Washington Navy Yard Shooting

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I don't understand how this man could have even been given clearance to work as a contractor on a military base. He was discharged from the Navy in 2011. There has been no explanation as to why he was discharged, but there has been talk of it having to do with a series of violent behavior.

In 2004, he apparently pulled out a gun and shot the tires of a truck in Seattle because he was angry with some workers who he said had mocked him. In 2010, he was arrested when he shot a hole through the floor of an upstairs tenant. It's reported that he had many altercations with this woman over her playing her music too loudly. He later claimed that his weapon accidentaly discharged while he was cleaning it. He was also arrested in GA after being kicked out of a nightclub for destroying pieces of furniture in a rage.

With this series of aggravated violence, his discharge from the Navy, A supposed diagnosis that he suffered from PTSD from being present at Ground Zero at 9-11, I can not fathom the fact that the government and state would issue this man a F.O.I.D card. Somebody dropped the ball.

To go along with his PTSD, it is also reported that he was hearing voices in his head, suffered from sleep disorder and paranoia, was obsessed with violent video games, and obviously suffering from anger management issues.

A friend at the restaurant that he worked with said that he was not happy with America and he felt slighted as a veteran. That he was ready to move away from this country.

This is just another horrible tragedy that makes no sense. To those generating the PTSD ( from the 9-11 terrorist attack) portion of this story, it just doesn't make sense to ME ( I am not a psychologist ) that he would attack in the same manner that a terrorist would attack. What does make sense is his history of violence and his lack of controlling his anger. The fact that his friend said he felt slighted as a verteran leads me to believe he was seeking retribution toward the Navy itself.

My heart goes out to the family members of this cowardly and senseless act.

I am also disgusted by those who are and will use this event politically.