If you love your guns more than your children, something is wrong

[pipoman]

11. Oh, if it were only simple..

simplicity is believing that guns cause crime..that would be simple. No, these types of crimes are the product of the inability of most people to access mental health services, and/or drug prohibition.

The answer isn't where you believe it to be. All guns could disappear tomorrow and those with mental illness wishing to kill lots of people would still be in society unable to access mental health services.

The real answer to the overall crime in the US is attention to the causes, not the effects. Decriminalization of most drugs, dismantling the lost raygun's 'war on drugs' would do much. Most crime in this country is the product of illegal drugs. Decriminalization and using the tremendous funding being wasted around the globe to combat drugs, then using that funding to pay for mental health services and addiction services for anyone who needs those services, when they need them would do far more to eliminate these things than any losing gun control idea.

What do all of these incidents have in common? The person causing the violence almost always has mental health issues or addiction issues...neither problem has a solution other than waiting until the person does something illegal and is ordered into those facilities. If the shooter went to a mental health facility last week and asked for help, the help would not be available until he showed them the money. If this person's mother went to the police or to a mental health facility and asked for help, the police would (and often do) say that he has to commit a criminal act before they could do anything, and the mental health facility would say, 'show us the money'.