I never said that.
OK, let's just go to the last part to eliminate any misunderstanding:
What aside from gun control and policy do you do about that?
Indeed. What do we do? Put up with it?
Do we finally start taking mental health seriously? I doubt it. Did this guy even come into contact with the mental health system?
Do we reign in free speech? I don't think we should except that if private businesses want to do so that is their business (TideFans, thank God and Brett, does this) and I'd encourage it for the extreme extremes.
Do we post guards at every potential target? Impossible.
Does everyone arm themselves? For some that is not a viable or desirable option.
Do we teach/preach tolerance? We've been doing that for years (decades) and it hasn't stopped (it's getting worse).
Do we make rational arguments with irrational people? Doesn't work - why do you think immigration is such an emotional hot button issue still despite evidence the positives far exceed the negatives?
How do we counter hate? With love? Nice sentiment and all, but some would rather hate. What then?
Church didn't cure this disease when it was all the rage everywhere (in the US and most everywhere). How's it going to fix the problem now that the hypocrites and hateful people within the church have poisoned the well?
We gonna use surveillance and counter-intel? Please. Between civil rights issues and the complete impotence of government folks countering those messages (not to mention that too many in government and law enforcement share similar views, even if on a milder level) there's not much use even talking about it.
Multi-pronged approach (a little bit of everything)? Sure. I can buy some of that. But how much time and resources ($$$$$) are people really willing to put into it? Hell, people won't pay more in taxes to better schools or to have better roads when they complain both need more money and are vital.
I guess what I'm saying is this: Now that you've dug yourself into a hole, what else besides gun control and policy will have as direct an effect on the ability of a mad evil person to legally acquire such an easy to use deadly weapon that can literally kill 10's of people in minutes?
Nothing. Absolutely nothing. There is no different answer.
And that comes from someone who wishes to impose the least amount of restriction as are necessary on gun ownership.
I've touted a plan in the past RE: how to take guns out of the hands of those incapable of having them and preserving civil rights (gun ownership is a civil right) to the fullest extent possible by using the court system as a means of due process when professionals, police, or family have a concern. It's a wonderful compromise and I wish someone somewhere would run with it.
But again, where did this guy do anything to trigger that process, were it to exist? Nothing stopped him from buying a gun. Should there have been a red flag or three along the way? Maybe.
But what else other than gun control or policy would have stopped this? You tell me.
But then tell me what would have happened if he had never been able to acquire a gun? Of any kind. From any where?
It's a valid question. The answer is unavoidable no matter how painful.
I'm not saying I agree with making guns impossible to get because I don't. But what could be done better to keep a nut like him from getting one? And shouldn't that be a desirable thing to do? So how do we do that?