On Guns and Mad Men

This issue of Time is worth reading.

'We cannot and will not be passive in the face of such violence,' President Barack Obama said in January 2011, after a deranged gunman shot Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords and 18 others, killing six. "We should be willing to challenge old assumptions in order to lessen the prospects of such violence in the future." He called for a "national conversation" about "everything from the merits of gun-safety laws to the adequacy of our mental-health system," and he asked that it be conducted with civility. It was a terrific speech, perhaps the best of his presidency. And then ... nothing.

Read more: http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,2120498,00.html#ixzz22JMymoHp

Guns in America is REALLY worth talking about. But there was...nothing.

Then one day the Joker open fire with a semi-automatic weapon at the theater killing and wounding so many.

Yet we still shrug at gun violence. This Batman shooting captured your attention because it is a mass shooting. However, remember that there are countless single shootings everyday across America!

This is an election year. No candidate would dare to restrict any gun ownership freedom.

The 2nd Amendment is so fundamental to this nation... We have 5% of world population and we own 50% of the guns in the world. Something seems not right here.

But is gun control REALLY going to curb the violence? Look there was an assault weapon ban for 10 years. (Oh I didn't know because I never tried to buy an assault weapon and got denied) Look at that statistics... the number of mass shootings really haven't gone down in that decade.

To echo the president, we cannot and SHOULD not be passive in the face of such violence. Whichever candidate actually make that national conversation happen gets my attention.

Now about the mad man.... there is really no other explanation besides he is crazy. Alhtough this guy is a top student, but there may be too much stress in that PhD study. Not every bright student can survive that. He may be isolated watching such dark themed Batman all day and become too immersed...and become crazy. And without criminal record, he won't fail a background check. This is so similar to that Virginia Tech incident...

Concealed weapon isn't the solution either! This nation cannot be stuck in the Old West!