Interesting column by Phyllis Schlafly on Adam Lanza's violent video game addiction.
 

Thanks for providing the link. I did read that article in The Daily Sun. It seems to answer the question as to why he did what he did. But I don't think Phyllis Schlafly, as intelligent as she may be, is a pshchologist. If I remember correctly, she's a lawyer. Having said that, I agree she may be on to something.

But the question I would ask is why do some young people get fixated on horor in the first place? Is there some condition that predisposes them to be attracted to violence? I checked out a DVD from the library staring Sylvester Stallone and it turned out to be extremely bloody. There were heads bursting open from gun fire and heads being removed by gun fire. And I found it repulsive. I would hesitate to check out any more movies that look like violence is the main attraction.

I know a young person who likes horor movies. I mean he is really into it and says so. I hesitate to connect this with Asperger's because I don't know enough about it. But it makes me wonder if there might be a connection. This is not to suggest that everyone is going to be the same. No, that would be foolish. But could there be a predisposition? I hope that no one will find this offensive but I can't get this out of my mind because it kind of frightens me. I see lots of danger signs but don't feel free to fully disclose them. On the other hand, it may turn out to be nothing.

It is probably nothing as far as horror movies go as horror movies have been around for a very long time and books with horror themes even longer. These mass shootings, however, seem to be a product of the last 50 years or so. There would also be a huge number of these type of shooting sprees because of how many extremely graphic horror movies are now out there to watch from the Jigsaw movies back through the various Halloween and Friday the Thirteenth series.

Grimm's Fairy Tales from 1812-1814 are full of horror and I do not remember any mass killings coming from reading them. Fairy tales by the Brothers Grimm translated by Margaret Hunt

Also found this article interesting-- Can horror make you happy?