Yes, it does stop people looking in the direction of the people who own and make guns. if there was an allfuckingmighty why did this even happen?

Maybe the catholics will start Gunpowder Thursday, maybe that would help.

For various reasons, I actually do own a small caliber handgun that I purchased from a licensed gun shop with proper background checks in place (let's not even discuss the gun show loophole yet). I took the training they offered as well. Note carefully I mentioned proper background checks and training.

There is so much more to say on this issue. Agreed on the mental health issue, 100%. Also, we must remember how easy it is for people to "legally" get a gun, especially through gun shows. Legislation is needed to close those loopholes.

If one needs a license to own a car - or a boat or motorcycle - with associated insurance!!!! why not guns?

THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS: The standard answer of apologists for the gun manufacturers' lobby. One more example of religion being used to pacify the public in the face of outrageous injustice.
Another Huff Post headline this morning pointed out President Trump crippled an Obama gun safety policy just a couples months back, making it even harder to stop violently mentally ill people from legally purchasing guns, and he had the gall to tweet that students should have done more to report him before the incident. This despite the fact he HAD BEEN REPORTED to police multiple times, and they were aware, but without having committed a crime he could not be deprived of his "freedoms." I say that in derisive quotation marks, because apparently in America, one of our most defended freedoms is the "freedom" to be mowed down by assault weapons when we are just minding our own damned business. FUCKING POLITICIANS!

Not to "politicize" this, but

What I want to know from them is how do explain the fact that their god didn't prevent any of these events? I know they can't answer that, I also know their god is fiction.
I just want to see them try to justify their bullshit.