Looks like the Iowa mass shooter has been identified. How long until the story disappears? Place your bets.

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[–]ActuallyNot 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

The shooter was 17. If they were transgender they would have been affected by Iowa's law against gender affirming care for people under 18, that was enacted in March.

https://www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-politics-and-policy/iowa-enacts-transgender-bathroom-bill-ban-gender-affirming-care-minors-rcna76301

It will be interesting to see if there's a trend in mass shootings by young transgender people in states with newly minted oppressive laws, that condemn them go through puberty without gender affirming care.

[–]ihaveyourdress 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

So he'd rather shoot up a school than just wait a few months to turn 18?

[–]ActuallyNot 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Suicide in a 17 year old without a terminal illness isn't a rational decision. But without gender affirming care, irreversible things would have been happening to them, and it's plausible that that affected their mental state.

Especially if they had been receiving care prior to March.