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I don't entirely agree with your take on deterrence.

In the case of a psycotic it would depend on the motivation. A nutcase that is under paranoid schizo delusions would not be deterred but your cold calculating nut that wants to go out with a bang might be deterred if he believed his body count might be limited to less than it takes to make the front page.

No one knows what was on this guys mind but until proven wrong my favorite theory will be that he was a lonley, mostly ignored, insane individual who wanted to kill enough people to guarantee him a place in history. Apprehension that some of the building occupants were likely be armed could possibly have deterred him.

In the case of home break-ins, there may be stats that prove fear of armed occupants is a deterrent but there are so few burglars shot by home occupants, I am not sure it is a very effective deterrent.

The very real possibility that the occupants could be armed and the severe penalty prescribed for burglary of an occupied dwelling just about limits the crime to the unpredictable psycotics we talked about or really stupid individuals.

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