"The man identified as the Baton Rouge gunman was a Marine who served a year in Iraq"

[villager]

From NY Times Twitter feed.

Excerpt from their updated article:

"The gunman, who was identified as Gavin Long of Kansas City, Mo., was killed by the police. Mr. Long was a Marine who served six months in Iraq, according to his service record. He joined the corps in 2005, served five years and was made a sergeant in 2008."


http://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/18/us/baton-rouge-shooting.html?smid=tw-nytimes&smtyp=cur&_r=0

[Skittles]

1. let's start stereotyping the vets of Iraq / Afghanistan

they're all crazy!

[lostnfound]

4. Is it better to ignore the mental suffering that some go through?

Would you rather we all assume that spending five years In combat zones has no effect on the human psyche?

Nobody said or implied that they are "all crazy". Is it likely that the war may have been a particularly traumatic set of experiences in his life?

[Skittles]

5. it's hard to say

people are so quick to make assumptions

[bluestateguy]

2. Many of us warned years ago that the Iraq War would create many mentally ill or violent veterans

Of course, most are not, but just a few can cause many tragedies.

[villager]

3. especially with an essentially unlimited access to weaponry, upon their return. nt

[bigwillq]

6. I wish our Senators and Congress folks thought about this

Before they voted Yay.

[Jopin Klobe]

7. I wish our Senators and Congress folks thought ...

... at all ...