My daughter has some OCD issues and anxiety issues. Just recently she got started on shooting shotgun sports. I was a bit leery letting her go with me the first time, as the OCD tends to make her a perfectionist, and trying to shoot little clay targets at 30 mph does not lend itself to perfection! But she is really good at it.
And what amazed me is that she doesn’t let it get to her if she misses. With other stuff in life she can’t stand making mistakes. Last week we spent time at a couple of difficult sporting clay stations. At the one she went 2 for 20. Then she figured something out, and we left after she got 8/10 or something.
It is great therapy for her. Although in all the tests they did, violence and suicide were not an issue - so obviously that would make a difference.
What is odd with this nutcase and his mom, if they spent so much time together at the range (and travel time), and lived in a small apartment, one would think they would pick up on some signs?
One of our adult sons has OCD, and he is an accomplished hunter with fire arms and his compound bows.
His OCD makes him a very safe hunter and a strick stickler re gun safety at home, hunting and any place guns are.
His medications might be Nasacort or Allegra during allergy season. He will not hunt with anyone who takes CNS drugs or abuses alcohol or needs a drink while hunting.
OCD is not Aspergers or some other dangerous mental disorder.