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01 Mar 2012, 12:51 pm

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That you have not yet encountered a situation that has driven you to murder doesn't mean it can never happen.

Also killing someone while insane isn't classed as murder, not over here anyway. Therefore the above comment is correct if you are having a full 'unzip'.


1) insanity is not a psychological term. It is a legal one. There is no entry for insane in the diagnostics manual.

2) Respectfully, I say BS.

I have found that Aspies tend to be terribly self aware... We may not completely understand why we have a specific limitation, quirk or twitch - but we are, as a general rule, absolutely aware of them in ourselves. I know what I am capable of and what I am not capable of. There are only two things that can motivate me to kill... defense of self and defense of a another and those are NOT murder...

I am more than capable of killing. While in the military I did it more than once. In all three of those situations, it was me or them. I did it without hesitation or remorse, and would do it again. I am not ashamed to admit it, either. In one instance - I actually enjoyed it.

I am not capable of cold blooded murder. Go read my previous posts... in my psychotic state, rage and logic dictated that the only solution was to kill the source of the cognitive dissonance. I was not capable of it.

Several state that "you just haven't met the criteria that would cause you to do this." Others state that we are nothing more than animals.

I will yield that I have the animalistic tendencies that mark our species, but I am more than an animal, I am not defined by my DNA. Every day of my existence is a testament to that. To paraphrase what they said on the Isle of Dr. Moreaux..."I am an Aspie." NTs may find the situation where they are left no cognitive option but to commit murder, but I am not limited to those options. You say that I have not encountered the situation in which I can be pushed to that point... I tell you now, you are right. I will concede that I may be capable of it in some horrific alternate universe in which I was raised differently and imprinted with different experiences, opinions and data, but I don't live in that universe - and there is nothing on this planet capable of pushing me past that point.

Once you have a psychotic break, come back and talk to me. I am not one to say "You have no idea," but I am saying it. Not as a way to tell you I have faced more hardship than you, but to say I have been forged in a crucible of rage and illogic the likes of which most will never see. I KNOW MY LIMITS...

Do you?

So, please stop speaking for EVERYONE and only speak for yourself. Please, for the love of schrodinger's cat, stop trying to project your imprint onto someone else.


Based on this I agree you would not be pushed to bring a gun into a gun free zone and shoot people due to being treated like crap and finally reacting in an extreme way. If you can enjoy killing someone like you stated it would be closer to cold blooded murder then when a kid brings a gun to school after being pushed to their breaking point and shoots people. At least in my opinion.


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01 Mar 2012, 12:58 pm

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shartora: BS to the implication that i can be pushed that far...

And sorry for the unclear antecedent, but the statement about everyone was a general response to all of those (including you) that instist on projecting their neurological behavioral template onto me. By insisting that I have just not been pushed far enough... you are stating that you know my psyche better than I.

BUT most of that was aimed at your camp - the "everyone is capable, you just don't know it yet" people, not specifically at you. My apology for not making that clear.


The thing is you're making an un-provable claim.........I certainly hope you never encounter the conditions that might prove you wrong. But asserting it in that way kind of comes off as aggressive therefore people might get a little defensive of their own view that anyone is capable of causing harm to others or themselves if under the right conditions.

I mean I hope you never can do something like that, but to say 'it could never happen under any circumstance without proof.' is well frustrating to people who like facts. Not to mention just based on my past experience I never say and try very hard not to think 'oh that could never happen.' about anything horrid in general because last time I did that guess what.


I have gotten aggressive in response to being told that I am wrong about my own psyche. You cannot make a statement of absolute surety about the capabilities and particular behaviors of another individual, only yourself. The thread has devolved into two sides - one saying EVERYONE is capable, and I AM NOT... Having experienced everything that I have, I know I am in the latter. It is supreme arrogance to insist that EVERYONE is capable of it. My defense of my position has gone from being a simple statement that I am not, to an explanation, to aggressively defending what I know to be true about myself.

I have never once claimed that i cannot be pushed to the point of causing harm to another person. I have stated that I know, with absolute certainty, that I cannot be pushed to murder. I have simply stated that I know this about myself. I have explained that I know I am capable of killing, and have done so in what would be a "sanctioned" manner and situation. I am capable of harming someone without remorse or hesitation... I choose not to.

That being said - i dissociate when I get angry. When I am pushed beyond the point of rational thought, all emotion goes away and I am completely cold and logical. There is never a logical reason for murder within my thought processes. Knowing how I think, I can tell you that it will never be a logical choice. The psychotic break was the most anger I can ever experience. Some will beg to differ, but I say again, I was in my head, you were not. At that time, it was logical to remove the source of the cognitive dissonance and stress in the most expedient way possible - which was murder. I was not capable of it. Brain snapped, and logic and coldness returned.

End of story.

When I am basically being accused of being nothing more than a primate, I will get a little offended and aggressive in defense of one of the few things I do know in the universe - the inside of my own skull...

I do agree with the generality that MOST are capable of it, but I am not. And I will continue to defend that position.


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01 Mar 2012, 1:03 pm

sweetleaf: I agree that our legal system is not at all what it should be... That is a discussion for another forum...lol...

As for the treatment of the mentally impaired in our legal system, it could safely be argued, that anyone that would commit murder is mentally ill...

People serving life sentences for smoking pot while murderers and rapists go free. Politicians...

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01 Mar 2012, 1:03 pm

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shartora: BS to the implication that i can be pushed that far...

And sorry for the unclear antecedent, but the statement about everyone was a general response to all of those (including you) that instist on projecting their neurological behavioral template onto me. By insisting that I have just not been pushed far enough... you are stating that you know my psyche better than I.

BUT most of that was aimed at your camp - the "everyone is capable, you just don't know it yet" people, not specifically at you. My apology for not making that clear.


The thing is you're making an un-provable claim.........I certainly hope you never encounter the conditions that might prove you wrong. But asserting it in that way kind of comes off as aggressive therefore people might get a little defensive of their own view that anyone is capable of causing harm to others or themselves if under the right conditions.

I mean I hope you never can do something like that, but to say 'it could never happen under any circumstance without proof.' is well frustrating to people who like facts. Not to mention just based on my past experience I never say and try very hard not to think 'oh that could never happen.' about anything horrid in general because last time I did that guess what.


I have gotten aggressive in response to being told that I am wrong about my own psyche. You cannot make a statement of absolute surety about the capabilities and particular behaviors of another individual, only yourself. The thread has devolved into two sides - one saying EVERYONE is capable, and I AM NOT... Having experienced everything that I have, I know I am in the latter. It is supreme arrogance to insist that EVERYONE is capable of it. My defense of my position has gone from being a simple statement that I am not, to an explanation, to aggressively defending what I know to be true about myself.

I know that which is exactly why I have made it very clear it is my opinion anyone can be pushed to do horrible things, most people I know of have simply not been pushed to that point......that to me does not prove it could never happen. Your certainly entitled to your opinion though but one opinion does not disprove the other.........I guess its more I see both sides trying to fight over who's right, and to me I dont think a conclusion about that can be made with 100% accuracy.

I have never once claimed that i cannot be pushed to the point of causing harm to another person. I have stated that I know, with absolute certainty, that I cannot be pushed to murder. I have simply stated that I know this about myself. I have explained that I know I am capable of killing, and have done so in what would be a "sanctioned" manner and situation. I am capable of harming someone without remorse or hesitation... I choose not to.


That being said - i dissociate when I get angry. When I am pushed beyond the point of rational thought, all emotion goes away and I am completely cold and logical. There is never a logical reason for murder within my thought processes. Knowing how I think, I can tell you that it will never be a logical choice. The psychotic break was the most anger I can ever experience. Some will beg to differ, but I say again, I was in my head, you were not. At that time, it was logical to remove the source of the cognitive dissonance and stress in the most expedient way possible - which was murder. I was not capable of it. Brain snapped, and logic and coldness returned.

End of story.

When I am basically being accused of being nothing more than a primate, I will get a little offended and aggressive in defense of one of the few things I do know in the universe - the inside of my own skull...

I do agree with the generality that MOST are capable of it, but I am not. And I will continue to defend that position.


Also I don't think anyone is saying you're nothing more than a primate, though humans are technically primates.......but that is all of us not just you.


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01 Mar 2012, 1:06 pm

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sweetleaf: I agree that our legal system is not at all what it should be... That is a discussion for another forum...lol...

As for the treatment of the mentally impaired in our legal system, it could safely be argued, that anyone that would commit murder is mentally ill...

People serving life sentences for smoking pot while murderers and rapists go free. Politicians...

I am going to stop now...lol


That is not necessarily true, because not everyone who has committed murder was mentally ill. Other then that, yes that topic is better fit for another forum.


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01 Mar 2012, 1:20 pm

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That is not necessarily true, because not everyone who has committed murder was mentally ill. Other then that, yes that topic is better fit for another forum.


I would posit that it takes a mentally ill individual to commit murder.


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01 Mar 2012, 1:28 pm

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That is not necessarily true, because not everyone who has committed murder was mentally ill. Other then that, yes that topic is better fit for another forum.


I would posit that it takes a mentally ill individual to commit murder.


I have to disagree, what about cases where people brutally kill a chick when they find out its a transgender male? for instance last I checked hate is not a mental illness but rather something everyone is capable of and can sometimes motivate violence. and that is usually what motivates cases like that at least the one I learned about in a documentary I had to watch for sociology.


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01 Mar 2012, 2:04 pm

But hatred does not lead to murder as a matter of course, does it? Westborough baptist church is filled with more hatred than anything else I have ever seen, and they have not gone on a murderous rampage. I have experienced hatred and have not murdered as a result.


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01 Mar 2012, 4:22 pm

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So you insisted that I don't avoid the issue, which I respond to by answering your loaded question while you haven't returned the favour and answered my question yet. Hypocrite.


Were you addressing me or shartora there?
shartora. On page 2 he insisted that I answer his loaded question and not avoid the issue this time (There wasn't even a first time to begin with). I answer it and then I ask him a question on page 3 and he doesn't return the favour nor does he even address my posts after that. This is coming from a guy who was fanatically insistent that I don't avoid the issue. Hypocrisy at its finest.


I remembered that gun fanatics cannot be reasoned with, so I stopped bothering. Not hypocrisy, just common sense. Message ends


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01 Mar 2012, 4:30 pm

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But hatred does not lead to murder as a matter of course, does it? Westborough baptist church is filled with more hatred than anything else I have ever seen, and they have not gone on a murderous rampage. I have experienced hatred and have not murdered as a result.


What I mentioned is motivated by hate......and its good you haven't murdered anyone due to hate. I was only arguing murder does not necessarily indicate mental illness. Sure Westborough baptist church members have not murdered anyone yet but yes the crap they promote could certainly lead to violence. And under the right conditions I am sure most of them would have no problem actually acting on their hate.

But everyone mentally ill or not can hate, and in turn take that hatred to far.......at least in my opinion.


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01 Mar 2012, 5:21 pm

shartora wrote:
AceOfSpades wrote:
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AceOfSpades wrote:
So you insisted that I don't avoid the issue, which I respond to by answering your loaded question while you haven't returned the favour and answered my question yet. Hypocrite.


Were you addressing me or shartora there?
shartora. On page 2 he insisted that I answer his loaded question and not avoid the issue this time (There wasn't even a first time to begin with). I answer it and then I ask him a question on page 3 and he doesn't return the favour nor does he even address my posts after that. This is coming from a guy who was fanatically insistent that I don't avoid the issue. Hypocrisy at its finest.


I remembered that gun fanatics cannot be reasoned with, so I stopped bothering. Not hypocrisy, just common sense. Message ends
Oh I see, all my questions were worth the trouble until one of them involved a statistic you couldn't refute. Because a lowly gun fanatic like myself must not dare avoid your questions while you're too good to answer mine. How convenient. But that's okay, unlike you I'm not going to insist that you respect my authorita and answer my question this instant. I had the integrity to answer all your questions while you've established yourself as an arrogant hypocrite so it's settled.



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01 Mar 2012, 6:01 pm

Feralucce wrote:
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That you have not yet encountered a situation that has driven you to murder doesn't mean it can never happen.

Also killing someone while insane isn't classed as murder, not over here anyway. Therefore the above comment is correct if you are having a full 'unzip'.


1) insanity is not a psychological term. It is a legal one. There is no entry for insane in the diagnostics manual.

2) Respectfully, I say BS.

I have found that Aspies tend to be terribly self aware... We may not completely understand why we have a specific limitation, quirk or twitch - but we are, as a general rule, absolutely aware of them in ourselves. I know what I am capable of and what I am not capable of. There are only two things that can motivate me to kill... defense of self and defense of a another and those are NOT murder...

I am more than capable of killing. While in the military I did it more than once. In all three of those situations, it was me or them. I did it without hesitation or remorse, and would do it again. I am not ashamed to admit it, either. In one instance - I actually enjoyed it.

I am not capable of cold blooded murder. Go read my previous posts... in my psychotic state, rage and logic dictated that the only solution was to kill the source of the cognitive dissonance. I was not capable of it.

Several state that "you just haven't met the criteria that would cause you to do this." Others state that we are nothing more than animals.

I will yield that I have the animalistic tendencies that mark our species, but I am more than an animal, I am not defined by my DNA. Every day of my existence is a testament to that. To paraphrase what they said on the Isle of Dr. Moreaux..."I am an Aspie." NTs may find the situation where they are left no cognitive option but to commit murder, but I am not limited to those options. You say that I have not encountered the situation in which I can be pushed to that point... I tell you now, you are right. I will concede that I may be capable of it in some horrific alternate universe in which I was raised differently and imprinted with different experiences, opinions and data, but I don't live in that universe - and there is nothing on this planet capable of pushing me past that point.

Once you have a psychotic break, come back and talk to me. I am not one to say "You have no idea," but I am saying it. Not as a way to tell you I have faced more hardship than you, but to say I have been forged in a crucible of rage and illogic the likes of which most will never see. I KNOW MY LIMITS...

Do you?

So, please stop speaking for EVERYONE and only speak for yourself. Please, for the love of schrodinger's cat, stop trying to project your imprint onto someone else.


The fact that we are animals, is just a scientific fact, it's not a judgement on behavior, or which animal has superior capabilities. However, we all share a capricious world, where none of us has the priveledge of knowing how our worldview will change in the future.

That said, the homicide rate is about 5 out of 100,000, in the US. So statistically, speaking homicide is a rare occurence.

Our experiences in the future are as relevant as our experiences in the past in changing our world views. And, we are not fully in control of our experiences in the future, which contribute to our world view.

I'm not questioning what you will do in the future, no one could possibly know that better than you. I'm only stating the fact that we don't have full control of our future experiences, or what our future world views will be.

The bottom line is, there is no guarantee that any human being's understanding of themself will be the same in the future, as it is today.

That's just a fact.



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01 Mar 2012, 9:44 pm

aghogday: I have stated it every way possible, so I am returning to simple.

You can only speak for yourself. I am not capable of murder.

The circumstances that would be required to cause me to kill would not result in a murder conviction. A murder conviction requires malice, forethought and action. The only situation in which I will willingly kill is self defense of defense of another. These do not result in a murder conviction. If my actions were to result in the death of another and it was not one of these two situations, it would be via manslaughter.

I believe that everyone that insists that I am capable of it is mistaking harm and killing for murder. I have readily admitted that I am more capable of either of these things than anyone else I know.

http://www.babcockpartners.com/resource ... murder-law <-- homicide statute (first degree murder)
http://www.babcockpartners.com/resource ... murder-law <-- homicide statute (second degree murder)
The definitions of murder cite intent, but that is not what is being said here.


Every one who has stated that "EVERY" person can be pushed t o a point of breaking and pushed into killing someone is referring to manslaughter. Which, by definition, is different from murder.
http://www.babcockpartners.com/resource ... ughter-law

There is also negligent homicide (http://www.lawserver.com/law/state/loui ... utes_14-32) and vehicular homicide in Louisiana (http://www.babcockpartners.com/resource ... micide-law)...

I cannot be pushed to the point that, with malice and forethought, I would seek out another human being and kill them. It is not in my psychological make up. That is all I am saying, and there is no way you can contradict that with any logical footing - ESPECIALLY when I have made it abundantly clear that I have no compunctions about killing.

Having made my case, you can disagree, or agree as you will, but I will not be discussing this further as the conversation has become circular and all it will amount to is "yes you can" and "No, I can't."


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01 Mar 2012, 10:27 pm

I wonder if you ever hear of someone using a car instead of a gun to kill people at a school, as you can get more people at the same time, and the punishment is less, at least in New YorK State. The coach was brave to drive that shooter out of the school, I mean most people would have stood there or ran away and let him spray. I wonder if anybody will find that somebody will ever try to kill the shooter with a car, as a car is harder to stop than a person, especially one with an Automatic Transmission or a CVT, as it's just a matter of one foot on the gas and the other behind the brake pedal, so the gas goes to the floor if you slump and avoid pushing on the brake. The college I go to policy for dealing with a violent person is to barricade yourself in a classroom. There are two problems with that policy, one of them is that the doors to the classrooms, or at least some of them, open out which makes an effective barricade impossible, and most of the large objects in the rooms are tables, that may or may not be bolted down. If I was in a situation with a violent person in one the campus, I would violate the policy as criminals don't follow rules, and try to stop the person, even if it involved damaging college property, as in that situation it's best to come out swinging, and not hide. I would prefer to try to stop some one with a vehicle bigger than a GEM, or at least intended to be driven on a public road somewhere (Japanese Mini Truck come to mind), as you can hit things without completely demolishing the vehicle after your first hit, as GEMs aren't exactly crash-worthy.


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02 Mar 2012, 1:24 am

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aghogday: I have stated it every way possible, so I am returning to simple.

You can only speak for yourself. I am not capable of murder.

The circumstances that would be required to cause me to kill would not result in a murder conviction. A murder conviction requires malice, forethought and action. The only situation in which I will willingly kill is self defense of defense of another. These do not result in a murder conviction. If my actions were to result in the death of another and it was not one of these two situations, it would be via manslaughter.

I believe that everyone that insists that I am capable of it is mistaking harm and killing for murder. I have readily admitted that I am more capable of either of these things than anyone else I know.

http://www.babcockpartners.com/resource ... murder-law <-- homicide statute (first degree murder)
http://www.babcockpartners.com/resource ... murder-law <-- homicide statute (second degree murder)
The definitions of murder cite intent, but that is not what is being said here.


Every one who has stated that "EVERY" person can be pushed t o a point of breaking and pushed into killing someone is referring to manslaughter. Which, by definition, is different from murder.
http://www.babcockpartners.com/resource ... ughter-law

There is also negligent homicide (http://www.lawserver.com/law/state/loui ... utes_14-32) and vehicular homicide in Louisiana (http://www.babcockpartners.com/resource ... micide-law)...

I cannot be pushed to the point that, with malice and forethought, I would seek out another human being and kill them. It is not in my psychological make up. That is all I am saying, and there is no way you can contradict that with any logical footing - ESPECIALLY when I have made it abundantly clear that I have no compunctions about killing.

Having made my case, you can disagree, or agree as you will, but I will not be discussing this further as the conversation has become circular and all it will amount to is "yes you can" and "No, I can't."


Thanks for the clarification that you are speaking of the legal defintion of homicide, in reference to murder. I would argue that the evidence as it exists, indicates most people are not capable of homicide, per the pre-meditation factor, and I've presented evidence for this, from the study from Harvard. The distance from the action to the harmful event is relative to the potential of any human being killing by another.

It's part of the danger of having a gun inside one's home; no matter what the intent is by having a gun, some people will freeze up no matter what the danger to them is, when it comes time to defend themselves with a gun. It's not just an issue of being afraid, it's the normal human aversion to killing another human being.

So, therefore, in my opinion the facts as they exist, are on your side when you state it's not in your psychological makeup to commit homicide as a premeditated act. I made it clear in my post that you know your capabilities better than anyone else.

I did not suggest that you, or any other individual here has the capability of killing someone. Not within the parameters of homicide or the loosest parameters supporting a legal action that might result in it.

I'm discussing the topic, the issues, and facts relating to them, evidenced by research; nothing I am saying is directed at anyone on a personal level.

Guns make it easier, but the fact that about half the households have one in the US, and that about 5 homicides occur per every hundred thousand persons; is pretty good evidence that not everyone has the capability of committing homicide, even with a readily available tool that is a very efficient one to get the job done.

My point with animals, is that the human animal shares the same capricious world, and while it is part of the human animal's nature to find order in the world, there are no guarantees for the future, for a human being's psychological or material reality.

Statistical probabilities, yes; but no certainties.

There is a rare statistical probability that someone will be killed within the household when a gun is introduced into the household, but the risk is low enough, where close to 50% of households are willing to take that risk. That's a statistical risk though, not a capability, evidenced for every human being.

It is also low enough, where it is legal to carry a concealed weapon. Statistics and research don't bear out that the majority of human beings have this capability to kill, within the parameters of the legal definition of homicide.

Within the loosest of parameters the statistics are entirely different. But, the definition of what one means by murder or killing, is essential.

Some consider only legal homicide as murder, some consider the killing by a legally insane individual as murder, and some consider an unwarranted war as murder. I'm not suggesting that either of the three are my opinion; it is part of the murky waters of the issue.



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02 Mar 2012, 2:32 am

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I wonder if you ever hear of someone using a car instead of a gun to kill people at a school, as you can get more people at the same time, and the punishment is less, at least in New YorK State. The coach was brave to drive that shooter out of the school, I mean most people would have stood there or ran away and let him spray. I wonder if anybody will find that somebody will ever try to kill the shooter with a car, as a car is harder to stop than a person, especially one with an Automatic Transmission or a CVT, as it's just a matter of one foot on the gas and the other behind the brake pedal, so the gas goes to the floor if you slump and avoid pushing on the brake. The college I go to policy for dealing with a violent person is to barricade yourself in a classroom. There are two problems with that policy, one of them is that the doors to the classrooms, or at least some of them, open out which makes an effective barricade impossible, and most of the large objects in the rooms are tables, that may or may not be bolted down. If I was in a situation with a violent person in one the campus, I would violate the policy as criminals don't follow rules, and try to stop the person, even if it involved damaging college property, as in that situation it's best to come out swinging, and not hide. I would prefer to try to stop some one with a vehicle bigger than a GEM, or at least intended to be driven on a public road somewhere (Japanese Mini Truck come to mind), as you can hit things without completely demolishing the vehicle after your first hit, as GEMs aren't exactly crash-worthy.


Most criminals intend on getting away with the crimes they commit. In order to do this they have to play by some rules.

Shooting Sprees are more in the category of serial killing, however, even serial killers play by rules, not to get caught.

But, thank goodness shooting sprees and random killings are rare. It's really not a normal part of human nature.

If it were, your point is a good one.

There would be plenty of opportunities to go on a random killing spree with a vehicle, but it's extremely rare to hear of one anywhere or anytime, with the millions of cars and crowded sidewalks, that exist around the world.

It's hard to break some basic rules of human nature, and random killing sprees with cars, seem to fall on a level of human taboo, higher than firearms.

I think, I remember a report of a terrorist attack like this overseas, but these individuals look at it as a defensible action within their cultural norm, rather than a random act of killing, outside of their cultural norm.

Even at that level, it seems to be pretty uncommon. But, would be a terrifying method of terrorism, if used on a widespread basis. Even, terrorists play by rules, strange ones, but never the less, not every method appears to be on the table.