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what could possibly drive someone to commit such a horrific act against others?

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[โ€“] procapra@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 week ago

Easy access to guns, lack of access to mental healthcare.

I'm not really opinionated on what is the bigger issue, I just know those things need addressed instead of pretending to care about them, then forgetting in 2 weeks when everyone moves onto the next thing.