As soon as the news of the massacre had really sunk in, I waited for what I knew would inevitably happen.

The Blaming.

So far, we have the Devil, violent video games, Guns, hedonism, Guns, Al Qeada, Guns and occasionally Guns.

To me the whole concept of “why” is an exercise in futility.  As much as anyone could explain this, only the killer can come close, assuming he actually knew what drove him, and he took that with him to whatever awaited him in the afterlife.  All we get are speculations, theories, allegations, accusations and the like.

Even after hearing about and seeing his sick manifesto of dementia, there are no real answers.  He rambled on in such a bizarre fashion that the only reasonable conclusion is that he is crazy, a conclusion that was pretty much evident by him shooting up a college campus and killing 32 people.

And so the airwaves are crowded with competitive experts all presenting “the reason”, as well as a bevy of friends, and acquaintances who cannot make up their minds whether he was a quiet guy, a creepy guy, a bizarre guy or a quiet creepy bizarre guy.

We now find out that he actually didn’t buy his guns legally, he lied on his application.  For some reason he felt it necessary to omit the fact he had been committed to a mental hospital at one point.

Go figure.

NOTE:  A more recent news report contradicts that information.  Apparently Virginia law enforcement is claiming their Detention Order did not constitute a committment and his purchase was legal.  LSU

How did that get passed the background check you might ask?  Well being crazy is not a crime, it is a medical condition, and our society insists that medical records and issues are a matter of privacy, so the question was pointless in the most extreme.

I keep trying to tell the gun control crowd that gun control laws only affect honest people.  The dishonest ones snicker in their sleeves and game the system.