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Mass shooters are all different. Except for one thing: most are men…
Mass shooters are all different. Except for one thing: most are men
No one-size-fits-all profile but only factor in common: mostly men
US's high number of mass shooting → due to the availability of guns
Most commonly white
Mental illness
Not a factor
Many cases no professional help
But often paranoid, resentful or narcissistic
1/4 : signs of depression and psychopathy
Access to mental health care → not a prevention of violence
E.g. : Adam Lanza (Sandy Hook Elementary School), years of counseling from psychiatrists (Asperger's syndrome : no suggestion of violent behavior)
Domestic violence
Similar factors to mass killings
16% of the gunmen: previously charged with domestic violence
57% of mass shooters includes a wife/husband/family member (e.g. : Devin P. Kelly, wife & stepson then 26 people)
Paul Gill: history of violence → neutralize natural barriers of violence
Sense of grievance
Mass killers: believe they have been wronged
By individual, corporation, demographic group
Mostly a personal grievance
Desire of notoriety
Hopes for fame, glory, attention
E.g.: Christopher Harper-Mercer (9 people) : "the more people you kill, the more your'e in the limelight"
Looking for something larger than their own lives
Hero, standing for a cause
Inspiration from prior killings