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Herunar · 3417 days ago · link · · parent · post: Another theater shooting. 3 dead 7 injured in Lafayette, Louisiana
You hit the nail on the head here. There needs to be a two-pronged approach to this sort of thing. Mental health issues are abundant, that's without a doubt true; but it also true that having access to a lot of weaponry and having those mental problems means that a lot of people die. Needlessly. It is frustrating to see it happen, again and again and again...
user-inactivated · 3417 days ago · link ·
Well, seeing as how you can't legally purchase a gun if you have a clinical history of mental health problems, closing both the individual sale and gun show loopholes could go a long way. Also, going further, we could also do more to encourage the purchasing of gun safes, trigger locks, etc. to prevent people from taking firearms that don't belong to them and committing crimes.