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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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      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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      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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        1. 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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        1. bluejoni‏ @bluejoni Jun 1
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          Actually the most predictive trait is domestic violence.

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        1. Not that frog‏ @ericTheFrog Jun 1
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          Approximately 22 Million living veterans in the USA. Not to mention padding your list with a security guard who was a terrorist and a defense contractor.

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        1. Alexander Coleman‏ @ACTheConqueror Jun 1
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          You could also include Micah Xavier Johnson and Gavin Eugene Long.

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        1. CageyBee‏ @CageyBee33 Jun 1
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          Perhaps these are people who suffered deep trauma during their enlistment or during police work.We have a cookie cutter approach to who gets exposed to serious trauma, and not enough ways to deal with it. Both these groups see things on a daily basis that would traumatize anyone.

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        1. Ryan Owen‏ @ryanowenIRL Jun 1
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          "Obviously not everyone who serves in the military or law enforcement is prone to committing indiscriminate mass murder" Not obvious at all

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        1. Jazzman Climicus‏ @DLaferson Jun 1
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          Instead is insinuating...do some research. It’s an empirical claim

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        2. The Mathemagician‏ @Mathemagicianme Jun 1
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          I think the fact we're awash in a sea of guns and there's no future for anyone not born into the 1 percent are much more salient factors in the bloodbath of American life.

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          A guy who worked for Lockheed? Lol

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        1. Nick D‏ @pennywinkie Jun 1
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          Right wing nut jobs will focus on the shooters race if the shooter isn’t white

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        1. mark r‏ @markr51749722 Jun 1
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          Tim McVeigh and Lee Harvey Oswald should be on that military-gone wacky list as well. plus the doc at Fort Bragg??

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        1. Mike Cunningham‏ @mike__cunning Jun 1
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          Hi Michael. Fact check this but some soldiers returning from ww2 were intentionally not accepted for law enforcement.

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        1. submandave‏ @submandave Jun 2
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          Cart and horse. You offer no evidence that service in military or LE lead one to unstable violence when the sheer numbers argue it is far more likely that those already predisposed to unstable violence are simply attracted to military and LE.

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        2. Tat Loo‏ @Tat_Loo Jun 1
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          It's likely a self selecting group of the highest aggression men going into these professions - and not into say, florists. Then of course they get the familiarity with weapons etc.

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        3. Tat Loo‏ @Tat_Loo Jun 1
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          Add to that the stress and the PTSD garnered on the job...

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        2. Nish‏ @nishnishnishh Jun 1
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          I think it's pretty simple that people trained to kill other people will be more effective at it than an untrained one

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