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Source: CT Murderer Lived in Windowless Basement Playing Violent Video Games
Andrew Brietbart's Big Government ^ | 18 Dec 2012, 7:21 AM PDT | Tony Lee

Posted on 12/18/2012 10:18:09 AM PST by drewh

Adam Lanza, the shooter who massacred 20 children and six adults last Friday at Sandy Hook Elementary School, spent hours in the windowless basement of his home playing violent video games like "Call of Duty" and obsessing over "guns and military equipment."

Peter Wlasuk, a plumber who worked at the Lanza home, told The Sun that Lanza "lived in the basement" and he found it "strange."

"He had a proper set up down there — computers, a bathroom, bed and desk and a TV," Wlasuk said. "There were no windows.”

Wlasuk said he went down to the basement on numerous occasions while doing work at Lanza's home and said Lanza also had a "huge poster with every tank ever made" and another one with "every piece of military equipment the U.S. ever made." He said the Lanza brothers could tell "you about guns they had never seen from the 40s, 50s and 60s."

Lanza was suspected of being mentally ill and may have had Asperger's. His high school assigned him to a counselor because they feared he may harm himself but not others.

According to reports, Lanza's mother was a "a gun enthusiast who owned at least five weapons" and "took her younger son to a local firing range just days before the rampage."

A family friend told NBC that Lanza's mother said she wanted to introduce Adam to guns to teach him a "sense of responsibility."

“Guns require a lot of respect and she really tried to instill that," the friend said. "And he took to it. He loved being careful with them. He made it a source of pride.”

(Excerpt) Read more at breitbart.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Extended News; News/Current Events; US: Connecticut
KEYWORDS: 2012; adamlanza; adamlanzabio; lanza; newtown; sandyhook; videogames
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To: wideawake
Nancy Lanza should have had her son committed to a psychiatric institution.

Thanks to our lovely courts, you can't do that against his will unless he has committed a crime.

21 posted on 12/18/2012 10:35:28 AM PST by ArGee (Reality - what a concept.)
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To: nascarnation

That was my observation.

Every bedroom needs two means of egress in order to pass code.

Likely there are millions who don’t know this and violate in ignorance.


22 posted on 12/18/2012 10:37:04 AM PST by lurk
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To: drewh
"And he took to it. He loved being careful with them. He made it a source of pride.”

Sounds like 'Full Metal Jacket'.

23 posted on 12/18/2012 10:39:02 AM PST by montag813
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To: lurk

An operable window that can be opened and closed, large enough for a human being to pass through qualifies as an egress window.

I think the plumber was painting a little bit more of a creepy picture than reality. There was an exterior door, window or both. He jsut didn’t see them.


24 posted on 12/18/2012 10:40:55 AM PST by RegulatorCountry
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To: Yashcheritsiy

self-ping


25 posted on 12/18/2012 10:41:36 AM PST by Yashcheritsiy (It's time to Repeal and Replace the Republican Party)
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To: drewh

Those who blame video games are no better, nor more wise, than those who blame guns.

I’ve seen people get more angry and psychotic playing tennis than playing video games.... In fact, I’ve seen actual violence resulting from tennis matches.

Heck, I’ve seen more violent behavior resulting from a single game of Monopoly than video games. And that’s a fact.

...I’ve seen marriages dissolve over Monopoly... Geez...


Crazies gonna crazy and they have since the beginning of time. Long, long before video games.


26 posted on 12/18/2012 10:45:44 AM PST by Noamie
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To: rarestia

I also built models of fighter planes, battleships, etc...and I even had a number of toy guns in my younger days.


27 posted on 12/18/2012 10:47:14 AM PST by verga (A nation divided by Zero!)
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To: drewh
"According to reports, Lanza's mother was a "a gun enthusiast who owned at least five weapons" and "took her younger son to a local firing range just days before the rampage." A family friend told NBC that Lanza's mother said she wanted to introduce Adam to guns to teach him a "sense of responsibility." “Guns require a lot of respect and she really tried to instill that," the friend said. "And he took to it. He loved being careful with them. He made it a source of pride.”

From what has been published about the boy's mental state, I find all that very difficult to believe. Especially when citing "reports" and unnamed "friends." People with Asperger's syndrome don't respond well to loud noises. And, I refuse to believe any mental health care professional would tell his mother, "Sure! Take him to a gun range! Give him access to firearms! It'll teach him responsibility."
28 posted on 12/18/2012 10:47:23 AM PST by PowderMonkey (WILL WORK FOR AMMO)
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To: wideawake
Unfortunately, I have been there, and done that. My son is currently committed under court order, for an illness that sounds a lot like this guy had.

When this happened, all I could think of was, this could easily have been my son.

Over the past few days, I have felt a lot better about this choice. when he called me last night, like he does every Monday night, he all but thanked me for putting him in the “School”. He is a few weeks shy of 18, and is in a secure residential setting, with others like him.

29 posted on 12/18/2012 10:49:20 AM PST by MrNeutron1962
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To: wideawake
I'm not in favor of gun control, but that doesn't mean I approve of how everyone chooses to exercise his right to bear arms. I think Nancy Lanza was a damn fool to have guns in her house when she was living with an obviously “off” teen/20year old.
30 posted on 12/18/2012 10:50:17 AM PST by utahagen
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To: drewh; wideawake; rarestia; Noamie; Made In The USA
Maybe I'm jaded, but I'd hardly call Dynasty Warriors shockingly violent. And I'd be surprised if it was anyone's favorite game. Check out gameplay footage here - curious if others find it shocking.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M83CX-n3lMU

31 posted on 12/18/2012 10:51:16 AM PST by Wayne07
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To: Noamie
Crazies gonna crazy and they have since the beginning of time. Long, long before video games.

Look how many people were saved by the hours he spent gaming instead of murdering.

32 posted on 12/18/2012 10:52:23 AM PST by AmusedBystander (The philosophy of the school room in one generation will be the philosophy of government in the next)
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To: MrNeutron1962
I applaud you.

You must have been heartbroken, but you put your son's best interests first.

If more people made that kind of sacrifice, a lot of damage to civil society could be spared.

33 posted on 12/18/2012 10:53:11 AM PST by wideawake
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To: ArGee

I agree. My SIL is an adult slow learner who also has mental illness. We had to jump thru hoops to get guardianship and prove she was not capable of caring for herself. Lanza sounds as if he was high functioning (took college courses, drove a car), it would have been very difficult for a parent to get a judge to declare him as an adult incapable of taking care of himself.


34 posted on 12/18/2012 10:54:43 AM PST by NicNacPattyWac
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To: MrShoop

The Japanese culture of gaming often focuses on samurai and ninjas. Games like Assassin’s Creed have also been cited as “reasons for violence,” but in this case, the violent acts are committed with swords. I doubt the kid got anything out of the games but some odd sense of satisfaction slicing through throngs of warriors.


35 posted on 12/18/2012 10:55:03 AM PST by rarestia (It's time to water the Tree of Liberty.)
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To: wideawake
Nancy Lanza should have had her son committed to a psychiatric institution.

Not as easy as it sounds. Nowhere near.

36 posted on 12/18/2012 10:55:33 AM PST by Bloody Sam Roberts (Political correctness does not legislate tolerance; it only organizes hatred.)
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To: AmusedBystander

Yes. The void inside the killer must be filled and the blood lust has to be satiated one way or the other.

The video game(s) probably saved lives for a long period of time.

Look up serial killers that take long periods of time off and you will find that they found alternative outlets.

The void must be filled, one way or the other.


37 posted on 12/18/2012 10:56:51 AM PST by Noamie
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To: drewh
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38 posted on 12/18/2012 11:00:14 AM PST by MtnMan101
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To: MrShoop

“Maybe I’m jaded, but I’d hardly call Dynasty Warriors shockingly violent. And I’d be surprised if it was anyone’s favorite game. Check out gameplay footage here - curious if others find it shocking.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M83CX-n3lMU


Agreed. Tame. And silly.


39 posted on 12/18/2012 11:01:12 AM PST by Noamie
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To: drewh

FWIW, Adam Lanza has not been referred to on-air or in print as the “alleged” shooter. I have noticed that this word was applied to Ryan Lanza at first, or later to his deceased brother Adam Lanza. And I’ve been listening for the word...”alleged”.


40 posted on 12/18/2012 11:02:11 AM PST by Resettozero
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