He wasn’t mentally ill. He was evil. He had a reason for killing them(revenge), even if it was completely wrong and self-deluded.
The Virginia Tech, movie theater and Newtown shooters didn’t really have a reason. They were mentally ill.
I may be off target, but I happen to think that mental illness is caused by a spiritual problem - have you ever looked into the eyes of someone mentally ill? I used to work at a state hospital, and have looked into many of their eyes -
#BlackLivesMatter perhaps also shares in this general disrespect for the law and civil behavior. This was not only a mental disease, it was a combination of evil spiked with some kind of “revenge” on “Whitie”, and total loss of any moral compass.
It is only a very small step from going after white law enforcement officers, to going after ALL whites who appear to be in prominent positions in the community, and the degree of guilt or innocence has no bearing whatsoever on the matter.
While the 9mm pistol used in the slayings was probably obtained legally, this guy was most likely NOT an NRA member, and felt little constraint in turning the weapon upon other human beings with malice aforethought.
You have no clue about that. He could have been a nut cake, evil, a race terrorist, evil or whatever.
Bottom line it was not the guns fault as Trump suggested.