*sigh* posts about "one more" and a regular body count do little to advance the discussion. Remarks like "Americans' view that they are entitled to have the means to take away human lives." are not only non-productive, they are also misleading.
   SPB and some others seem to think that pointing and shaming will somehow change the dynamics that produce those statistics!
   If I sound like a broken record over the months... and years... trying to clarify the context as to causality and bureaucratic stumbling blocks involved, so do all you who merely point and complain!!!

I repeat, MOST Americans do NOT 'want' guns and gun violence and loose laws, but those who persist in interpreting the 2nd Amendment in a foolish, outmoded way have political backing. I am fortunate to live in a state with enlightened senators and representatives, but it is easy for anyone to go to a different state and bring guns to a shopping mall near me! It borders on the impossible to pass laws that will break this log jam! Until a few more individual states climb out of the dark ages, these events will keep happening...and I suspect that disturbed individuals, (never a shortage!) will keep the statistics high. (Note how many of them shoot themselves after 'expressing their anger.")