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Actually, there's a recurring theme among the non-muslim ones: Age 15-25 and taking antidepressants. The only reference I can find on a quick google is ZeroHedg

by beagle3 11y ago

Actually, there's a recurring theme among the non-muslim ones: Age 15-25 and taking antidepressants. The only reference I can find on a quick google is ZeroHedge ("The conspiracy site without the conspiracies"), but I've actually looked at some of the references in the past: It's not random. [0] http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2015-09-17/antidepressants-scientifically-linked-violent-behavior-youth http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2015-09-17/antidepressants-sci...

Retric 11y ago
Not really the page I linked had ~10 people age 40+: age 36 SEPT. 28, 2012 Andrew Engeldinger 6 killed, 2 injured age 43 APRIL 2, 2012 7 killed, 3 injured: Oakland age 41 OCT. 12, 2011 Scott Dekraai, 8 killed, 1 injured: Seal Beach, Calif. age 34 AUG. 3, 2010 Omar S. Thornton, 6 killed, 11 injured: Tucson, Ariz. age 45 FEB. 12, 2010 Amy Bishop 45: 3 killed, 3 wounded: Huntsville, Ala. age 39 November 5, 2009 Nidal Malik Hasan: fatally shooting 13 people and injuring more than 30 Sure, you could say it's mostly 14-45 but that's true for most criminals and not that useful. And even just on that page there is Gian Luigi Ferri, age 55 JULY 1, 1993
- beagle3 11y ago
  Do you know why they listed these specifically? All the title says is "here are some of the deadliest ..." Even if you don't subscribe to the "more than once a day" statistic (which does include gang violence), it's still "about once a week" in 2015 for non-gang completely-innocent random victims -- and yet, this page lists only about 5 a year.
  - Retric 11y ago
    If you talking about 5 or fewer people being involved then it's not exactly a mass shooting. And at that point you might as well start looking into car accidents or even jaywalking and realize untreated depressed people are younger and simply do less stuff. So, even a successful treatment without side effects is going to look bad on a lot of violent crime statistics. something something heatmap. https://xkcd.com/1138/ https://xkcd.com/1138/

by beagle3 11y ago

Retric 11y ago

Not really the page I linked had ~10 people age 40+: age 36 SEPT. 28, 2012 Andrew Engeldinger 6 killed, 2 injured age 43 APRIL 2, 2012 7 killed, 3 injured: Oakland age 41 OCT. 12, 2011 Scott Dekraai, 8 killed, 1 injured: Seal Beach, Calif. age 34 AUG. 3, 2010 Omar S. Thornton, 6 killed, 11 injured: Tucson, Ariz. age 45 FEB. 12, 2010 Amy Bishop 45: 3 killed, 3 wounded: Huntsville, Ala. age 39 November 5, 2009 Nidal Malik Hasan: fatally shooting 13 people and injuring more than 30 Sure, you could say it's mostly 14-45 but that's true for most criminals and not that useful. And even just on that page there is Gian Luigi Ferri, age 55 JULY 1, 1993

beagle3 11y ago
Do you know why they listed these specifically? All the title says is "here are some of the deadliest ..." Even if you don't subscribe to the "more than once a day" statistic (which does include gang violence), it's still "about once a week" in 2015 for non-gang completely-innocent random victims -- and yet, this page lists only about 5 a year.
- Retric 11y ago
  If you talking about 5 or fewer people being involved then it's not exactly a mass shooting. And at that point you might as well start looking into car accidents or even jaywalking and realize untreated depressed people are younger and simply do less stuff. So, even a successful treatment without side effects is going to look bad on a lot of violent crime statistics. something something heatmap. https://xkcd.com/1138/ https://xkcd.com/1138/