JeffSpooner: I agree with you although we know very little at this point about the shooter's actual history or his motives. Many thought the Orlando massacre was an act of religiously motivated anti-gay hatred until it became apparent that the shooter was a conflicted young man, thus rendering his motives more complex.  On another issue, it's quite troubling to me that a comment in this string raising a Canadian blasphemy law - apparently, even if inelegantly, referencing Motion M-103 - was deleted by the site moderator. Motion M-103 is currently before the Canadian parliament and is therefore a patently legitimate matter for public commentary, assuming we still live in a democracy. People should research the motion online and/or read the recent Toronto Sun article on the matter.

http://www.torontosun.com/2017/01/28/canadas-so-called-anti-islamophobia-motion-is-nothing-but-trouble