I don't get mixing firearms with PTSD as well. That seems to have been a very stupid mistake.
Good point
I don't get mixing firearms with PTSD as well. That seems to have been a very stupid mistake.
"But suppose everybody on our side felt that way?"
"Then I'd certainly be a damned fool to feel any other way. Wouldn't I?"
I am sure this story is being covered in the USA, but I found a NYT article useful.Link:http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/04/us...it_th_20130204a mentor to other veterans, sometimes taking them shooting at a gun range near his Texas home as a kind of therapy to salve battlefield scars, friends said. One such veteran was Eddie Ray Routh, a 25-year-old Marine who had served tours in Iraq and Haiti.
But on Saturday, far from a war zone, Mr. Routh turned on Mr. Kyle, 38, and a second man, Chad Littlefield, 35, shortly after they arrived at an exclusive shooting range...
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Two long-form articles on the legend of Chris Kyle, both are good reads - the Schmidle article especially:
In the Crosshairs - Chris Kyle, a decorated sniper, tried to help a troubled veteran. The result was tragic, by Nicholas Schmidle. The New Yorker, 3 June 2013.
The Legend of Chris Kyle - The deadliest sniper in U.S. history performed near miracles on the battlefield. Then he had to come home, by Michael J. Mooney. D Magazine, April 2013.
“[S]omething in his tone now reminded her of his explanations of asymmetric warfare, a topic in which he had a keen and abiding interest. She remembered him telling her how terrorism was almost exclusively about branding, but only slightly less so about the psychology of lotteries…” - Zero History, William Gibson
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