Thursday, January 31, 2013

The Gunman's Mental Problem History.

     In the past months, our humble silence was broken by a lot of shooting incidence specially in the United States. One of the most tragic school shooting incident was the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting where 26 innocent people was killed by a gunman, it was also considered as the second of the deadliest school shooting in the history of United States.
Adam Lanza, a troubled 20-year-old loner with a history of autistic behavior, is the monster behind a horrific shooting at a Connecticut elementary school


     A lot of problem aroused about why it has to happen? One of the possible answer must be the mental problem of the gunman. I tried to research on Mr. Adam's Lanza
's family member, I got to an article about what his brother and mother has to say about Adam's mental illness. I read an article on Mail Online, it was entitled High school loner to cold-blooded executioner: How 'genius' honor student Adam Lanza became masked killer written by Rachel Quigley . I was amazed how Adam Lanza was remembered by his brother Ryan, 24, an accountant at Ernst and Young, said Adam had personality disorder. On the other hand, his mother, Nancy, 56, a volunteer at the elementary school, said she was planning to commit the troubled adult to a psychiatric ward. This article was entitled Adam Lanza Worried Mom Would Have Him Committed Before Shooting in Hollywood Life written by ericraymitchellhl.


      From the above articles, we can see that both of Adam Lanza's brother and mother was aware of his condition but why didn't take their mentally challenged loved one to a psychiatric ward at the first place? We all know that this kind of condition must be well-handled by the professionals but in this case it didn't, can this be the mother's negligence?