Is "mental illness" the new secular way of saying evil? In the past there was really only one solution and it didn't involve pretending these people were okay enough to live next to us just not own a piece of metal.

But again, the facts don't matter. The goalpost for gun rights is now "no one better do anything bad with a gun." So if even if we dumped gazillions into mental health we would still have a crazy or two that slips through the cracks and the result would eventually be bans. One of the major political parties in this country just does not want us owning guns for any reason. They openly communicate this but never have to explain it as the conversation is framed around these exceptional and tragic events.

Like I said, this is now a political issue and politics (democracy) will be used to resolve it, short of another Civil War. If folks were honest we could at least talk about why certain people are uncomfortable with gun ownership and how that fits in with America. I think it expose how there are two countries inside the US with completely different values and possibly lead to good solutions.

The real and decent solution, as we all know, is to have good people with guns to oppose evil with an equal/greater amount of violence. This is precisely why Libs don't want it (yes, I really believe those at the top are this sick and calculating). If evil is thwarted their goalposts are meaningless and they lose the ability to disarm their political opponents.

And this is why they are going after semi-auto rifles... Rifles win wars. The AR is the modern rifle. It's exactly why the media pimps mass shootings with AR-15s and messages that anyone who wants to be relevant should get one and shoot up a school. How many school shootings with AKs? AKs have been cheaper and widely available but not advertised by media as the weapon of choice.

The monster got his name in lights and, also thanks to Libs, we can't impose the death penalty as a disincentive to others.