blue_bean wrote:
I cannot think of any female school/campus shooters if any exist.
This is the problem - the thoughts are only translated into action in the minutest minority of people, and it is not clear at all what differentiates killers from fantasists. I have never seen any evidence that ASD is associated with violent acts. Fantasists are common. Murder and revenge is a normal thought that most people have, and possibly (almost definitely, judging by this thread!) something that people with ASD admit and vocalize more readily than other people. From discussions that I have had in the past (about my own thoughts), it is not normal to express these thoughts, and they do get taken seriously, which may put people with ASD at risk of being wrongly assessed as a threat.
I would hate for the vocal expression of murder fantasy to become established as an indicator within perpetrator risk profiling systems. Cases where police have used the expression of fantasy as expressions of intent are notoriously unjust, for instance Colin Stagg's conviction for the muder of Rachel Nickel:
"He was acquitted when a judge threw out the case and criticised the police for running a “honey trap” operation. A female undercover officer had befriended Mr Stagg and encouraged him to talk about the killing and discuss violent sexual fantasies." http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/u ... 523981.ece
And, of course, online posts of a concrete fantasy with details like the possession of a weapon and place are not cool:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/engl ... 319053.stm