Thread: Licensing and mental illness

Depression isn't an immediate give away of a pending active shooter. Everybody gets depressed. But if you look at the bulk of cases, depression is one part of the puzzle these people display. Off the top of my head - personality disorders, a sense of intitlement, a lack of meaningful friendships and relationships, childish anger issues, withdrawn from society. These were traits displayed by some of the most infamous killers. Now under our system it's pretty hard to get a license if you have no mates to be a referee. In the Oregon case it was noted that he was turned away from a firearms training group because they thought he was a weirdo.