We as a nation are wounded and in mourning for the tragedy in Connecticut. Innocence should not suffer for our government’s political ineptness.
The true problem we face in these scenarios has little to do with guns — it has to do with mental health. Our government has elimnated support for mental health, community mental health centers, mental hospitals, group homes and so on. This started in the early 1980s and we are seeing the results today!
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