Has anyone come up with a profile for the kind of person who would shoot up a church?

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I understand there have been two different incidents that involved people going into churches to shoot up the congregation. Are there any similarities in the background of the shooters? Any patterns?

[gatorboy]

1. Yes. They're the same individual.

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

3. The same person, eh? Sounds like a clue.

[gatorboy]

5. Why a Wiggums when a Scooby Snack will do?

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

7. I was actually looking for an Inspector Gadget pic.

Couldn't find a good one though.

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11. So if we don't find any similarities in the shooters, it means he was

schizophrenic?

[gatorboy]

18. I think I lost you.

You keep saying "shooters". Do you mean "shootings"?

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23. I'm being silly on this subthread.

[notadmblnd]

2. apparently it's one of their own

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x2440193

[LakeSamish706]

4. And just as important a question, why the hell would they have an armed ...

volunteer security person on site? What is that supposed to tell us?

[piedmont]

6. That they're smart. nt

[The_Casual_Observer]

8. They know that the place is filled with nitwits & crackpots.

[The Backlash Cometh]

12. Or desperate people? People who have come to the end of their rope?

[Squatch]

9. They're concerned about security?

:shrug:

Seems to be a well-founded concern.

[LakeSamish706]

16. LOL... Do you think? Next question would have to be is why the hell anyone would attend...

there services if there is any kind of perceived threat?

[Squatch]

19. I perceive a threat when I drive to work, that's why I wear a seatbelt

I still drive to work.

QED

[gatorboy]

20. Or go to a mall.

Or a school even!

[The Straight Story]

29. Thousands of people with money on em in one place

same weekly schedule, no checks for weapons when you come in. If I were gonna rob someplace it would be a church :)

[AngryAmish]

10. Why would a profile be relevant?

And are profiles efficacious?

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15. Why wouldn't it?

A crime has been committed. We should review all the details just to understand why it happened so we can determine if it might happen again. And if yes, how do we predict it so we can avoid casualties.

[Thirtieschild]

13. MLK Jr's mother was killed in a Sunday morning church shooting, I believe in 1974

[TahitiNut]

14. Who cares? What if it were a fucking rock concert? What's the difference?

DU's latest "bright and shiney thing" ... where opinions are like assholes, and most of them stink.

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17. Anyone who has any interest in the field of criminal justice would

find any of this information relevant.

[SoCalDem]

21. People who do "that" ..anywhere

are usually :
loners
unhappy
unemployed
male
white
angry
have access to weapons

[The Backlash Cometh]

24. Now THAT's a profile.

[SoCalDem]

25. exactly...

:)

[shain from kane]

22. Do you mean someone like Baruch Goldstein?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baruch_Goldstein

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26. You know what I see there?

A rabid religious fanatic who also was militarily trained. Not a good combination, it appears.

[shain from kane]

28. And yet he was a doctor, presumably concerned with the preservation of life.

[sallyseven]

27. White anglo-saxon

republican wth a messiah complex. Oh my god bush.

[Breeze54]

30. Apparently a disgruntled "Reborn" Christian.

That would be my guess.