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Holmes' psychiatrist and head of his graduate program both told University of Colorado police officer about his homicidal thoughts The campus cop did little other than check to see whether Holmes had a criminal record and deactivate his campus access cards Holmes' psychiatrist decided against having him detained because he had not revealed any specific plans or targets Hours before Holmes left for the Aurora theater, he mailed Dr Lynn Fenton a journal where he had outlined his detailed plans for the attack Holmes has been sentenced to life in prison without parole for murdering 12 people and trying to kill 70 others at Aurora cinema in July 2012
... The documents obtained by The Associated Press provide new details about the best chance authorities had to stop Holmes before the July 2012 theater massacre. They also show how hard it can be to predict who will turn violent, even when they've displayed warning signs, experts say.'There's no reliable way we can identify those few who will pick up a gun and start shooting people from the vast number who might seem odd or unusual or even scary,' said James Alan Fox, a Northeastern University criminologist who has studied and written about mass killings.'You can't predict it. Did they do everything they could have? That's another question.' ...
Exactly, which is how people like the Roanoke TV shooter pass background checks and purchase guns legally. Mr. M recently retired as a college administrator and I'm trying to imagine how his school would have handled this. He's told me a lot of stories about a lot of kids with serious mental issues on his campus. Many times the administration's hands are tied, even when they fear the kid will explode.
The one problem with this is, to some people who seek liberty and want the oppressive government boot off their neck are "crazy".
