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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I haven't had personal experience with a shooting, but a family friend was killed in the VA Tech shootings. It was unbearably painful to see the family grieve, but they have channeled their pain into working tirelessly (and unfortunately, fruitlessly because of the gun lobbies) for greater gun restrictions. [/quote]

They are wasting their time; VA tech was the result of severe mental illness just as was the attack on sen. Creigh Deeds.  We need to address mental illness because it is the root cause.

Further, mental illness is emerging as a huge factor in so many other societal ills such as domestic abuse, alcoholism\drug abuse, divorce, etc.  They should put their effort into areas where they can make meaningful change for the better of all.[/quote]

I need to step in and clarify that the shooter at Virginia Tech was declared mentally ill by a Virginia special justice and was court ordered to seek outpatient treatment. Outpatient treatment was not, at the time, required to be reported to the Virginia database that background checks are ran through. Cho was able to legally buy all of his guns, and bought ammo off of eBay, which was also legal at the time. The shooting at Virginia Tech was directly a result of this disconnect between mental health and easy access to guns.

Yes, we need to address mental health in the US, but it is equally, if not more important, to ensure that mentally ill people don't have easy access to guns. Obviously it's possible (and happens every day) to obtain guns via other means, but this still troubles me to this day.

-Hokie alum[/quote]

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