re: #18 William Barnett-Lewis

While there is a problem in this country with faith healing in place of science, I see nothing in the linked article indicating that is why Lanza was untreated. Perhaps you can provide some other link indicating that is why his mother molested fido in this case?

I agree. Some people may avoid treatment for their kids for religious reasons, but many others may do so out of denial. (“There’s nothing wrong with my boy….”)

The mom probably had pretty serious issues herself since she pretty clearly could not see that her son was too troubled to be safe around guns. Her level of denial seems borderline clinical to me.