http://tinyurl.com/cdyb2nfPolice in Bolivar, Mo. said they uncovered a young man's plan to commit mass murder at a screening of the new "Twilight" movie.
According to court documents obtained by KCTV, [name redacted to deny him recognition] planned to carry out a mass shooting at a theater in Bolivar and later decided a better location would be a Walmart, because it would have access to more ammunition
KY3TV reports that [name redacted to deny him recognition] also allegedly told police "he had a lot in common" with people who have carried out recent mass shootings, according to a probable cause statement obtained by the station. "He stated that he was quiet, kind of a loner, had recently purchased firearms and didn't tell anybody about it, and had homicidal thoughts," the statement said.
Even including the homocidal thoughts this nut-job is really not that different from the rest of us. What makes him different, among important tings, is that he has a mother who both keeps tab on what her kid is doing* and is willing to "do the right thing". What makes this guy different from many of the recent mass shooters is that he did not post his plans on FaceBook.
stay safe.
* - It's just a guess, but I do not think he lived in his mother's basement eating Cheetos, drinking Mountain Dew, and playing video games all day and night. And it's also just a guess that his mother was not constantly monitoring (spying) on him.
I am waiting for the anti-gun rights crowd to chime in and say we need to pass another law to make sure something like this sdoes not happen again. He knew there were laws (lots of laws!) against what he was thinking of doing. Those laws do not seem to have made any difference. But apparently, so the anti-gun rights crowd says, we have not passed the law that will be able to stop these things from happening.
IMHO what we as a society ought to do is let his mother know that we support her decision to turn in her son.
(PS - I will brook no questions about where fistful has been, whether he has recently changed his name, or moved back in with his mother. Nor any comments about working at the mall. None, I tell you!)
