(June 11, 2014 at 11:54 am)Minimalist Wrote:Quote:I do, however, refute the blanket assertion that "mostly" it isn't about the guns, but all about "the crazies." The US isn't alone in having "crazies."
It is not an "either/or" situation.
We made a conscious decision to treat the mentally ill as if they did not exist AND we have a bunch of spineless politicians who can't stand up to the gun lobby.
And then, every time it happens, we wonder how nuts get hold of guns!
It is a sick joke with a high body count at this point.
You find no disagreement here, but to suggest that guns have nothing to do with shootings is tant amount to saying cocks have nothing to do with sperm.