I think it's easy in cases like this to focus on guns being the problem. What never seems to be addressed is that the underlying mental illness is talked about after the fact. When do we start looking at identifying, treating and monitoring those who have a mental illness, like a personality disorder? This is a population more prone to violence and yet it is never addressed until it becomes a criminal defense in court. Mental illness isn't covered by most medical coverage in the US so this type of illness goes untreated more than any other. Guns are just the tool, they're not the cause.
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