Then Is It About Mental Illness?

So, if it’s not about the guns, then what is it about?

Now that a few days have passed since the horrific incidents last week, the good news is that the focus isn’t just on gun control anymore, but is expanding to the state of mental illness and how we deal with it, the money-driven pharmaceutical industry, and cultural phenomena that may contribute to such incidents occurring (e.g., proliferation of violent video games & movies desensitizing us, especially as it pertains to children).

However, what still doesn’t seem to have been addressed — except as it’s been briefly touched upon here — is facing the fact that some people are born with brains that will ultimately lead to committing horrendous acts of destruction no matter how they’re raised, unless & until we acknowledge that psychopathy and similar personality disorders exist and that those thusly disordered are not a product of upbringing or society, but of biology.  In fact, evidence is mounting that brains of psychopaths are structurally different from those of non-psychopaths.  How it manifests itself may be somewhat malleable, but whether or not it will manifest is absolutely undeniable.  This must be recognized, and we need to learn how to protect ourselves from it and those afflicted by it.