Shooter debated sanity online during bar massacre

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From: https://www.apnews.com/5133931a9d734dfcb38d44feec1ec9b6

Official: Shooter debated sanity online during bar massacre

By JONATHAN J. COOPER and MICHAEL BALSAMO

THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. (AP) — The gunman who killed 12 people at a country music bar in Southern California went on social media during the attack and posted about his mental state and whether people would believe he was sane, a law enforcement official said Friday.

Also, one of the possibilities investigators are looking into is whether gunman Ian David Long believed his former girlfriend would be at the bar, the official said.

Authorities have not determined a motive for Wednesday night’s rampage at the Borderline Bar and Grill.

The official was briefed on the investigation but not authorized to discuss it publicly and spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity. The official would not give additional details on what the 28-year-old former Marine posted on his Facebook and Instagram accounts.

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[PJMcK]

1. If you have to ask if you're sane...

... you're probably not.

Just sayin'.

[atreides1]

3. Not true

I ask myself that question sometimes...asking it helps to give perspective on the difference between sanity and insanity!

[PJMcK]

6. I've read your posts

You might be insane.

But so am I.

(wink)

[NutmegYankee]

5. Typically it's the opposite.

The insane (truly insane, not depression etc) normally have no clue.

[PJMcK]

7. Of course Trump doesn't know he's insane

But you do.

[Wintryjade]

2. Because he would not want to be seen as merely a monster.

[raging moderate]

4. It makes him seem more of a monster to me.

Truly monstrous.