Steven Paddock's Mental Illness
Stephen Paddock talks about is happy-go-lucky self Unusual, isn't it, that mental health professionals aren't chiming in with a diagnosis for Stephen Paddock? We usually do. I usually do. No small crime, massacring 58 innocent people, injuring hundreds more. People died for doing nothing more American than listening to country music. Yesterday's New York Times The Las Vegas police believe Mr. Paddock may have had a secret life. More accurately, he didn't advertise his intentions. We all have secret lives, and he was particularly private. But he could be friendly. He went on a gun shopping spree in October, 2016, and the salespeople found him pleasant enough. Reports from his brother Eric Paddock: From an early age, he focused on gaining complete control over his life and not having to rely on anyone. He cycled through a series of jobs he thought would make him rich “He went to work for the I.R.S. because he thought that’s where the money was, but it turned ou...