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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This guy clearly envied the victim’s life. Perhaps he wanted to work with Glyer. My guess is that victim was polite but got weirded out and distanced himself from shooter. That’s likely when the obsessing and anger kicked in.  I don’t think victim did anything wrong, just got into the crosshairs of a mentally ill  person with a gun. The question is whether the shooter was diagnosed and if any laws could have prevented this. I don’t think so. If there’s no formal diagnosis, any proposed law wouldn’t have stopped this. This is why preventing mentally I’ll from purchasing firearms is difficult. Most are likely undiagnosed even if the average person can see it.[/quote]

I don't know if it's true, but someone posted above that he bought the gun a few days ago. If this is true, a waiting period may have helped. It's for exactly situations like these - 10 days or so of a "cooling off" period to prevent some suicides and violence that is impulsive. Suicide is often particularly impulsive which is why having a gun in the home increases risk so much. Without access, your risk goes down. Similar for some violence like this, though we can't say for sure. But it would be a start. [/quote]

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