otb,

Bryant is currently serving 35 life sentences plus
1,035 years without parole in the Psychiatric Wing
of Risdom Prison in Hobart. He's had mental problems
all of his life. Try Wikepedia -
and Google the information for yourself.

As far as the murders of the children are concerned -
again - Google the information of the unfortunate
mother. There's quite a lot on the web
about the case in the Daily Mail - including the
mothers "belief" that mobile phones are the work of
the devill. I'm sure you'd have to agree that
most mothers do not kill their own children
or those related to them.

I would suggest that anyone who commits homicides in the name of any invisible being, a devil or a God, would surely have to have a degree of mental instability, even if they had never been formally diagnosed?

How many times have we heard the phrases "The Devil made me do it?", or "God spoke to me and told me to kill them"?
Muslims are no different to any other humans in that they suffer from the same delusions of mental illness as anyone else.

I agree with Foxy. If Martin Bryant is in a Criminally Insane institution there is no doubt he is insane!

Suse,

"....If Martin Bryant is in a Criminally Insane institution there is no doubt he is insane!"

Piffle!

Foxy,

Bryant had low intelligence that is all.

No need to re-write history.

OMG Is Mise and OTB, did you two know Martin Bryant?
If not, how do you know what his mental state was or is now?

If he is in a Criminally insane unit I guess the police psychiatrists could have been wrong, and you two right.?

Wait! What is that?
Pigs are flying by.....

otb,

This is not a question of "rewriting history."
The information is already availble.
This is a question of discussing and attempting
to find out -
what caused this disturbed young man who was
prone to violence since childhood to become a
mass murderer and try to find out what could
have been done to prevent the tragedy.

The same applies to the Monis case.
There are questions that need answering
as our Prime Minister indicated.

There's a book that may clarify things for you:

"A Dangerous Mind: What turned Martin Bryant into a
Mass Murderer," by Robert Wainwright and Paola Totano.

I hope this helps.

Cheers.