Amateur Psychologist: Connecticut Massacre

I know the subject of the Connecticut massacre where a 20-year old shot his mother in the face four times killing her, followed by a rampage at an elementary school gunning down small children has been talked about ad nausium with howling pleas for gun control and adding protective snipers placed at elementary schools poised to shoot anybody who may pose a threat. 

The country cries about "what could we have done to prevent this horrible tragedy."
(yawn)  You get the gun lobby, school administrators, parents, politicians, and the sketch artist's dog involved with their own view of prevention.

It's my turn to play amateur psychologist.  Here's what I think went down.  The 20 year-old was a bit off.  That does not automatically turn him into a killer.  The mother was whacked out of her mind.  Not only did she have killing machines within reach of an unstable kid, there was something more going on behind the scenes. 

My gut feeling is that there was some type of abuse going on within the home -- the type of abuse that has been going on since the boy was small.  It could have been psychological, sexual, physical or all three.  Our culture can't grasp that women are capable of the same type of sick shit men are.   Boys are ashamed to bring it forward.  There is no outlet for boys to turn to unlike girls.  Boys are told to be "men" and hold all emotions in. 

The multiple dynamics of the murderer's mental condition, messed up mother, availability of murder machines, etc., created the perfect storm.  The 20-year old snapped.  He killed his mother point blank (bottled up emotions from years of abuse from her).  He then went to the elementary school and gunned down kids.  In his own twisted thoughts he probably was trying to "save" them from the abuse he experienced behind closed doors in what appeared to outsiders as the "perfect" community.  He did not want them to grow up like he did and thought he was doing them a favor.