Letter: Overlooked details: Mental health issues need to be looked at before gun laws

Published: Wednesday, Dec. 26 2012 12:00 a.m. MST

A sign against weapons is displayed at a memorial to the Newtown shooting victims in the Sandy Hook village of Newtown, Conn., Saturday, Dec. 22, 2012. The funerals for the victims of the school shooting are wrapping up after a wrenching week of farewells. Twenty children and six adults were killed at Sandy Hook Elementary School on Dec. 14. Adam Lanza, the lone gunman, killed his mother before going on the rampage and then committed suicide.

Seth Wenig, Associated Press

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The gun control advocates chose to overlook some details. Adam Lanza did not buy a gun at a gun show through a "loophole." Adam Lanza did not buy a gun from a licensed dealer and slip through the background checks. Adam Lanza murdered his own mother and stole her guns.

We have strict laws against murder and laws against theft. Adam Lanza became a deranged killer before he ever began killing. Then he went to a gun-free zone and picked the easiest victims he could imagine. We need to first react to the mental health issues. Once those are resolved, we can worry about gun laws.

Charles Welle

Sandy

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Emajor

Ogden, UT

Oddly enough, you are making a strong argument for not having any guns in the house to begin with.

3:35 a.m. Dec. 26, 2012
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The Real Maverick

Orem, UT

There's no reason why semi-automatic guns should be on the market. No reason whatsoever.

Also, what's odd, is the repub argument that I'm seeing so prevalent today in that we need guns to defend ourselves against the More..

9:16 a.m. Dec. 26, 2012
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Emajor

Ogden, UT

"God bless America, Please! Before we lose our way and our freedom"

Yuck. Few things worry me like someone equating God's blessing with their own personal viewpoint. It's a dangerous viewpoint.

"Dems More..

4:42 p.m. Dec. 26, 2012
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