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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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    3. 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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      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. Pablo‏ @Pablo_1791 Jun 1
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          About 10%. Violent criminal record is a much better indicator.pic.twitter.com/pYfzVg8p4E

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        3. Curt Raymond‏ @curtraymond Jun 1
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          I think common sense legislation on criminal control is in order...

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        1. Chris‏ @swingsetmafia Jun 1
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          high school ROTC and working at lockheed isnt even remotely close to a military background. if you count those as military background you might as well count things like "played call of duty", "went to laser tag once", "enjoys action movies"

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        1. Alex (Sasha) Krainer‏ @NakedHedgie Jun 1
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          Or a long association with the FBI

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        1. CageyBee‏ @CageyBee33 Jun 1
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          Wasn’t Adam Lanza on medications? That seems to be another common denominator.

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        1. iamsock‏ @Iamsock Jun 1
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          There’s also a decent likelihood of the high-casualty mass shooter owning a gun

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        1. bilding1‏ @bilding1 Jun 1
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          Nothing like extreme generalizations to make a point.

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        1. john rove‏ @johnrove3 Jun 1
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          I think a lot of them are involved in hunting as well. Sadly, It’s getting to the point where there is a large enough sample size that people might be able to make some statistical inferences from shooters

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        1. : . T.A.R.S.‏ @jllundqu Jun 1
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          Excellent. #BanPoliceAndMilitary

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        1. Ali‏ @AliBakirdan Jun 1
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          Not new news. Military and police training allows us to compartmentalize our brains and let muscle memory and training techniques kick in. This is a feature put in after WW1. Read up on it.

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        1. L.M. Entry‏ @RIDER_755 Jun 1
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          Yeah kind of like captain Nidal Hassan, except for the pesky fact that he was shouting allahu akbar at the time.

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        2. Lewy’s Tw Break‏ @LewysBreak Jun 1
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          A bit of unverified nonsense here. I recommend tracking the daily Chicago Sun shooting roundup. A majority of mass shootings are gang-drug related in the ghetto.

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        3. SnappyScott‏ @snappy_scott Jun 1
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          How sad that a Chicago daily news outlet tracks the days shootings because of the sheer volume of activity.

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        1. Miguelito O'Southsider‏ @1MWeis Jun 1
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          So give us a breakdown of the stats for mass shooters. Otherwise I cannot agree with you here.

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        1. allen‏ @thebrooktown Jun 1
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          What does "always a decent likelihood" mean to you??

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