Most mass shooters were white by far. All were men. All were mentally unstable, had been bullied, or felt unjustly wronged. Most felt that they were at the end of their rope somehow. Several mass shooters attributes their violence to far fetched reasons--conspiracy theory stuff, but were mentally unstable and had failures in life. This massacre was, I feel, more from a mentally unstable, confused man who chose this ISIS cause as his reason when it's more likely he was at the end of his rope for other reasons (conflicted about his sexuality, failed marriages, powerless, had history of mental instability). Banning Muslims is not only against our constitution and values but is inflammatory and misses the point. Mental health and FBI background checks on weapon purchases and banns on semi-automatic rifles are more reasonable.

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