I am a gun-toting country boy, who has no use for any type of automatic weapon or handgun The article seems to point towards needing tighter gun control, but I

I am a gun-toting country boy, who has no use for any type of automatic weapon or handgun The article seems to point towards needing tighter gun control, but I would lean more towards a systemic failure. Why do many of our fellow Americans hold so little value for human life? Why do they feel they deserve to strike out? Why does the media lavish them with the media attention they so desire?