Mass Shootings are Mental Health Problems - Not Gun Problems

​The number of mass shootings in general, including school shootings specifically, has significantly increased in the recent past.  Tragically, the public outcry to stop these massacres rose to a level demanding attention only after a recent a rash of shootings murdered and wounded students, teachers and others in schools; police officers and sheriffs deputies; concert attendees; church members and other innocents.  We have reached a point where school officials, law enforcement professionals, parents, students and others in communities across the country are beginning to take seriously the need to respond and develop plans to prevent future mass shootings.  

The outcry focuses on gun rights, gun ownership, restrictions on who can buy, keep and bear arms, cries for outlawing certain classes of weapons, especially military assault weapons, and other firearms-related issues, which are mostly long-standing controversies.  Anything that reduces the risk of another massacre must be considered, and reasonable policies made and implemented. 

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