moar guns.	onehandle	Dec 2012	#1
He could have done it with something else... lawn furniture maybe...	Electric Monk	Dec 2012	#21
A sign forbidding guns, a law against carrying in public, or a law against shooting people...	TPaine7	Dec 2012	#28
the mall is a guns free zone nt	littlewolf	Dec 2012	#73
Is it?	TPaine7	Dec 2012	#82
Disclaimer: I was told this by someone else.	littlewolf	Dec 2012	#93
Some moran probably thought it read "free guns at the mall".	Remmah2	Dec 2012	#151
until it wasn't	Trunk Monkey	Dec 2012	#163
There is no law against shooting people in Clackamas county?	enlightenment	Dec 2012	#86
People think we need laws to stop these things, so I was being sarcastic.	TPaine7	Dec 2012	#101
I like your second sentence.	enlightenment	Dec 2012	#106
That's ok. You have been civil to me; not everyone has to agree.	TPaine7	Dec 2012	#108
He could have used a bomb	lbrtbell	Dec 2012	#37
He did not use a bomb.	SoapBox	Dec 2012	#43
Duh but he could have	RegieRocker	Dec 2012	#133
Give it up.	TheCowsCameHome	Dec 2012	#48
Well said.	apocalypsehow	Dec 2012	#90
To you I would qualify as a "gun nut." ...	spin	Dec 2012	#104
Intellectual dishonesty and the mouths of morons have probably killed more people than guns.	Remmah2	Dec 2012	#150
LOL	bongbong	Dec 2012	#157
Moral superiority is a funny thing.	Remmah2	Dec 2012	#160
Strawmen are funny	bongbong	Dec 2012	#164
I couldn't help noticing it took some other men with "toys" to neutralize the attacking guy...	pop topcan	Dec 2012	#244
That's enough. Seriously. You're ridiculous.	Chorophyll	Dec 2012	#57
You've got that right.	crim son	Dec 2012	#72
Let's see...	Tommy_Carcetti	Dec 2012	#58
Not many people know how to build a bomb, me included	madokie	Dec 2012	#66
I think the google probably has it. Probably youtube also.	Mojorabbit	Dec 2012	#110
You don't know he would need mental help until	upaloopa	Dec 2012	#226
+1	valerief	Dec 2012	#52
Thinking about it, this whole "GUNS & FREEDOM" religion pushed by the right is a SCAM.	alp227	Dec 2012	#76
Oh, Jeez. Here we go again.	Laurian	Dec 2012	#2
Your right we have to wait til Fox News says its ok.	southernyankeebelle	Dec 2012	#13
Was just about to post this...but you beat me to it...	YoungDemCA	Dec 2012	#3
I'm listening to it on the local news	me b zola	Dec 2012	#4
I called my youngest just to make sure	Viva_La_Revolution	Dec 2012	#45
Guns, Guns and more Guns.	SoapBox	Dec 2012	#5
Lol! Yep, brace yourselves...	primavera	Dec 2012	#9
LOL	bongbong	Dec 2012	#158
Yep. Wish we could rec posts.	apocalypsehow	Dec 2012	#95
If knives are as easy to use as guns, then	crim son	Dec 2012	#6
No guns = killers will use bombs	lbrtbell	Dec 2012	#42
What we do have in our heads is that he used a gun, not a bomb.	SoapBox	Dec 2012	#44
It takes more effort and more time to build a bomb	ItsTheMediaStupid	Dec 2012	#47
8775 killed with guns. 4 with explosives.	progressoid	Dec 2012	#54
Don't waste your time.	TheCowsCameHome	Dec 2012	#67
You mean like what happens in other countries with sensible gun laws?	DanTex	Dec 2012	#62
Kids 7 and 11 threaten woman with loaded gun in neighboring multnomah county.. days apart.	fun n serious	Dec 2012	#114
Jamaica instituted a total ban a few years ago. It is drowning in gun violence as we pontificate.	pop topcan	Dec 2012	#245
I saw Portland and I thought Maine.	MADem	Dec 2012	#7
Every other year? Every few months, unfortunately.	Laurian	Dec 2012	#17
Every couple of weeks, by my count.	Chorophyll	Dec 2012	#19
I'm talking about a "holiday" shooter... nt	MADem	Dec 2012	#91
Another day, another American explosion	BeyondGeography	Dec 2012	#8
Suspect on the loose after shots fired at Clackamas Town Center kgw.com - 7 minutes ago A masked gun	Coyotl	Dec 2012	#10
When all you have is a hammer, every problem looks like a nail.	maxsolomon	Dec 2012	#11
Collary?	leapinggnome	Dec 2012	#23
yep - fixed	maxsolomon	Dec 2012	#26
I live really close to this mall. The helicopters are out and so are the sirens	neverforget	Dec 2012	#12
I have not found if shooter has been found	nadinbrzezinski	Dec 2012	#33
The shooter has been "neutralized" according to the Sheriff's office	neverforget	Dec 2012	#35
Good.	nadinbrzezinski	Dec 2012	#38
War on Christmas! nt	heliarc	Dec 2012	#14
thankfully, he doesn't seem like much of a shot.	Mel Content	Dec 2012	#15
I've heard two people are dead. I suppose that's okay with you?	Chorophyll	Dec 2012	#18
Two is too many, but it could have been a lot worse	ItsTheMediaStupid	Dec 2012	#49
why would you suppose that...?	Mel Content	Dec 2012	#59
No, but I LOVE that it isn't fifty.	aquart	Dec 2012	#78
That is only dead, there are wounded too	nadinbrzezinski	Dec 2012	#34
I'm goddamn sick of this.	Chorophyll	Dec 2012	#16
get used to it: the gun nuts won	Skittles	Dec 2012	#24
sadly accurate	AnOhioan	Dec 2012	#31
That's the truth. The sad, sad truth.	tosh	Dec 2012	#32
I can't accept that.	Chorophyll	Dec 2012	#55
New norm = fewer shootings and less gun violence.	hack89	Dec 2012	#87
WE??	Skittles	Dec 2012	#111
Well it could be true if he is a doctor.	aandegoons	Dec 2012	#120
We = America as a whole	hack89	Dec 2012	#128
AMERICA is SICK OF YOU FUCKING GUN NUTS	Skittles	Dec 2012	#246
That's nice. Feel better? nt	hack89	Dec 2012	#247
I know I feel worse than YOU do	Skittles	Dec 2012	#248
I have two school age kids	hack89	Dec 2012	#249
This message was self-deleted by its author	hack89	Dec 2012	#127
The crime rate tracks the proportion of young adult males in the population. Nt.	Warren Stupidity	Dec 2012	#131
Which indicates the area to look for root causes and real solutions.	hack89	Dec 2012	#140
The point being that regulating, for example, high capacity magazines	Warren Stupidity	Dec 2012	#144
Let remember the lessons of Virginia Tech	hack89	Dec 2012	#146
Oh, thank goodness.	TheCowsCameHome	Dec 2012	#137
It is very much is something to be upset about	hack89	Dec 2012	#141
If there were more people armed...	nadinbrzezinski	Dec 2012	#36
Gee, what if half the mall was carrying and a total fire fight broke out	ItsTheMediaStupid	Dec 2012	#53
Oh com'on, bullets only kill the bad guys!	nadinbrzezinski	Dec 2012	#69
Everyone who advocates that more people carrying firearms would have	coalition_unwilling	Dec 2012	#188
Perhaps you can give us a real-world example or 2, instead of Hollywood ones...	friendly_iconoclast	Dec 2012	#211
Well, let's see. Ask any vet who's been in a real live fire-fight, where	coalition_unwilling	Dec 2012	#218
Surely you can come up with a real-world example. There are +/- 8 million permit holders...	friendly_iconoclast	Dec 2012	#224
Here you go, baby-killer:	coalition_unwilling	Dec 2012	#237
"baby-killer", eh? I see the witch hunt has begun...	friendly_iconoclast	Dec 2012	#238
Oh well, so much for that alert:	friendly_iconoclast	Dec 2012	#239
Holy fuck. Vile fucking bigotry against non-criminals certainly seems to be the order of the day.	PavePusher	Dec 2012	#243
DU juries usually get it right. n/t.	apocalypsehow	Dec 2012	#251
You have the blood of at least 20 children on your hands. I hope you're	coalition_unwilling	Dec 2012	#240
Yep, just as you have the broken souls of child porn victims on yours.	friendly_iconoclast	Dec 2012	#242
+1. n/t.	apocalypsehow	Dec 2012	#250
Feh. I've been called worse by better...	friendly_iconoclast	Dec 2012	#252
Oh the irony.	Remmah2	Dec 2012	#149
They're choosing a spokesman as we speak.	TheCowsCameHome	Dec 2012	#50
Chosen, and dispatched to the scene: see #87. Typical NRA bullshit being spewed	apocalypsehow	Dec 2012	#100
This message was self-deleted by its author	friendly_iconoclast	Dec 2012	#116
I doubt the NRA runs the FBI, as they are the ones that confirming the declining violent crime rates	friendly_iconoclast	Dec 2012	#118
And Gungeon spokesman #2 washes up onto the scene. n/t.	apocalypsehow	Dec 2012	#121
I note you do not dispute the accuracy of that, instead choosing to carp about the messenger.	friendly_iconoclast	Dec 2012	#170
When the "messenger" is peddling a right-wing NRA line on a progressive, Democratic	apocalypsehow	Dec 2012	#179
What the hell is "right-wing NRA line" about what he posted?	beevul	Dec 2012	#187
And the swarm is on! #7 in this thread, late to the scene but making up for it with	apocalypsehow	Dec 2012	#189
Someone has to contrast the antigun ideologues that got here first and almost always do.	beevul	Dec 2012	#197
Translation: "someone has to get the NRA's side of the message out there!!!11"	apocalypsehow	Dec 2012	#198
Does your worldview allow that theres a such thing as a non-nra pro gun position?	beevul	Dec 2012	#204
"is it simply that anyone thats pro-gun-rights is an an nra stooge?" - well said.	apocalypsehow	Dec 2012	#206
Doubtful: think Eric Hoffer's "The True Believer", or Richard J. Hofstadter's...	friendly_iconoclast	Dec 2012	#209
LOL!	apocalypsehow	Dec 2012	#215
"Or will you rely on people with...guns...to make that happen?" Brilliant!	NYC_SKP	Feb 2013	#253
Actually, they got their facts from the FBI-anyone can, at their website	friendly_iconoclast	Dec 2012	#212
I recently discovered the Ignore feature on DU.	llmart	Dec 2012	#186
I don't blame you in the least: it's a crying shame we have to put with right-wing NRA talking	apocalypsehow	Dec 2012	#191
FBI facts - nothing to do with the NRA.	hack89	Dec 2012	#130
Facts are derailing the Two Minutes' Hate, and we can't have that...	friendly_iconoclast	Dec 2012	#172
Disagreeing with you about gun policy is not a "two minutes hate," sport:	apocalypsehow	Dec 2012	#176
You blame the NRA; you bash gun owners that had nothing to do with this horrible case...	friendly_iconoclast	Dec 2012	#203
I wish I could rec your post. N/T	beevul	Dec 2012	#207
"there's one problem with...your opponents...RW plants" - FIFY. Yep. n/t.	apocalypsehow	Dec 2012	#208
There are a couple books you should read- they might strike a chord with you.	friendly_iconoclast	Dec 2012	#210
"You might not be getting the glorious, gun-free future you envision" - Sure I am: so is the entire	apocalypsehow	Dec 2012	#214
"What a beautiful world it will be; what a glorious time to be free..."	friendly_iconoclast	Dec 2012	#216
Uh-huh.	apocalypsehow	Dec 2012	#217
Interesting; I never knew the validity of an argument depended upon...	friendly_iconoclast	Dec 2012	#225
Uh-huh.	apocalypsehow	Dec 2012	#227
You'll get many fine explanations, most of them consisting of finely-woven bullshit.	apocalypsehow	Dec 2012	#98
i just heard on the news.	DesertFlower	Dec 2012	#20
Where is Reverend Billy When You Need Him?	triplepoint	Dec 2012	#22
Just heard the shooter has been neutralized from the police spokesman on CNN...	TPaine7	Dec 2012	#25
Shooter is dead according to news conference. n/t	RebelOne	Dec 2012	#61
Portland Local News: - Suspect 'neutralized' after deadly shooting at Clackamas Town Center	Coyotl	Dec 2012	#27
Tis the season for psychotic breaks.	trouble.smith	Dec 2012	#29
'Tis the season to mass murder	kurtzapril4	Dec 2012	#46
The whole year has been the season for psychotic breaks.	Chorophyll	Dec 2012	#60
I wasn't.	trouble.smith	Dec 2012	#81
I wouldn't	JonLP24	Dec 2012	#184
Multiple wounded.	aquart	Dec 2012	#30
And two dead...	riderinthestorm	Dec 2012	#65
More Gun Fun!	jpak	Dec 2012	#39
Did anyone see Jon Stewart last nite? He asked WHEN is the right time to talk about Gun Control??	jillan	Dec 2012	#40
Yes, that was very well done. Link here.	Electric Monk	Dec 2012	#51
I just saw it this evening.	progressoid	Dec 2012	#56
Interesting Article in Mother Jones	neeksgeek	Dec 2012	#41
Gee, a mall full of people and nobody had another gun to shoot-it-out??111!!!!1	riderinthestorm	Dec 2012	#63
Maybe it's time for mandatory gun ownership.	godai	Dec 2012	#75
Don't they already have that somewhere in Georgia? n/t	TheCowsCameHome	Dec 2012	#80
Yes, in Kennesaw. I lived there for about 5 years. All homeowners are required to have a gun.	RebelOne	Dec 2012	#83
I've had it. I'VE HAD IT. I wish we would enact the strictest gun laws in the WORLD.	nolabear	Dec 2012	#64
You know what would have prevented this? More people shooting wildly into a crowded area.	name not needed	Dec 2012	#68
+1,000 - n/t	primavera	Dec 2012	#74
That's bound to happen someday. n/t	godai	Dec 2012	#79
It's the human cost of living with our laws. The death toll of 'Freedom'.	Ikonoklast	Dec 2012	#70
When the fuck is our government going to step up to the fucking plate here?	47of74	Dec 2012	#71
What? And risk upsetting the NRA and their ilk?	TheCowsCameHome	Dec 2012	#77
They will not interfere as long as gun violence is at historic lows and declining.	hack89	Dec 2012	#88
That day is coming, trust me, my friend, as the country turns Blue:	apocalypsehow	Dec 2012	#102
Speaking of living in a fantasy world...	Dr_Scholl	Dec 2012	#112
Go for it, culture warrior! Demonize a large chunk of the voting population!	friendly_iconoclast	Dec 2012	#117
Except, they haven't: the Democratic Party controls the White House and the Senate.	apocalypsehow	Dec 2012	#124
And that explains why gun control was so prominent in the campaign ... oh wait.	hack89	Dec 2012	#166
Keep cutting and pasting your own posts, they're quite convincing...	friendly_iconoclast	Dec 2012	#173
Of course they are "quite convincing": the facts have a liberal bias.	apocalypsehow	Dec 2012	#174
I note you do not dispute the accuracy of that, instead choosing to carp about the messenger.	apocalypsehow	Dec 2012	#175
You can not be serious.	beevul	Dec 2012	#192
That's what would happen if the US was a developed nation	primavera	Dec 2012	#177
Why limit it to gun laws.	Remmah2	Dec 2012	#147
is it resolved yet?	Liberal_in_LA	Dec 2012	#84
A quick review of the "rules" about when it's okay to discuss gun policy might be in order:	TygrBright	Dec 2012	#85
"Clackistan" Oregon-Tea bagger heaven.	ErikJ	Dec 2012	#89
Clackamas County went Obama	hugo_from_TN	Dec 2012	#92
Yes, 3% margin--but neighboring Multnomah County 75% Obama.	ErikJ	Dec 2012	#96
I live in Clackamas County, actually really close to this mall. This county is a swing county	neverforget	Dec 2012	#97
The most conservative part of the Metro area by far.	ErikJ	Dec 2012	#105
I'm no expert on gun-related issues, but I do know this much:	Brigid	Dec 2012	#94
So what do you suggest?	WinniSkipper	Dec 2012	#222
I thought these things only happened in Colorado and Texas	Rocknrule	Dec 2012	#99
Stand on Zanzibar	Zorro	Dec 2012	#103
Yes, a mucker	slackmaster	Dec 2012	#123
This mass murder kind of kills the NRA meme that an assault	doc03	Dec 2012	#107
Not really.	Dr_Scholl	Dec 2012	#113
Weren't something like sixty rounds fired though?	Fumesucker	Dec 2012	#119
Or he could have just carried more magazines.	Dr_Scholl	Dec 2012	#125
Maybe when everyone is armed all the time these sorts of incidents will taper off	Fumesucker	Dec 2012	#126
I read somewhere the gun jammed after 50-60? shots. The shooter ran off into a store.	Sunlei	Dec 2012	#213
How you figure that? Maybe he was just a bad shot and if he was limited to a 10 round magazine	doc03	Dec 2012	#162
Just like cho? N/T	beevul	Dec 2012	#193
The Virginia Tech massacre proves that you are wrong	hack89	Dec 2012	#167
I guess I'll be first. My heart goes out to those involved.	flvegan	Dec 2012	#109
It doesn't matter whether it was Portland or Clackamas.	fun n serious	Dec 2012	#115
Hmmm, Unusual	Iggy	Dec 2012	#122
A Thread On This Incident Has Opened In Gun Control/RKBA.....	Paladin	Dec 2012	#129
A thread started by one of your fellow Prohibitionists.	PavePusher	Dec 2012	#138
Like jpak said:	Paladin	Dec 2012	#143
The only difference between a "prohibitionist" and a "fudd" is...	beevul	Dec 2012	#194
Don't Get Me Started About Whitman.	Paladin	Dec 2012	#199
I'll note you characterize my comments as "snotty", not "untrue". N/T	beevul	Dec 2012	#202
Need Some Help, There?	Paladin	Dec 2012	#219
Over in the gungeon they are very concerned.	Warren Stupidity	Dec 2012	#132
Does the truth matter?	Remmah2	Dec 2012	#134
You And Your Gun Enthusiast Pals Can't Handle The Truth. (nt)	Paladin	Dec 2012	#135
Intellectual dishonesty at it's best.	Remmah2	Dec 2012	#148
in this case technical accuracy is pretty much beside the point.	Warren Stupidity	Dec 2012	#142
Well now, that changes everything, doesn't it?	TheCowsCameHome	Dec 2012	#136
A thread started by one of your fellow Prohibitionists.	PavePusher	Dec 2012	#139
And the greek chorus joined in on cue.	Warren Stupidity	Dec 2012	#145
This is the most likely scenario for most Dirty Harry wannabes...	onehandle	Dec 2012	#152
This message was self-deleted by its author	Hoyt	Dec 2012	#153
They're always concerned about nomenclature. Such obfuscation helps protect their access to guns.	Hoyt	Dec 2012	#154
You heard it here first folks.	beevul	Dec 2012	#195
They are now reporting that the gun jammed????	condoleeza	Dec 2012	#155
modern times are not more dangerous...	Blackhawk44	Dec 2012	#156
Guns make you SAFER!	bongbong	Dec 2012	#159
Clearly a hollow point.	Remmah2	Dec 2012	#161
Yes!	bongbong	Dec 2012	#165
"orders"? You truly are paranoid. LOL	hack89	Dec 2012	#168
Not paranoid	bongbong	Dec 2012	#182
I love a good CT	hack89	Dec 2012	#183
LOL	bongbong	Dec 2012	#185
You realize only a tiny fraction of gun owners carry in public?	hack89	Dec 2012	#190
LOL	bongbong	Dec 2012	#228
So what percentage of gun owners carry in public?	hack89	Dec 2012	#230
HO HO HO	bongbong	Dec 2012	#231
You dismissed it - I thought you actual had some evidence	hack89	Dec 2012	#232
Gun nuts	bongbong	Dec 2012	#233
Gun grabbers	hack89	Dec 2012	#234
Keep it up!	bongbong	Dec 2012	#235
I think it funny that proof is not needed to support gun control	hack89	Dec 2012	#236
Still batting .00000	bongbong	Dec 2012	#241
Thats just the tip of the iceberg.	beevul	Dec 2012	#196
LOL	bongbong	Dec 2012	#229
I can only imagine that in their last moments of life, the victims were comforted	LanternWaste	Dec 2012	#169
Updated: 1:45 PM Oregon mall shooter identified; used stolen rifle	Wernothelpless	Dec 2012	#171
Apparently you haven't hear the latest update	Trunk Monkey	Dec 2012	#200
Actually I noticed it was a stolen rifle ...	Wernothelpless	Dec 2012	#220
More martyrs on the second amendment alter.	Agnosticsherbet	Dec 2012	#178
Thank god he didn't have a bow and arrow.	Remmah2	Dec 2012	#180
No, Hawkeye, Green Arrow, and Robin Hood are the patron saints of the arrow.	Agnosticsherbet	Dec 2012	#181
Not a proud week for us Portlanders - what can we do?	condoleeza	Dec 2012	#201
I don't text- any other way of contributing?	friendly_iconoclast	Dec 2012	#205
Yes, here is a link to her Facebook Support page	condoleeza	Dec 2012	#223
did he just pull the trigger and close his eyes?	underoath	Dec 2012	#221

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