The common denominator in most mass killings?

[Archae]

Mental illness.
And rage. Rage against anyone. The Texas cafeteria killer was mad at *ALL* women.

The McDonald's killer had been out of work for months, and was mad at everyone who had money to spend at McD's.


Mischief night is usually full of energetic young people's potentially humorous pranks, but in a suburban Philadelphia mall October 30, 1985 was not humorous at all. It was on that fateful day Sylvia Seegrist walked into Springfield mall in Delaware County, Pennsylvania, with her .22 caliber semi-automatic rifle and opened fire. While the madness ended fairly quickly, in less than four minutes, when all was said and done Sylvia Seegrist killed three people and wounded seven others.

http://voices.yahoo.com/halloween-hell-sylvia-seegrists-mischief-night-massacre-2615376.html?cat=72

[Fresh_Start]

1. possibly true but not actionable

we can't prevent mental illness or rage

[arcane1]

2. And in Charles Whitman's case it was a brain tumor

Great post!

[nebenaube]

3. single common denominator is media coverage.

[Speck Tater]

4. Does that include mass killings by...

governments using drones, bombs, cannons, tanks, ... ?

[Bennyboy]

5. No, or little drug history...

All I could think about with Columbine is "Sit down, smoke a joint and chill"........

[Odin2005]

6. People under stress eventually snap.

A a few people, when they snap, will end up doing some awful things.

[undeterred]

7. I thought the common denominator was access to weapons.