Thomas Matthew Crooks: The registered Republican and gun lover who shot Trump

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Thomas Matthew Crooks: The registered Republican and gun lover who shot Trump
telegraph.co.uk

The shooter was 12 when Trump was first elected. archive

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Poor bastard. At 20, mental capacity is nowhere near its peak, and how bad must your life be if you are willing to throw it away for some obese self-tanning cream using orange dipshit? This is what happens when mental illnesses aren't taken serious, and treatment is not easily available.

Well, let's see

Looks at everything on fire around us

Yeah I have no clue what could have caused his life to be bad enough to do something like that!

I think you misunderstood. I wasn't saying I don't see how people could have mental problems in this world. That was a rhetorical question, observing that the poor bastard was obviously very broken / brainwashed / ill / whatever.

Right…the problem is the very troubled young man, not the fact that he had easy access to firearms.

You've managed to identify the highly effective, yet morally reprehensible strategy for military recruitment. Get young men when they are at peak testosterone, but have limited pre-frontal cortex development.

He doesn't have to be exploited by his boss or landed lord anymore.

Peace someday. Hope yall find yours in this life not the next.