This guy doesn’t deserve our attention as a cold blooded killer. He deserves our attention because of his “manifesto” which is a service he has done us to describe how he reached the point of cold blooded killer. And his autism played a huge part. With one child in 30 being somewhere on the autism spectrum, we had best drop our focus on the gun and put it where it belongs: a child’s lifetime of feeling outside of society can definitely cause deadly harm. We need to make sure these people are attached to society. It can be done.
Counting down to the FReeper who first says that children with autism weren’t beaten enough by their parents. Three, two, one....
Agreed. Therapy can be helpful too. To some degree they can learn social skills, such as empathy, and they can learn what not to say in social situations.
Allowing a kid like that to play violent video games is not the answer to keeping him occupied, though it is temptingly convenient. Clearly this kid “solved” his problems by taking his cues from first-person shooter games.