[quote=flu]Rest in Peace Christina Grimmie. How sad your talented life…

…. tragically ended, and so quickly it was forgotten by many becauase media and our politicians decided politicize a heinous act that happened the next day also in Orlando, simply because that mad man, also American born, was Muslim..

Funny how few are talking about gun control and mental health.[/quote]

Especially when 2/3 of gun related deaths in the US are suicides. http://mobile.nytimes.com/2015/10/09/upshot/gun-deaths-are-mostly-suicides.html

And, 70% of the suicides are white males:
https://afsp.org/about-suicide/suicide-statistics/

Therefore, close to 50% of US gun deaths are suicides committed by white men.

Interestingly, the suicide rate in the US is fairly average, which means the availability of guns, in large part, simply changes the means of suicide.

In any event – gun deaths are CLEARLY a mental health issue. The guy who wrote FREAKONOMICS said he had a series of five factors that could be used to pretty accurately predict who was a terrorist. My guess is that something similar could be done to identify dangerously unhinged types. Or, offer an enormous reward to those who thwart mass shootings. I’ll bet the Orlando shooter’s wife would have tipped off the authorities for $5 million.