No easy answers

Police officer Jack Dunphy gives his perspective on Elliott Rodgers.
Do not be taken in.  In this respect Elliot Rodger was like most men one finds in prison: full of rationalization and justification for the behavior that resulted in their incarceration.  Was he mentally ill?  No doubt.  But was he insane in the sense that, had he survived, an insanity defense would have been available to him?  Not a chance.  Such a defense requires that the accused be incapable of knowing the wrongfulness of the acts he is charged with.  The degree of planning and subterfuge Rodger engaged in clearly demonstrated he knew the consequences of what he would do, which is why he was so explicit in his plan to commit suicide when confronted.
There is evil in the world.
Blame that, not the NRA.