“More seriously, all these shooters were known nut jobs.”
That side of the issue is gaining strength. I believe the left and right will agree on the mental illness aspect.
The idea of limiting the civil rights of a person, based on somebody else’s diagnosis of mental illness is controvertial.
Anders Behring Breivik, the Norway islamophobia mass murderer, has been BOTH:
—Age four his behavior raised troubling signs.
—Found to be both insane, and sane.
Sociopaths are often very high IQ, great actors, etc. Long term planners, very patient, too.
Watch people that write “manifestos”
—Hitler
—Anders Behring Breivik
—The Unabomber (Ted Kaczynski)
Except that Maj. Hassan wasn’t a nutjob. He was a loyal Muslim acting on the teachings of Islam and murdering as many infidels as possible.