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

[nadinbrzezinski]

32. My dear Jackpine

There are several points to made about this.

You are very correct, it is not just gun control. That said we are living a multifaceted public health crisis. You are speaking, correctly, of one of the aspects...but it's not the video games. If they were as tied to it, you'd have shootings in Japan regularly. You think we love our one person shooters? You have not explored Japanese culture when it comes to the video game culture. They put us to shame

The shootings, and the vides are a symptom, as well as our tv, which is as far from the real life most Americans live as you can get. We have violence all over the culture, and some of these shootings are lashing out.

It is multifaceted. We need to deal with easy access to guns, lack of access to public health, poverty, the class warfare...nor do I expect any legal gun limits, rational mind you, to stop the violence on their own...to be honest. But we need to start somewhere.

Ideally though it is multidisciplinary.