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

[nadinbrzezinski]

55. Yes, there are differences in the culture

What I am trying to say is...it's not the video games, it's not the movies. It really is not. They are symptoms of the underlying problems. Some of these shooters have severe mental health issues, see giffords shooting.

Has anything changed regarding mental health? No.

We have an issue of violence done to citizens by an economic sysem that sends them into depths of despair that suicide might be the only way out. At times they take others with themselves.

We need to limit easy access to guns, but deal with the social and economic conditions that lead to that.

Yes, we glorify violence, as long as it remains distant. You know one thing our media has to start doing? We need to collectively show you what this looks like. You and I have seen it...but many people are able to separate the reality and it's horror, because quite frankly moulage for Hollywood is acceptable and looks ten times worst than real wounds.

Yup, we talk about it...but the media's refusal to show the bloody sheets has helped to create of fantasy regarding this.

But what about the victims? In a far less sick society our media showed this stuff. Look at war...good luck finding a good picture of war on our media. We used to.

So it is multi faceted, not just one thing. You are blaming the video games and the culture of violence...it is only part of the puzzle.

Oh and lastly there is a direct correlation between gun control policies and gun violence.