No need for agonised puzzlement. It's simple. Lanza was a psychopath. Many are. Difference is, he lived in a culture that glorifies guns.
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Replying to @RichardDawkins
@RichardDawkins also lived in a culture of hamburgers. Surely I don't need to tell you that correlation is not causation. Data please.3 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @dibblego
@dibblego@RichardDawkins think the point is that glorification of guns => mass ownership of guns which, in turn, => more massacres1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @oxbow_lakes
@oxbow_lakes@RichardDawkins I have seen no data for this, just awful reasoning, akin to the apologists whose incoherence we all despise.5 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @dibblego
@dibblego@oxbow_lakes@RichardDawkins you don't get data because you are not on the side of science on this one http://www.salon.com/2012/07/25/the_nras_war_on_gun_science/ …4 replies 0 retweets 1 like
@jedws @oxbow_lakes @RichardDawkins Let's be clear, I hear this argument, "I know, let's do blah." I contend, "no actually, you don't know."
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