One thing that I keep seeing reoccur that is going largely without discussion is mental illness (like the Colorado shooting - people freaked about guns, but I heard little about mental illness). Mental illness effects a lot of people, and this kind of thing happens way too frequently - it's a serious issue in society and needs to be addressed, there's a lot of people out there who desperately need help. It's too bad this guy couldn't manage to get the needed help 
This. Down here there are large public awareness campaigns and plenty of programs available for anyone in mental distress. Of course, such programs would be written off as waste in large swathes of the.country as waste. Here's a commercial for paxil instead.
