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"Causality" in what sense? How does his upbringing and prior training explain travelling 3/4 of the way across a continent to shoot some random people, when there are still active National Guardsmen in California? Traveling twice as far, to hit a random target simply does not make sense. Hell, there are more engaging targets in Portland right now, if he wanted to make a statement, and that's right next door.
He literally drove the whole way...which makes this equal parts impulse and days-long anticipation. This whole thing smells off, unless he's just mentally ill.
It makes sense because of symbolism. An attack in DC is different than attack anywhere else in the country.
If his aims were political, then of course he would go there, and not Portland, or California.
None of this means he was of a sound mind, and I would say his upbringing means that he most likely not very well adjusted, how could he be?
Whether that extends to some specific diagnosis of mental illness, such as PTSD, I can't speak to.
So, you actually think this guy is a premeditating terrorist? With a handgun?
You think he was contracted to sow chaos as part of a false flag operation, with a handgun?
Also, terrorist attacks are generally premeditated by design.
"Contracted to sow chaos", meaning to do relatively little damage, but raise local tensions. Which is exactly what a false flag operation is intended to do. It's a motivator for policy change, not an actual terror attack.
If it was genuine terrorism, he wouldn't have gone 3/4 of the way across the country, "for maximum political impact"...and then only bring a handgun. It's a complete contradiction between intent and execution.