I don't think the problem is so much the guns as the culture of violence.

[DirkGently]

9. It's a multi-faceted issue. The fetish of armed violence is one part.

Lack of adequate mental health care is another.

Socioeconomic inequality is another.

The overwhelming numbers of firearms and the easy availability of same to literally anyone who would ever care to have one is another.

I think the culture of violence and the fetish of rage and the fantasy of being able to take out any kind of pent-up frustration or hurt or aggression on the world at large is the biggest part.

It's not the movies or the songs or the video games, but these are all expressions of a cultural desire we cultivate, in America especially, to combat all the evil in the world by blowing the shit out of things.

All of which is exacerbated by a cult-like set of beliefs, centered on and pushed the NRA, which proposes that "freedom" and autonomy exist only for those prepared to kill at a moment's notice.

All of which appears to be ultimately motivated by the simplest, stupidest, oldest thing: MONEY.

More rage and anxiety + fewer regulations = more gun violence = more fear = more gun sales = more violence = more fear = more gun sales.

And on it goes.