The courtroom remarks of the suspected killer in a recent attack on a Colorado Planned Parenthood clinic confirm that — contrary to the feelings of some conservatives — violent, disaffected Americans need no help from Islam to commit acts of terror.

Robert Dear repeatedly interrupted his court-appointed attorney this week, declaring himself guilty and a “warrior for the babies,” and accusing the lawyer tasked with potentially saving his life of seeking a gag order to conceal what Dear described as the crimes of Planned Parenthood that led to the assault of Nov. 27.

AP reports:

“You’ll never know what I saw in that clinic,” a bearded, unkempt and shackled Dear yelled on Wednesday in one of more than a dozen outbursts as King successfully argued for the gag order by contending that public discussion of the investigation could prejudice potential jurors. “Atrocities. The babies. That’s what they want to seal.” A deputy squeezed Dear’s shoulder in an effort to quiet him.

King appeared to be trying to follow the same playbook he used in his defense of Colorado theater shooter James Holmes, whom he convinced a jury earlier this year to spare from execution on the grounds of his mental illness. But, as Dear was formally charged with 179 counts of first-degree murder, attempted murder and other crimes that could lead to the death penalty, he was having none of it.

“Do you know who this lawyer is?” Dear exclaimed of King. “He’s the lawyer for the Batman shooter. Who drugged him all up. And that’s what they want to do to me.”

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— Posted by Alexander Reed Kelly.

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