if this guy walked into a theater loaded with knives only...

[davidthegnome]

98. Finally

Someone hit the nail on the head. Yes, it IS our sick society. There are other Countries with gun control laws - or a lack thereof, very similar to our own or even more open. The murder rate here still remains supreme, as far as I know.

In psychology, the use of anti-depressant and anti-anxiety medications commonly goes towards treating the symptoms. Someone with severe panic attacks or depression is given a prescription after what is usually a fairly brief meeting with a physician, whether psychiatrist or family practitioner. The follow ups aren't really necessary (other than as general check ups for medication refills) therapy is suggested, but rarely ever mandated. So the symptoms are treated with varying degrees of success, but the illness itself remains stagnant. This is an example of WHY someone might go on a shooting rampage. Yes it's terrible, yes it's sick.. so is our society.

If we want to improve things here in America, it needs to start from the bottom up. Screw the NRA in any event. If we can do something about poverty, if we can be more successful in treating illness and allowing others access to care... if we can somehow reclaim our media from the power mongers that have seized control of it... then maybe in the process we'll actually do something about crime, about murder, even about gun control.

Is it really hard to understand why things like this happen? Hey... you've depressed? Here's some Zoloft, give it about three weeks and if you don't start drooling in public, or suddenly become a homicidal maniac or drop dead... and if you see some improvement in your symptoms... well then, we'll know it's working!

Want to go hunting? Okay... here you go, AK 47 is definitely necessary for the hunting of deer. You want to whack a coyote with an elephant rifle? No problem!

It's not so much the lack of gun control, in itself. It's the lack of responsibility, the lack of forethought, the handing out of dangerous things without concern for the potential consequences. Our education is continuing to fail our youth - who is to blame for this is open for debate. Our health care system needs a make over, for all those lucky (or unlucky) enough to have access to it through insurance.

Our system of government is corrupt beyond all belief, our media is owned by the rich, for the rich and of the rich. We can fight about gun control until we're blue in the face, but if we can't start from the ground up, gun control would accomplish nothing more than to annoy people.