On Oct 15, 3:23*pm, Robert Klute wrote:
On Fri, 15 Oct 2010 09:27:33 -0700, Mack A. Damia

wrote:
On Fri, 15 Oct 2010 11:03:11 -0500, Dillon Pyron
wrote:

So, gun control isn't the real issue. *Identifying and treating the
mental disorders would have prevented the massacre.

Not the only case of school shootings; there are several others.

But you miss my point.

I'm not against gun ownership, but there are just too many available
to the wrong people. *The U.S has an epidemic of gun-related violence.

The US has an epidemic of violence, period. *Even if you eliminate all
gun crime from the statistics, the US still ranks up there. *

That aside, my hypothesis is that most gun crime is drug related.
Unfortunately for me, I have been unable to get the numbers to validate
or disprove this. *Ever year, my main sources of information for this,
the Uniform Crime Stastistics and NIH mortality reports, seem to have
less and less detail.

It must pretty grim . Violent firearms and other weapon usage (in
general) is increasing due to worsening economic conditions. The
society is becoming less civilized as well .