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The Dark Night In American History: Why did James Holmes shoot 71 people?

This is such a senseless & horrific tragedy, that being said, why did JH shoot 71 people? What were his motives?

Please expound.

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  • Anonymous
    9 years ago
    Favorite Answer

    There is a continuing thread among these "loners" that kill senselessly. They all seem to lack girlfriends! They are sexually deprived. They try for dates and are turned down. Women ignore them or don't take them seriously.

    Beyond this, I really have no explanation. It fits most of the "massacres" that have occurred for the last 30 or so years. It isn't guns or political ideals. It isn't family difficulties. It isn't displeasure with the work place. Every one of them was sexually deprived!! All the other "reasons" are just excuses.

  • Honest
    Lv 7
    9 years ago

    James Holmes murdered because nobody was his equal.

    Had I been present and had the opportunity Mr. Holmes

    would have had a single .357 bullet blow his brains out.

    Most adults who were present understood the liberty of

    bearing firearms comes with responsibility. Yet, they

    presumed personal safety in absence of armed police.

    Hello? Don't you know how many firearms there are in

    private hands within the USA? How many of that sum

    could be divided for every man, woman, and child? Yes,

    Americans reside within an armed culture. We do so

    with little regard to personal responsibility. You'll see it

    in day-to-day driving conditions and demise of respect.

    Lack of protection can kill in or outside public assembly.

  • 9 years ago

    Because he was a crazy, sick, psycho lunatic.

  • 9 years ago

    he was repressed, dropped out of his graduate programme, no job, living alone

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