Why is mental health and bullying disregarded in school shootings?

Nicolasa Henke: This is just my opinion, but bullying and mental health don't have near as high chance leading to death or injury compared to a firearm. Im sure almost every kid in the U.S. Has been made fun of or bullied at one point in time. I know I have and I've never had the thought to hurt or harm someone because of it. Also, your average gangbanger kills because they think its cool or that was how they were raised. So in their eyes they think its right or not a big deal; not a mental problem, its just how they were brought up. Im against firearm control, but if the government cant stop the people killing they try to take the next best thing....Show more

Virgilio Echter: Being a victim of bullying is no justification to killing a lot of innocent people. These killings were planned in advance and not the work of someone operating under a compulsion or just losing it.

Ariel Arons: Lizbeth, you say that it is wrong to sympathize with a shooter, at lea! st until the shooter is your family member whether its your kid, brother, sister, etc snapping from mental healthJust because some think its wrong to sympathize with a shooter, that doesnt mean the shooter deserves to burn in hell either does it?

Arlen Lopiccalo: It's not disregarded, and yes, it is wrong to sympathize with the shooters. Everyone is interested in what made these shooters snap and go on a psychopathic warpath of killing innocent people. Yes, there are societal factors that contributed to their mental instability, but do you realize how difficult it is to identify and adequately treat someone who might snap. It makes sense that people want to regulate guns so they don't end up in the hands of the people who might snap. -and yes, people are also worried about illegal gun trafficking - of course, but like identifying psychopaths in the making of a mass shooting, it is difficult to eliminate the illegal sales of guns or even curtail it, especially when gu! n control measures are so lax. Banning firearms in the US is n! ot the issue, and no one except the fear-mongering conservative are worried about such an issue. Common sense gun control is what people are hoping to achieve. Don't think that because you see Adam Lanza as a victim of society's failure to help those with mental disabilities you are above it all. He killed many innocent children and that's that - mental or not.I don't believe in burning in hell....Show more

Dorinda Metzer: If I murdered your entire family because someone bullied me, would you sympathize with me?