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Officials: Gunman treated for mental health issues
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Posted on 09/17/2013 5:12:46 AM PDT by Perdogg

U.S. law enforcement officials are telling The Associated Press that the Navy contractor identified as the gunman in the mass shootings at the Washington Navy Yard had been suffering a host of serious mental issues, including paranoia and a sleep disorder. He also had been hearing voices in his head, the officials said.

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To: Nextrush

And didn’t the Tsarnaev dude go to Chechnya for a time before he went off in Boston? Seeing a pattern here.


21 posted on 09/17/2013 5:34:47 AM PDT by mtrott
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To: Perdogg
And, and, and my Gaydar just pegged on this guy.
22 posted on 09/17/2013 5:35:09 AM PDT by DJ Taylor (Once again our country is at war, and once again the Democrats have sided with our enemy.)
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To: Perdogg

News flash. All Muslims have mental health issues. Duhhhh...


23 posted on 09/17/2013 5:35:48 AM PDT by Whats-wrong-with-the-truth
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To: Perdogg

**LIVE UPDATES** Shooter’s Employer Says Background ‘Thoroughly’ Vetted (on Breitbart)


24 posted on 09/17/2013 5:36:15 AM PDT by Sir Napsalot (Pravda + Useful Idiots = CCCP; JournOList + Useful Idiots = DopeyChangey!)
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To: Perdogg
As the facts are coming out, it doesn't look like a "false flag". It seems to be yet another case of government not doing the stuff it's supposed to do. After general discharge from the military he has an ID that just lets him walk onto a base? With documented PTSD issues and gun complaints in his past?

Meanwhile, the feds are doing the job that's more important to them. We should probably give a friendly shoutout to whomever is in charge of spying on conservative websites (good morning, fed) instead of identifying real weaknesses, keeping invaders out of the country, and yet again having an unstable person with a security clearance commit mass murder. Maybe we shouldn't be supporting and arming terrorists in the ME and instead worry about the US becoming more stable.

25 posted on 09/17/2013 5:36:22 AM PDT by grania
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To: AU72

Affirmative action hire I predict


26 posted on 09/17/2013 5:37:10 AM PDT by Josa
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To: Nextrush

Agreed. A month is suspicious for a guy getting a gubermint check for disability for a problem with his feet!


27 posted on 09/17/2013 5:38:31 AM PDT by seeker41 (take your country back by whatever means necessary)
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To: txrangerette

It’s virtually impossible to get a person involuntarily (or even voluntarily) institutionalized for more than a few days now, even when they have demonstrated that they are a threat to others or themselves. I don’t know what it takes to be considered dangerous enough to be institutionalized more than the 72 hours they usually permit.

That said, it appears that this guy’s violence issues (like shooting out the tires of somebody he said “disrespected” him and shooting into his neighbor’s ceiling because she had complained about his loud music) were all resolved in such a way that they didn’t appear on his record. The charges were dropped by the prosecutor in the second case, and in the first, they were just reduced to a misdemeanor.

Sort of like what happened with Trayvon Martin: anything to avoid giving him a record and making the police department or prosecutor’s office look like they had too many black arrests.

He was apparently very aggressive in proclaiming his offended status, too, something that seemed to extend to the entire family, because according to one person interviewed, his sister acted exactly the same way and was known for complaining that people in her apartment complex were “dissing” her by parking in certain places, etc. I think he had rather a chip on his shoulder, in addition to being nuts, and that more will come out about this. He reminds me of the LIRR gunman years ago.


28 posted on 09/17/2013 5:39:52 AM PDT by livius
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To: Josa

Affirmative action hire I predict


Highly likely. They needed a black employee for some quota and he was the “best” available.


29 posted on 09/17/2013 5:40:27 AM PDT by lodi90
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To: Perdogg

The shooter has likely had mental illness issues for a long
time but they were borderline. He joined the navy and like
a lot of people in the service the experience didn’t cure
him but it did give him some skills....some discipline.
Not enough to make him stable and safe but enough so that
he could hide his instability most of the time. His issues
eventually cost him his navy career as he was mustered out with a general discharge instead of an honorable one. That
along with other insults to his psyche...both real and perceived likely lead him to plot out his revenge. To call him crazy though is foolhardy....he was mentally ill but
still had the mental acuity to plan and pull off a successful assault of a federal military facility with
a high level of carnage. And this is based on what we know.....imagine what they aren’t going to tell us.


30 posted on 09/17/2013 5:41:49 AM PDT by nvscanman
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To: AU72
"Why was he not institutionalized much less able to get a top security pass?"

That's the wrong question. The "proper" question is: How was he able to get a firearm? We need tougher gun control laws!! /sarc

31 posted on 09/17/2013 5:43:27 AM PDT by cincinnati65
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To: Perdogg

Why was he given clearance? Because of his skin color? I would SUE SUE SUE!!!


32 posted on 09/17/2013 5:46:04 AM PDT by Blue Turtle
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To: Perdogg
Schizoid, paranoic, bi-polar (manic/depressive) often runs in families. Usually treated at home with medication (if the person TAKES the meds as prescribed......that's another story).

Leni

33 posted on 09/17/2013 5:46:35 AM PDT by MinuteGal
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To: txrangerette

Whether schizophrenic or whatever, sounds more like our usual mass murderer profile: young, male, mentally ill, on prescribed drugs and deep into violent video games.

This is the issue we should be dealing with, though in practicality it results in less loss of life annually than, what, lightning strikes or some other type of freak accident.


34 posted on 09/17/2013 5:47:27 AM PDT by 9YearLurker
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To: TomGuy

Or the gun incident in Seattle, or the sabotage of a gas tank, or...


35 posted on 09/17/2013 5:48:24 AM PDT by 9YearLurker
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To: Perdogg

So.... the mental health NICS checks are not in place, right? Because dude bought a legal shotgun.


36 posted on 09/17/2013 5:49:08 AM PDT by Lazamataz (Early 2009 to 7/21/2013 - RIP my little girl Cathy. You were the best cat ever. You will be missed.)
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To: Perdogg

I am not a fan of giving politicians the authority to decide who is or isn’t sane enough to have a gun.


37 posted on 09/17/2013 5:49:43 AM PDT by xzins ( Retired Army Chaplain and Proud of It! Those who truly support our troops pray for victory!)
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To: Perdogg

Okay....What kind of meds was he on?


38 posted on 09/17/2013 5:50:00 AM PDT by Sacajaweau
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To: mtrott

There does seem to be a ‘void’ in Alexis’s recent residential history.

He lived in Ft. Worth until about 6 months ago.

I have not heard anyone say where he resided currently.

His brother-in-law said that the family had very little contact with him, and the b-i-l said he had never met Aaron Alexis.


39 posted on 09/17/2013 5:50:03 AM PDT by TomGuy (.)
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To: lodi90

Holder is now going after employers for screening out felons, because of the disparate impact on blacks—and this guy didn’t even have a felony conviction.


40 posted on 09/17/2013 5:50:23 AM PDT by 9YearLurker
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