But Sen. Lindsey Graham, R- S.C., said killers such as Lanza were “non-traditional criminals…people who are not wired right for some reason. And I don’t know if there’s anything Lindsey Graham can do in the Senate to stop mass murder from somebody that’s hell bent on doing crazy things” — apart from better security in schools. The South Carolina Republican also called for getting “mass murders off the streets before they act, by better mental health detection.”

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As a result of the recent Connecticut school shooting, much has been said about increased gun control as a solution to these senseless shootings. Is that going to be the real solution to these tragic occurrences?

I firmly believe that we should also look at doing more to bring out increased awareness to those afflicted with mental illness. Giving them medication without any counseling is only a band-aid approach to a far major problem that eventually ends up hurting a lot of innocent people, especially children. We need to be more proactive and look for signs that would give us a red flag that something is not right.

Gun control, unfortunately, is not an adequate answer to this major problem…people can use other weapons like knives, screwdrivers, pencils, ball points, etc….how do we enforce that? We need to deal with the root of the problem, which is far more than providing stricter laws on the purchase of guns. Nancy Lanza, who bought those weapons was a responsible individual, but Adam, somehow, when he was unable to make his own purchases, got access to the storage in the basement …and the rest is history.