I'm only weighing in on this because I feel like I have to. I'm sorry all those children and adults died. I'm more sorry for their families. Losing a family member tears a family apart. Been there, done that, though not in such a violent way.
Before I start and you get your panties in a wad, understand that I am viewing this strictly from my personal perspective and experiences. I am not trying to start an argument, just getting my opinion out there so it can stop tumbling around in my head.
I can only think of two people who I have known personally who have died through violent means. These are people I had talked to or maybe even shook hands with but not people I would have called "friends". One was a kid a year or two younger than me in high school. He was standing in line at a McDonald's when a mental patient came up behind him and sliced his throat open with a knife. The other was an older gentleman who blew his own head off with a shotgun.
We don't need a ban on assault weapons. We don't need a ban on any kind of weapon. What we need is to stop turning our backs on people with mental health problems. We need to stop saying "it's just a phase" or "he'll pull himself together" and start recognizing these things earlier so we can get a handle on them before they turn into something we will all regret.
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