it's not guns, it's people who are insane, and other people that don't know how to deal with that insanity.
In this case, it was guns.
From everything I have read about this shooting, the guy showed no sign of mental illness or insanity to be "dealt with" beforehand and after it started, the police were on the scene in less than 60 seconds. There was no way to "deal" with it.
Bottom line is that if this guy had not had easy access to a gun, this tragedy would not have happened. Period.
This is not true. We keep hearing how they (I would have to assume friends) say that he was acting strangely days before and was off his medication. The only way to know this is if someone made notice of it. He also has a long history of mental illness and was even institutionalized for some time. Why didn't someone act, I handle calls like this all the time.
This is not necessarily a break down in gun laws, it's exactly what happened VT, a lack of communication between mental health institutions and the Gov't to deny this person a firearm. The only question that is asked when you buy a gun is if you have ever been adjudicated as mentally impaired, not thorough enough.
Everyone knows my stance on gun rights and I don't want to get involved in a discussion about that (Lali will KILL me
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It's hard to explain why US citizens are so defensive of the 2nd Amendment but I guess it is because we don't want to see any of our rights taken away by the actions of others.
BTW, seven people were killed in an illegal drag race in Maryland. Same number of people killed, still just as tragic.
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