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    1. Michael Tracey‏Verified account @mtracey Jun 1
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      DeWayne Craddock, the Virginia Beach mass shooter, enlisted in the Virginia National Guard in April 1996 and served for 17 years. Increasingly seems the most predictive trait for mass shooters is not race or religion, but a military/law enforcement background. (And gender: male)

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      Michael Tracey‏Verified account @mtracey Jun 1
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      Don't believe me? Ian David Long (2018): Marine, Afghanistan war vet Nikolas Cruz (2018): High school Army ROTC Devin Patrick Kelley (2017): Air Force Stephen Paddock (2017): Worked for Defense Dept., Lockheed Martin Omar Mateen (2016): Private security guard, wanted to be a cop

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        2. Michael Tracey‏Verified account @mtracey Jun 1
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          Aaron Alexis (2013): Navy I could go on. Obviously not everyone who serves in the military or law enforcement is prone to committing indiscriminate mass murder. But if you think the prominence of this in American cultural life is not a salient factor, you're deluding yourself

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        3. Michael Tracey‏Verified account @mtracey Jun 1
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          And obviously you can name exceptions. Adam Lanza maybe being the most prominent example. But when a high-casualty mass shooting occurs, there's always a decent likelihood that the perpetrator will end up having had some kind of military or law enforcement background

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        2. Michael Babb‏ @p25735 Jun 1
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          Working for a defense contractor is not the same as serving in the military.

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        3. Michael Tracey‏Verified account @mtracey Jun 1
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          Gee, thanks. I had no idea. He worked for the Defense Department.

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        2. Haseeb Ejaz‏ @haseebejazzz Jun 1
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          High school ROTC is just girl scouts with fake guns.

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        3. Esha  🌹‏ @eshaLegal Jun 1
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          Maybe girls' scouts should not have fake guns but instead, they should be .... doing anything else.. painting... crafts...

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        1. Bronus Swagner‏ @BronusSwagner Jun 1
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          Paddock was an *internal auditor* for the DoD and Lockheed. Unless those audits were pretty fucking intense, I don't think he was carrying a gun

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        1. Golgo 13‏ @JamesRoberta7 Jun 1
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          On your list Ian David Long is the only one that meets some kind of combat comparison if that’s what you are getting at (ie. ptsd, fascination with military violence). Others you list no. I usually agree with most everything you say but this is weak and you know that.

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        1. Krabappel‏ @Krabappel42 Jun 1
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          ROTC? Hmmm...not exactly grueling duty.

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        2. Grant Campbell‏ @DrGrantCampbell Jun 1
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          High School ROTC, Lockheed Martin, and “wanted to be a cop.” You’re entitled to stretch on social media. Just wish it wasn’t to stereotype people…

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        2. Allan Chambers‏ @ChambersAllan Jun 1
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          HS ROTC was the breaking point for me

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        2. Harold Stickeehans‏ @StickeeNotes Jun 2
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          Did you pull something with a few of those reaches? High school ROTC, civilian DOD and a security guard are not military or LEO's.

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        3. Rick Sheridan‏ @RickSheridan Jun 2
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          Yes, this stretch is a bit long

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        1. Will Chesanek‏ @will3kray Jun 1
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          That’s why there is so many mass shootings in Colorado and North Carolina

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        1. James Grover‏ @MostSuperGrover Jun 1
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          You could make your same point without using all of their names...

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        1. Philo T. McGiffin‏ @PhiloTMcGiffen Jun 1
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          Puleeze. Don’t put Cruz in the same category as Long. By lumping disparate things, you are engaging in the conceptual equivalent of p hacking and data dredging. #SpuriousCorrelation.

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