I want to ask the "It's not the guns, it's mental health" crowd: What mental impact (anxiety, depression) do you suppose it has on a young person who has to routinely undergo live shooter drills where they envision a classmate hating them to the extent of wanting to kill them...
...coupled with living in a society where the grown-ups are willing to sacrifice their young lives in exchange for a worshipping at the altar of the NRA and MAGA? What impact does it have on youth to know that every single other country has addressed this problem...
...yet the adults that they are supposed to trust aren't willing to undergo common-sense reform because it might require them to jump through a few more hoops before getting access to their precious guns. Seriously. How do you think that impacts a child's mind?
Other countries have mental health issues, but they don't have nihilistic children and they don't have mass shootings. WE CAN EASILY END THESE SENSELESS DEATHS following the model of other countries--although it will likely take a few years to see the full effects. But we must begin today.