Guns are not the problem, but something in the culture that has changed.
...or, as I mentioned before, we stopped properly addressing the needs of the mentally ill.
I really don't think a dose of Jesus is going to stop a crazy person.
Well... in the cases of Adam Lanza, James Holmes, and Jared Loughner, I have to agree with you. While they may have espoused some level political or religious awareness, the full-on crazy there just over-rode any other possible causes.
In these cases, I would agree. That either my right-wing moral/religious considerations, or the left-wing call for gun control, are both equally irrelevant to a case where mental illness is the clear motive.
In general though, among tens of millions of other saner people who commit crimes, I think the vaccuum of moral guidance, the attempt to ban Christian principles from our schools and public institutions, the outright contempt for them, results in a decline of ethics, and with it more crime.
Two weeks ago I saw John Stossel on an O'Reilly segment about religious faith. And Stossel surprisingly said he's an atheist, and said he wished he could believe in God, because religious people are statistically healthier, happier, live longer, and have a greater sense of purpose in their lives. I thought it interesting that while not being a believer, he could see that aspect of religious faith.
