<p>I found this piece by a mental health practitioner one of the more intelligent discussions of what could have triggered a young person doing something so unthinkable. It basically says that generally those utterly lacking in empathy were abused in early life – physically and/or psychologically. They feel “already dead” and that by killing little children this boy was demonstrating the “death” he felt in himself at a very young age. I hate to leap to conclusions but a mom so big on collecting guns is fairly outlier, in my view. Neighbors say she was perfectionist with her kids. If the boy had autism she may have not been able to deal with it, may have tried to force him relentlessly to fulfill expectations that were never going to happen. He may have lived his entire life feeling as if he was a failure. And it could be this particular mother just could not figure out how to love what she felt was an ‘imperfect’ child. </p>
<p>[Who</a> would kill children? | Fox News](<a href=“http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2012/12/14/who-would-kill-children/]Who”>Who would kill children? | Fox News)</p>