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Crazy People Are Always Out There

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Blah, blah. It’s all been said before. New laws will just make us a police state. Crazy people are always out there. You can’t stop them. And every time we see one of these mass shootings play out on the news, the crazy people are emboldened to think about just how easy it is to carry out a crazy act. Literally all you have to do is walk into any space with people in it, and you, too, can commit a mass murder/suicide. You can do it with guns or knives or a sharp stick. All you need is the right mindset. Where does that mindset come from? Personally I think it comes from insufficient parenting, but that’s just me.

Regarding this specific case, though, I can’t help but wonder how the media can uncover a person’s troubling history in a few hours, while an employer vetting a security clearance apparently can’t. Then again, people should be allowed some room to make mistakes in their past, right?

UPDATE 9:20 PM - That was probably a dumb thing to say up there about insufficient parenting. Some people are hard-wired to be crazy no matter what.

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