J.R. Salzman on Fort Hood shooting: PTSD the media's 'old standby excuse'

We’ve heard from the conspiracy theorists about Wednesday’s shooting at Fort Hood, but J.R. Salzman, an Iraq war veteran, has also weighed in from his perspective as a wounded warrior.

While we don’t yet know much about the shooter or his motivation, it seems it wasn’t the gun or medication that was responsible for the attack, but the shooter himself.

https://twitter.com/jrsalzman/status/451824537571557376

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What about those reports of traumatic brain injury and post-traumatic stress syndrome?

https://twitter.com/jrsalzman/status/451869085861572608

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@jrsalzman as hollow as it sounds, thank you for serving, and for sharing. Maybe a few less people will be jerks as a result.

— Bob Owens (@bob_owens) April 4, 2014