Let’s imagine that we KNEW keeping guns out of the hands of the mentally ill was the answer to all the shootings.

some have no mental health history. we might find it’s not mental illness at all. maybe they all love cats or something 🤷‍♀️@abe182

@DoubleRings no there's something they all have in common. We'll find it soon enough

well gun owners believe it is all about mental health. is it always mental health? so then we need to nail down how to deny gun ownership in a way that’s fair yet effective. @abe182

Personally I don’t think that’s ever going to happen because it’s impossoble.

@DoubleRings let's just have everyone carry and have all the crime come to a screeching halt. I'll listen for everyone to squawk and squeal.

@abe182 When a good citizen is on scene and stops the crazy person before he can rack up a "body count", that never makes the news.

@t3kkno nope! And there's another problem NEWS shouldn't be ad and ratings driven.

@abe182 Good point.

And should try to get things to us accurately, rather than "first".

And concentrate on reporting news instead of commentary. I understand pointing a camera at a talking head is infinitely less expensive than funding an actual reporter to find and report facts. But that IS the function of [i]news.[/i]

@t3kkno yes! And I think the pendulum will swing back here soon. Customers are demanding actual reporting.

@abe182 i hope you are right.

@t3kkno I hope I am too. CNN is about to go under. Which I'm glad for.

But what about children? Children can’t carry. And schools have a lot more concentration of children than adults even if they are armed. @abe182 Besides that, one school actually had an armed guard and he [b]ran away![/b] 🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️