If the problem is with the person and not with the gun .. make it harder for people like that to get guns. Not more easy:
http://time.com/5011519/texas-church-shooting-mental-health-donald-trump/
This is one of those things that is far more complicated than the media and politicians across the spectrum would have us believe.
First and foremost, in the USA and across the globe the most heavily victimized portion of the population is those with mental health issues, second and third place are not even close.
A significant quantity of people with mental health issues only have them because they were already a victim of a violent act.
Now that they have a mental health issue from being a victim there is a huge stigma on them, as well as a lot of unfair legislation, taking their rights away despite them being the victim, which leads to many choosing to forego the help they so desperately need.
Scenario:
College girl gets violently raped.
She reports it and develops some mental health issues (such as Post Traumatic Stress and Depression, but potentially others as well) that she, hopefully, gets treated for.
While getting treated the risk of her being a victim of additional violent crimes dramatically increases for various reasons. Meanwhile, since many cities, counties, municipalities, and States have laws on the books that block those being treated for mental health issues from owner a firearm, and in some cases even a Taser or mace, she has to make the choice of does she protect herself from future assaults or get the treatment she needs to be mentally healthy again.
True, true, thank you everyone for clearing that up for me.
My good lady fiancee is comparing my behavior to that of a three year old and in her words i need to "calm the fuck down" so will bow out.
Thank you for the good conversation, sad it comes from such horrendous acts and the original part of the thread was astounding in our calm and kind demeanor to each other (and the second half, minus my own responses) and we came to an excellent conclusion there which I don't think i'll be able to improve upon by being an anus.
Many thanks once again.
It is completely understandable and normal to be upset when things like this happen, everybody SHOULD be incensed whenever anything like this happens anywhere in the world.
Unfortunately, that only happens when it is in a 'First World' Country. Things like this, and worse, still happen all over the world in impoverished countries but rarely gets reported on (because it does not generate the desired fear in the target market.)