I am Adam Lanza's mother

I found this to be a very thought provoking article on the mental health resources in this country.

That has been a problem for a while... The mentally ill suffer in prisons and homelss on the streets.

Not so long ago, they had other options.

Unfortunately, our 2 parties have 2 different takes on this... The Blue one is to provide them help, despite their inability to pay for it... The Red one is to save the $$$ and let em go to the streets.

Guns are, without a doubt, the problem.
Semi auto rifles have no place in the hand of civilians.

The white, middle class people who are commiting these mass shootings are not going to purchase guns on the black market.

Guns are, without a doubt, the problem.
Semi auto rifles have no place in the hand of civilians.

The white, middle class people who are commiting these mass shootings are not going to purchase guns on the black market.

Mental illness is definitely more of a problem than the guns. These people (regardless of race or class) have problems. You won't convince me otherwise.

To think these people are normal is fucking crazy. To think that gun control, and not access to help and / or proper diagnosis, is going to solve this alone is just as nuts.

These folks may not be able to kill a dozen or more people without easy access to guns, but they'd find a way to kill someone.

Had the assault rifle used to mow down those 20 children not been so easy to get they all might very well be alive today.

The "take away guns and they'll find other ways to kill people" arguement is tired and is not logical. How many mass murders in the US have been carried out by means other than guns? OKC is the only one I can think of.

Do people that think they have the right to own an assualt rifle believe their "right" is more important than the live's of the children that were murdered?

No, it's not tired and illogical. It happens. I agree that guns make it easier, and I agree that gun control would help, but I'm saying these people have problems that drive them to do this. It's crazy to think that they wouldn't do this if a gun didn't exist. To ignore the mental illness problem is completely nuts within itself.

And just because these examples below are from China doesn't mean it couldn't happen here either (nearly all were done with knives of some sort).
http://en.wikipedia.org/..._(2010%E2%80%932011)

Look, I have lived in several countries where violent crime is significantly worse and significantly better than in the U.S. (and I've been a victim, too). Having lived in the U.K. where the police don't even carry guns, I believe that tighter controls would help, and I'd rather live in a world where guns don't exist. However, I also have family members who hunt (not my thing, but it's theirs, fine). I can never imagine them doing anything other than hunting with that gun.

But these rampage murderers ARE NOT normal people with access to guns. They are SICK people with access to guns. Again, to ignore that is just fucking whacked.

It's crazy to think that without a gun a shooting killing spree couldn't happen?

I am Adam Lanza's mother

I found this to be a very thought provoking article on the mental health resources in this country.

Hey Pinkie, guess which US President most drastically cut federal funding for mental health?

I prefer to avoid gun debates. Doesn't seem to be any clear cut solution for me.

Even with government restrictions on gun-shops performing background checks before selling a weapon to individuals, I still see a major loophole in the system.

Private citizens selling guns to other private citizens. I don't mean black market deals or selling guns from the trunk of cars in dark alleys during the middle of the night either.

I mean picking up the newspaper, turning to the classified section of a newspaper and calling someone with a used gun for sell. legal and no background check.

"For sale, used Remington Model 770 30-06, passed on by my father, but I don't hunt." 500.00

Cheers
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I prefer to avoid gun debates. Doesn't seem to be any clear cut solution for me.

Even with government restrictions on gun-shops performing background checks before selling a weapon to individuals, I still see a major loophole in the system.

Private citizens selling guns to other private citizens. I don't mean black market deals or selling guns from the trunk of cars in dark alleys during the middle of the night either.

I mean picking up the newspaper, turning to the classified section of a newspaper and calling someone with a used gun for sell. legal and no background check.

"For sale, used Remington Model 770 30-06, passed on by my father, but I don't hunt." 500.00

Cheers
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it is possible to strengthen gun control and improve mental health care simultaneously you know. they are not mutually exclusive.

Unfortunately, the same politicians that won't even consider improving gun control are the same assholes that have gutted the mental health budget, and want to continue to gut mental health by way of cutting funding from medicaid.

Guns should absolutely have a title in the same way cars do, and penalties should be very severe for the original owner if they a sell a gun without the paperwork and it is used for a crime.

I am Adam Lanza's mother

I found this to be a very thought provoking article on the mental health resources in this country.

When I was stationed in Japan a Japanese tennis player decided to go on a killing spree. He did this by driving a truck into a crowd of people then got out and started stabbing people. Guns aren't the problem, people are. Its actually easier to commit vehicular homicide and get away with it than any other kind. Can we now pressure the government to take away everyone's cars?