The latest murderer

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232. some people seem to think we are only talking about guns

the original post said

"...wonder what went wrong.

Moreover, wonder what, if anything, we can do to intercede and help before people get to the point this man crossed with deadly result.

My heart goes out to the victims' families and friends. I wish there were more we could do, but it can't be addressed until we at least start talking about it."

and the reply which I responded to, answered that question as if - the only thing that went wrong was that this angry young man got his hands on a gun. I disagree and think the original comment was a question about "How did he get so angry, so full of hatred and despair?" and not "How did he get a gun?"

Now you come out and say it is abouit "mental illness" and I also see that as a deflection. I don't think the problem is that this guy was insane. I am not sure if I would classify anger and despair as mental illnesses.

To me, it is our SOCIETY which is insane. Not just one guy. I would want to fix our society, not just give this guy some prescripton drug and call it a day - now he is adjuested to our insane society, problem solved.

And I never said that cars were guns.

What I said is that a car is a deadlier weapon than a gun, and I stand by that.

Guns killed 8,775 people in 2010 in homicides and 17,352 in suicides and perhaps 1,000 in accidents. Less than 28,000. Well, in 2009, cars killed 35,900 without even trying. Imagine how much deadlier they would be if people used them as weapons. Imagine if the batman guy, instead of using guns, had plowed his car into a line of people waiting for the batman screening. He could have killed twelve people that way.