I think bad decisions influence him cause he was younger than me. It makes me want to know what happened in his life he was able to buy an AR-15 at 22 I think. He had a good life going and it’s like no he tried to shoot Trump and I wonder why? I don’t see how you can just hate someone that much to also end your life over.

  • wildbus8979@sh.itjust.works
    675·
    4 months ago

    The weapon he used was owned by his parents for many years prior. He grew up in a household full of guns. From everything we can tell right now, it seems like your typical school shooter. Depression and mental illness leads some to want to go with a bang, pun not intended. It doesn’t seem like he hated Trump, so much as he wanted to target someone famous.

    That said to your ladder point, literally millions of people gave their lives to kill Hitler.

    • otp@sh.itjust.works
      232·
      4 months ago

      your ladder point

      The point made by a ladder!

      (It’s “latter” point, haha)

      • philthi@lemmy.world
        14·
        4 months ago

        Aaah thank you, I reread the original post trying to find a point related to a ladder and eventually decided I just didn’t understand what the “ladder point” was referring to, but now I understand them!

        Languages are fun :)

    • DessertStorms@lemmy.blahaj.zone
      4021·
      4 months ago

      Depression and mental illness leads some to want to go with a bang

      No, they really fucking don’t, privilege and the sense of entitlement it gives do.

      Like seriously, beyond the bullshit that is scapegoating mental illness because it’s easier than facing reality, that’s literally not how depression works, nor “mental illness” in general, especially when you consider that mentally ill people are significantly more likely to be victims of violence than perpetrate it.

      Stop perpetuating this lazy counterproductive bullshit.

      • wildbus8979@sh.itjust.works
        185·
        4 months ago

        While I get the point you are trying to make, unfortunately unthreaded bipolar depression can indeed lead to manic psychosis episodes. Hyper fixation and grandiosity are also common symptoms. We’re not talking about gender or racial violence here.

      • nilloc@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
        11·
        4 months ago

        Might have ducked all our schools at once with his actions. Thankfully the polling hasn’t shown it helped trumps bottom line yet.

        All those morons wearing maxi pads on their ears is an added bonus.

  • edric@lemm.ee
    57·
    4 months ago

    He had a good life going

    Based on accounts from people who knew him at school, he did not.

      • CALIGVLA@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
        102·
        4 months ago

        Guy was the archetypical school shooter loser that everyone made fun of at school, no skills, no ambition, it literally was a matter of time before something like this happened.

  • AdamEatsAss@lemmy.world
    345·
    4 months ago

    Most people do not go out and attempt an assassination. That alone is an indication of some sort of psychotic break. Evidence may not have been made public yet or there may not be any. The only person who knew for sure is dead.

    • Pronell@lemmy.world
      25·
      4 months ago

      To add to this, he had looked up several targets, including Biden. So it was likely as you say, a psychotic break followed by lashing out, rather than a partisan choice.

    • folkrav
      23·
      4 months ago

      I don’t think we can necessarily call all killers psychotic. Antisocials in the broadest of terms, maybe, sociopaths, probably, but they’re not necessarily all losing touch with reality.

      In his case, given what we know so far, it does sound rather likely.

  • hperrin@lemmy.world
    251·
    4 months ago

    He probably didn’t hate Trump. He seemed to be targeting a bunch of politicians. He was probably either mad at politics, or just trying to be famous.

    • dizzy@lemmy.ml
      3·
      4 months ago

      It’s a shame he’s been accused of being a creep/rapist. Not for his sake, I hope justice is served, just so many misplaced “I told you so”s to go around because of it.

  • jet@hackertalks.comEnglish
    11·
    4 months ago

    The shooter is dead, knowing what they were thinking is going to be impossible now. People are going to guess based on situational information but we will never know

  • kenkenken@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    111·
    4 months ago

    They said he searched online for both Trump and Biden. Maybe it wasn’t matter for him whom from them to kill. Just to kill a person of power as big as the president or a candidate of such country as US, with all modern security measures. Like Unabomber, or like in the film The limits of Control. And he was quite near.

  • 10_0@lemmy.ml
    10·
    4 months ago

    Because it was the most convenient person to murder: hole is security, piss easy access to a rifle, nothing left to lose. Do you honestly think that someone with a life worth living would risk it like that? Legal Eagle did a good video explaining the shooting. (https://www.yewtu.be/watch?v=l4SZgsNLV-s)

  • Codilingus@sh.itjust.works
    112·
    4 months ago

    Probably saw that Project 2025 had a section on banning porn and jailing its creators. His last phone search was even for porn 👀

  • Time@sh.itjust.works
    91·
    4 months ago

    I think all he wanted was his ear, nothing more! He just wanted to become Lee Harvey Earswald.

  • Etterra@lemmy.world
    7·
    4 months ago

    All signs point to depression + disillusionment imo. He seems to be targeting the most convenient major political figure available. With the system being as inexorably broken as it is, it makes sense.