Another way to frame this : he is a scared kid and thus was really bad at living out his warrior fantasy. He was not calm or collected, he did not think things through, he just reacted to the immediate close range situation. He lost control and sucked at what he was doing.andersweinstein wrote: ↑Tue Oct 12, 2021 5:17 am Again, here are the facts I am referring to which "we", meaning anyone, can see on video of the shootings:
- In each shooting he is seen trying to flee
- In each shooting he shoots someone who is attacking him
- In each shooting he does not shoot until the attacker is right up against him
- He never shoots anyone who doesn't attack him.
- When people running at him pulled up and stopped, he also pulled up.
- He is never seen raising his weapon or pointing it anybody when he was not under attack
- He told Grosskgreutz he was going to get the police and he was in fact running straight toward their lights which everyone could see
- He walked slowly hands up by the police and tried to communicate with them (but was ordered away).
The problem with the word 'attack' here though is, well, it is pretty subjective. Watching the same video, I see an attacker being disarmed. You see a victim being attacked. Both framings are rooted in empathy with the shooter. But at the end of the day, he is alive, the others are dead, and that is why he brought the gun in the first place, to ensure in any conflict (which he was there to dissuade or engage) he lives and the other party does not. Even with his incredible advantage he simply was not very good at executing his imagined corse of action.