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In reply to the discussion: Killer's family tried to intervene before rampage [View all]KurtNYC
(14,549 posts)12. He was acting out the movie "Chronicle"
Thinking your life is a movie fits the definition of mental illness very well:
Andrew is a high school student who chronicles his life on HD film. For him, filming is an outlet for his introversion and instability. Oppressed and bullied both at school by thugs and at home by a drunken, ignorant father, his concerns are more for his mother, who is dying of an incurable illness. Following a bullying at school, he meets new friends; Matt and Steve who bring him out of himself when they discover an alien source that imparts super powers upon them. But the powers more than test the integrity of their characters as they begin to disagree with each other and become more and more irresponsible in their activities. For Andrew however, the draw is to a much more darker side. One that will lead to a more harrowing and decisive destiny.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1706593/plotsummary
See also: John Hinckley and Aurora Colorado
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400 rounds is a bit much for someone planning peaceful activities. But it's common place. No wonder
freshwest
May 2014
#20
I do too. Adding the knives, sharp objects, used to kill the roommates was just a part of how
Tikki
May 2014
#15
According to his "Manifesto", bought them, one at a time, with money given to him...
PassingFair
May 2014
#19
Oh, yes. Being short is an excuse for needing a stepladder to reach the top shelf in your
JDPriestly
May 2014
#30
Like Seung-Hui Cho and Adam Lanza, Elliot Rodger was mentally ill with access to weaponry
Algernon Moncrieff
May 2014
#11
His first threatening words should have been acted on long before his rampage
seveneyes
May 2014
#25