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Originally Posted by gemy  At this point the media is salivating over this tradegy. What a great in their point of view; news story. They need to keep feeding the maws of the public .
And mental illness is a very real disease, it is not a cop-out. Of course IMHO
However I do believe gun control (which we do have in this country) is better than no gun control. Do we still have the gangs et al, that get guns... Yup unfortunately. But our gun stats overall are way way under what the USA is. |
Changes in mental health care, getting an adult or older teenager to go to counseling and to take needed medication(but what do you do when they refuse?) and culture changes in this country will likely help prevent mass shootings more than any form of gun control in any given state. Even if Connecticut and all other states have tight controls on who can purchase a gun, those that want will order a gun over the internet or go to one of the underground brokers. Or fill a bag with crude pipe bombs.
Probably most of us would be for keeping known mentally ill, violent felons, etc., from purchasing a weapon from a store but, frankly, in our American Zeitgeist of this day and time, where violence is often almost celebrated in our entertainment/media of all types, I doubt any federal or state gun laws would have stopped this particular killer. Americans are not Canadians or Brits - we are a different culture, have different DNA, literally and metaphorically. In addition to the wonderful inventions, industry, scientific and medical advancements, exploration, peacekeeping, charity and good that have come from this country, the American people do tend as a whole to be more violent, aggressive, risk-taking and edgier people than many other cultures.
I wonder if this type of tragedy would have been in any way prevented by any law on the books. In any event, it is time to take a look at making some changes to try.