What can be done?

The recent shooting in Florida is yet another terrible tragedy. Innocent lives lost for pointless reasons. There have been 29 shootings in 2018, and our dear president is more concerned with building a fucking wall. That tells you what the problem with our country is.

It would be easy to say push for gun control, or ban all guns. However, the second amendment was established so that every citizen is allowed to own a gun in case if our country was invaded or if we needed to fight off our own government. Additionally, it's not necessarily the gun that did the killing, it's the person behind the gun. Their thoughts were for violent actions.

Perhaps it is not guns that need to be controlled but people. Perhaps it is time to root out anyone that has the potential to be violent. We round up the Ku Klux Klan, round up the Neo Nazis, round up the Westboro Baptist Church members, round up all violent offenders. Then we strap them to a table and perform multiple lobotomies. Turn them into mindless zombies until they die by choking on their own saliva. Unfortunately, no government official is going to pass such an act or law.

Perhaps we should increase security around schools or other public places. Install metal detectors, hire security guards, search pockets, the works. Educate people the signs of potential danger, be able to identify behavioral issues, and see to it that it gets reported right away so help can be provided to the disturbed. Unfortunately, in the wake of the Florida shooting, the shooter was reported months ago to Trump's FBI, and nobody anything to prevent it.

So what can really be done to prevent mass shootings? I'm afraid I don't have an answer for you right now. I can tell you what you can do in the events of a mass shooting. You help the friends and families of the victims. You show your love and support for them. You go day by day proving that you're better than those who wish to use violence to ensure their pitiful and pointless motives.