[HereInTheHeartland]

“There’s about as much rational basis to knowing what made this guy tick and what caused him to act (and thereby assign “blame”) as there is a stable personality to the guy in the first place. Which is exactly nil.”

Exactly. Too many people are trying to “understand” this guy.
He was freaking nuts is about all that is needed to be understood.

And it's sick that some are trying to use to political advantage.

[silverleaf]

This piece in “Mother Jones” does a good job of explaining where and how (and, to his mind, why) Jared crossed paths with and fixated on Gabrielle Giffords, as well as the history of his mental illness progession into acting out his violent fantasies