Why Do Gunmen Kill Themselves After Committing Mass Shootings? http://www.businessinsider.com/suicide-and-mass-shootings-2012-12/comments en-us Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 -0500 Fri, 11 Jul 2014 06:58:05 -0400 Abby Rogers http://www.businessinsider.com/c/50f056daeab8ea817d00000e fredlled Fri, 11 Jan 2013 13:15:54 -0500 http://www.businessinsider.com/c/50f056daeab8ea817d00000e No. http://www.businessinsider.com/c/50e4665fecad04147c000009 metroidjunkie Wed, 02 Jan 2013 11:54:55 -0500 http://www.businessinsider.com/c/50e4665fecad04147c000009 I would like to point out that, atleast in the case of the Columbine shooters, they planned to kill themselves afterwards before they even pulled the trigger. They're angry at the world and themselves, they want to end it all. The difference between a typical suicide victim and a shooter is they want to take other people down with them, possibly to gain national attention. It doesn't help that the news give them so much attention, it'll only inspire future psychopaths who want attention. http://www.businessinsider.com/c/50e075d369bedd5a5e000013 Collin Sun, 30 Dec 2012 12:11:47 -0500 http://www.businessinsider.com/c/50e075d369bedd5a5e000013 The Columbine shooters went in with the idea they were going to have fun with their rage. But notice that after awhile they seemed to lose interest, even looking into classrooms where students were hiding, making eye contact with some, then walking on. Somehow, they went from rage-as-fun to some form of empathy with victims or possible victims. Apparently the shooters had planned to kill themselves anyway, but they had also planned to kill hundreds of people, not dozens. I think this change had something to do with the killers going from an imaginary world they occupied before they started killing, to a real world which they woke to emotionally after the killing started. Somehow, they went from emotional rage to emotional deflation, and that deflation may have made it easier to commit their final act. The course from rage-as-fun to deflation is probably what leads to most of these suicides. http://www.businessinsider.com/c/50e06fa2eab8ea607a000010 alegoje Sun, 30 Dec 2012 11:45:22 -0500 http://www.businessinsider.com/c/50e06fa2eab8ea607a000010 My theory is that these individuals are possesed by demons. After having committed such great acts of mortal sin, the demon that completely controls the individual's acts, has him commit suicide to insure his immediate placement in a high place of torment in hell. This is done so that there is no opportunity to repentance whatsoever. The individual such tricked will suffer eons of excrutiating torment for the satisfaction of demons. http://www.businessinsider.com/c/50dfd653ecad047464000004 Steven Sun, 30 Dec 2012 00:51:15 -0500 http://www.businessinsider.com/c/50dfd653ecad047464000004 Half of them shoot themselves out of guilt?? I can imagine maybe 3-5% shooting themselves out of guilt, but not half. http://www.businessinsider.com/c/50ddcc50eab8ea2742000002 Harold G Fri, 28 Dec 2012 11:44:00 -0500 http://www.businessinsider.com/c/50ddcc50eab8ea2742000002 If the suicide was planned as "retribution" against society, they would probably leave a gloating note. Even in some cases when they find written plans, they seldom find a suicide note. A lot of suicides don't leave notes, but if they are striking out at society, wouldn't they leave a note if they planned it that way? People like this aren't ill, they're evil. They're also cowards who probably just realized how *#&$ their lives are about to become. http://www.businessinsider.com/c/50ddc9a6eab8eaa737000011 smoke Fri, 28 Dec 2012 11:32:38 -0500 http://www.businessinsider.com/c/50ddc9a6eab8eaa737000011 Lanza had nothing to do with the shootings, lanza and his mother were killed at their home and lanzas body was taken to the school and planted with two 9mm pistols which were not the weapons used in the killings. The whole thing was an intel blackops psy ops to push the control issue,,,there were at least 3 shooters in the team that actually did the shooting, two were arrested by the cops, a video of this is on you tube , and now a blackout has been placed on any information on these two guys who were arrested, and the third shooter escaped. There is a video on you tube of the medical examiners press conference and this guy wayne carver states that the killing was done with a LONG RIFLE, any doubters go to you tube and watch the press conference, and lanza did not have an assault weapon, so there is the bottom line lanza did not do the shooting, and the three man team that did the shooting are getting away with the crime. The msm told us that lanza drove his mothers car to the school, but it turns out the car they said belonged to lanzas mother belongs to a small time crook and the the weapon ie so called assault weapon was found locked in the trunk of this car,,,, lanza did not drive to the school, lanza and his mother were killed at home by the same team that did the shootings at sandy hook,,,, here again lanzas mothers car was not at the school, the one the police impounded belongs to a small time crook. For the most accurate reports on this issue ,,,go to VETERANS TODAY.COM http://www.businessinsider.com/c/50ddc8d0eab8ea5b3a000001 Eric Fri, 28 Dec 2012 11:29:04 -0500 http://www.businessinsider.com/c/50ddc8d0eab8ea5b3a000001 Ms Rogers- have you considered an alternbative narrative- that they don't kill themselves, they are eliminated, that they are not the only or even the true perpetrator, and that there are not only additional shooters ( as reported by witnessess and police scanner chatter at Sandy Hook and Aurora), but that there are much more nefarious activities at play being controlled at the highest levels of government? Is this not at least worthy of futher consideration? http://www.businessinsider.com/c/50ddc24069bedd6542000010 notime4fools Fri, 28 Dec 2012 11:01:04 -0500 http://www.businessinsider.com/c/50ddc24069bedd6542000010 I'm sure the guns don't mind if some writers are a little more concerned about the human aspect of these tragedies... especially how and why a person gets to such a point. http://www.businessinsider.com/c/50ddc093ecad04e303000001 notime4fools Fri, 28 Dec 2012 10:53:55 -0500 http://www.businessinsider.com/c/50ddc093ecad04e303000001 Would you be so kind as to share a link or two? http://www.businessinsider.com/c/50ddc06569bedd7d3e00000b notime4fools Fri, 28 Dec 2012 10:53:09 -0500 http://www.businessinsider.com/c/50ddc06569bedd7d3e00000b Thank you for your expert psychiatric diagnosis, doctor. What part of mentally ill do you not understand? http://www.businessinsider.com/c/50ddbcc869bedddb3500002c And. Fri, 28 Dec 2012 10:37:44 -0500 http://www.businessinsider.com/c/50ddbcc869bedddb3500002c Plus they don't want to get raped in prison by a big fat guy named Bubba for the next 90 years http://www.businessinsider.com/c/50ddb8746bb3f7d95500001a Justin Poppiti Fri, 28 Dec 2012 10:19:16 -0500 http://www.businessinsider.com/c/50ddb8746bb3f7d95500001a I think its due to them being cowards and not willing to face other people that are armed. http://www.businessinsider.com/c/50ddb1c56bb3f7934800001f NoSingleOne Fri, 28 Dec 2012 09:50:45 -0500 http://www.businessinsider.com/c/50ddb1c56bb3f7934800001f Since no one will be interviewing these killers, and not so many of them are captured or leave notes behind, assumptions are all we will ever have. Just because we only have assumptions to work with doesn't mean we still shouldn't try to understand what motivates them. Maybe there are signs that can be spotted that would be helpful for mental health professionals to differentiate from their garden variety patient. http://www.businessinsider.com/c/50ddb14b69bedd6b1b000001 Peter G Fri, 28 Dec 2012 09:48:43 -0500 http://www.businessinsider.com/c/50ddb14b69bedd6b1b000001 While I agree they are cowards, these killers are incapable of self assesment. It's up to us to identify them. http://www.businessinsider.com/c/50ddaff06bb3f7944600000b More Liberal Lies Fri, 28 Dec 2012 09:42:56 -0500 http://www.businessinsider.com/c/50ddaff06bb3f7944600000b Sadly, the reason is because the liberal media (and especially this site) want to paint these killers as innocent "victims". Crazy, but still "victims". It's all the guns fault you don't you see? Their goals cannot be achieved with and armed public. A Liberal's political goals and need for power over others trumps all morals, ethics or honesty. http://www.businessinsider.com/c/50ddaf076bb3f79a48000007 The point is Fri, 28 Dec 2012 09:39:03 -0500 http://www.businessinsider.com/c/50ddaf076bb3f79a48000007 Whether right or left, the article makes assumptions on motive with no evidence or documentation. Might be right. Might be wrong. But either way, they are assumptions. http://www.businessinsider.com/c/50ddadf4ecad04855f000002 NoSingleOne Fri, 28 Dec 2012 09:34:28 -0500 http://www.businessinsider.com/c/50ddadf4ecad04855f000002 Maybe you need to find more conservative sites that meet your approval to hang out in. http://www.businessinsider.com/c/50ddaa2e6bb3f7733b00000d NoSingleOne Fri, 28 Dec 2012 09:18:22 -0500 http://www.businessinsider.com/c/50ddaa2e6bb3f7733b00000d Not everything is about politics. Maybe because as a teen he became a social reject who shied away from photos, there are no recent pictures of him other than his school "baby" pictures? http://www.businessinsider.com/c/50dda81e6bb3f78339000013 Mental Health Fri, 28 Dec 2012 09:09:34 -0500 http://www.businessinsider.com/c/50dda81e6bb3f78339000013 I will argue something completely different. These people have ALREADY decided to commit suicide for whatever reason (depression, etc) and feel like a victim of societal neglect. They don't just commit suicide and let the status-quo win. They want to make a statement. They feel the best way to go out and make a statement is to do the most heinous thing they can possibly think of. To make people pay attention to their problems which ultimately drove them to suicide. http://www.businessinsider.com/c/50dda4b169bedd7776000009 NoSingleOne Fri, 28 Dec 2012 08:54:57 -0500 http://www.businessinsider.com/c/50dda4b169bedd7776000009 "Why Do Gunmen Kill Themselves After Committing Mass Shootings?" For the same reason they prefer to attack innocent, defenseless people: they are cowards who find it easier to pull a trigger than to deal with their problems or be honest with themselves about their own flaws.