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In reply to the discussion: Mentally ill people.. [View all]silhouete2
(80 posts)all this kind of stuff will continue--no matter the gun laws or who is conceal carrying. Mental illness is alive and well in the US--and until we deal with that---this kind of senseless violence will only continue. People like that young man who did what he did today--are mentally ill and I suspect had a death wish. NOTHING was going to deter them from carrying out what they wanted to do--because they aren't thinking rationally. Only rational people would be deterred from entering a place to shoot people if they knew others were carrying. I seriously doubt a mental ill/unstable person would care. We need to deal with the core of the problem of these shootings-- MENTALLY ILL PEOPLE--instead of just dealing simplistically by arming people to shoot those who try this. Why not try and prevent the people from getting to that point in the first place? Mental illness is still very misunderstood in the US--with huge stigmas attached. We need to treat it like we do any other health issue--for the good of all of us--or more stuff like this will continue--no matter if we ALL are armed.