Psycologically, isn’t stabbing considered a very “personal” method of attack? Guns are seen as a more distant/removed method. Son intended to inflict horror and pain. Afterwards, couldn’t bring himself to go out that way, so he shot himself. My thoughts. It’s horrible however it went down.
Great minds, and all that. :-)
MWestMom Wrote:
“Psycologically, isn’t stabbing considered a very “personal” method of attack? Guns are seen as a more distant/removed method. Son intended to inflict horror and pain. Afterwards, couldn’t bring himself to go out that way, so he shot himself. My thoughts. It’s horrible however it went down.”
Yes ma’am, knives are very much up-close-and-personal, and as some say, ‘once administered, to watch the change in the light of the eyes directly’. It is also said that knife tips have a bad habit of sticking in bone. That might explain the gun use.
This story has a lot of “fill in the blanks” yet, so I withhold my observations.
“Psychologically, isn’t stabbing considered a very “personal” method of attack?”
Bingo. Lots of rage involved.
Yes. Knives are personal. But plenty of assassinations have been done with knives.
Difference is how the knife is used. The more personal it is, the more they hack away at the person. Especially the neck and face. At least that’s what the cops say.