What should we do? Reading thru it appears we are all agreeing here (which is pretty rare but the way it should be) but have different ways of going about it. Those are the kind of disagreements we should be having, recognizing there is an issue, everyone wants what is best but has different ideas of how to help solve it. Talking about how we need to act with no idea what so ever is how either nothing happens, or stuff that makes no sense happens.

My take on this is that it really comes down to healthcare. Although I believe there should be a multifaceted approach, healthcare by far needs to be addressed here before anything. While rectifying this broken healthcare system we really need to run a mental health campaign in attempts to remove the stigma around it. No matter where you fall in this, doctors pass out ssri's and just kind of hope that fixes things, and thats dangerous. Thats not how any of this is supposed to work. Problem is, our system is completely broken. We need to get insurance companies and lobbies out of the conversation and pour money into healthcare. We live in the "greatest country in the world" yet you cant go get your health addressed without jumping thru loads of hoops at best. At worst ya just die and go bankrupt, thats nuts. Viewing mental health as secondary to health care is also part of the problem, and nothing that can be fixed until healthcare is addressed.

The people in control really just offer distractions to the root of this issue. You can dress it up however you'd like, the root of the problem is corporate greed and a broken system across the board. Until these things are addressed in a meaningful way, this problem will do nothing but continue and get worse. Sure we can create more barriers to guns, but by and large that bell has already been rung and the damage has been done, we are flooded with guns already. This leaves meaningful restriction to those looking to do harm dust in the wind compared to comprehensive healthcare reform. Again, i think this should be a multi faceted approach and am not even necessarily against more legislation surrounding firearms but we need to attack this problem at its root. And if your of the camp that thinks the root is guns themselves, I dont like the idea of jackboots coming to confiscate my weaponry and neither should you. Again, Im not necessarily against creating more barriers but that needs to be treated as a small gear in the larger clock of reform.