Idiots
No, douchebags, there are no excuses. I’ll be the first to agree with societal influences helping to push people to do things. But as soon as you start hurting someone then it’s over. No more excuses. So all this bullshit I’m seeing about how tough this guy had it or how the divorce courts are unfair to men needs to stop. I’m seeing a little sexism when the discussion turns toward the divorce (here’s an idea! teach men to respond in a non-violent manner to life’s problems instead of assuming that the bitch did something to deserve it). Respond rationally to perceived slights–organize, protest, set up a letter writing campaign, or whatever. All that planning he did for this massacre could have been used to do something that could have changed the world for the better.
But instead, he decided to make a bunch of people pay for him not having the life he thought he deserved. Narcissism and entitlement all rolled up into one! Those two components may explain why his life wasn’t what he thought it should be—so he shot an 8 year old girl in the face. Yeah.