Topic: Michael Welner

Forensic psychiatrist Dr. Michael Welner analyzed Stephen Paddock's motives, noting that "stranger mass homicides" are typically committed by younger men seeking notoriety, such as Aurora shooter James Holmes. Welner suggested that for an older man like Paddock, the crime was likely a "spectacle" designed to instigate a specific cause or derivative impact. The discussion also touches on the genetics of psychopathy, noting Paddock's father was a bank robber on the FBI's Most Wanted list.

Forensic psychiatrist Dr. Michael Welner appeared on a CBS 48 Hours special to provide a psychological profile of mass shooters, describing them as "losers" and "rejects" who seek notoriety through destruction. The segment is analyzed for its high production value and rehearsed nature. The hosts dispute Welner's theories regarding the sublimation of weakness in American males.