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Jo Cox death: Alleged killer Tommy Mair 'bought gun-making manual from far-right neo-Nazi group'
Documents suggest Mair had recorded links to National Alliance

How do you define a 'suspected nut job' possibly capable of murder?
What would the screening consist of? Who would carry this out and fund this? Even if it was possible, I'd imagine cost vs risk would make it financially unviable.
Is it ethical to chemically constrain somebody who 'may' do something?
Not being deliberately obtuse, these are genuine questions.

Nicely out of context Mr the Ganger (Are the g's in Ganger soft or hard?)

My link was in response to Hoof asking if Jo Cox's killer had any links to right wing nationalism.

Must try harder.

It's no secret that Britain First has sympathy from a 'significant' what a lovely definable subjective word)number of UK citizens.

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I think an act can be both a hate crime, an act of terrorism and the product of mental ill health. I think it would be churlish to specifically blame far right groups specifically as causing this, but there is a climate of antagonism that's been stoking recently, that could easily have fed into someone's mental health problems.

There is something of an appeal to far right and far left groups to alienated and psychologically unstable people, like Brevik. But they also don't tend to fit in well with those groups, because they're attracted to the mythology around them, rather than the politics involved - and typically want to do something immediate and now, rather than become involved in the endless meetings, discussions, socials and debates.

"One Nation Under God, has turned into One Nation Under the Influence of One Drug"
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if a muslim was thought to have bought a book containing details on how to build a bomb and then used it to blow someone up, i hardly think people would be accused of painting themselves in a bad light if they pointed that out.

instead of being annoyed at this man not ticking the right boxes for you we should concentrate on doing our best to stop all of those wishing to carry out extreme acts, on religious grounds political grounds and all others who are mentally in a dangerous place.. by keeping this material out of the hands. hopefully this loophole has already been tightened in recent years due to terror attacks rightly so.

Edited by blackpalacefan (17 Jun 2016 3.48pm)

yes an approach from all angles. i believe funding is lacking for mental health and its difficult to receive help so people just get worse or head down the wrong path.