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Originally Posted by Runscott

We still have the Aurora and Arizona killers, and there is one here in Washington who recently was moved from Western State to prison. All still alive, all probably able to give their reasoning for the murders they committed. But I don't think you would be able to figure out much - the 'manic state' is a different reality and they either remember very little, remember things incorrectly, or realize that what they did made no sense.

Emotional, 'sane' killers are a different thing, but they generally do commit suicide - distraught fathers, screwed-over office-workers, etc.

The idiot that shot congresswoman Giffords would not have passed a mentle health background check. The problem in Arizona is that guns have invaded every level of society and there is little checking done. I remember working at an animal hospital in Tucson and 2 Saturdays in a row we had men in their mid 70's show up with hand guns strapped to their sides. Why do people feel the need to bring a handgun into a veterinary hospital other than the reason "because I have it and can do it"? Arizona still thinks the Wild West is still alive and nobody can take their guns away. Glad I do not live there any more
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