A mass attack from that goober? I’ve seen Q-tips with higher IQs. There was a whole lot of first cousin marriages in that family. And perhaps a goat or two.
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Yes.
Even a chimpanzee with an automatic rifle can be dangerous. There are several YouTube videos with some worked examples on this. They are mostly hilarious - as long as you were not one of the people on scene at the time.
That is "stochastic terrorism". It is all a matter of chance and odds. No elaborate conspiracy or direct connection is required to the aspiring terrorist. You saturate the media with hate-filled propaganda and wait for assorted crazies to pop up and act on the "voices in their heads".
You don't get very competent terrorists, but you get a lot of them. And "quantity has a quality all on its' own". (attributed to Josef Stalin)
The ones putting out the propaganda know exactly what they are doing.
I think we have to stop underestimating the enemies. It doesn’t take a Robert Ludlum or Tom Clancy level of intricate and complex plotting of an attack. There are many simple types for simple minded level agents of mayhem.
A local man in his early 20s secretly slipped poison spray onto the fresh salad bar and food bar of a supermarket chain near me. No one knew what was happening at first, police had to see where victims visited or shopped in common and when. Finally caught after weeks and several victims suffering in intensive care and almost dying. Camera showed his little plastic spray nozzle bottle at work finally. Ending: Judge allowed his mother to keep an eye on him at home and had a mandatory weekly and then monthly psychiatrist session. NO JAIL TIME.