In the wake of recent events, many people are calling out for tighter gun control. This does not solve the problem, because the problem is a failed mental health system that allows these disturbed individuals to roam free.Our leaders need to adress the cause, not the symptom.

Stop the war against Mental Health!!!

IF OFFICIALS WILL TAKE THE $200,000.00 AND PUT IT IN A FUND FOR KIDS THAT THEY THINK ARE GETTING CAVITIES FROM NOT HAVE FLUORIDE IN THE DRINKING WATER.THE PUBLIC SHOULD HAVE THE CHOSE NOT TO HAVE FLUORIDE (POISON) IN THEIR WATER.

Many acts of violence may be prevented if medications were available and education provided to parents/teachers/clergy on mental illness.

I am a disabled American who has a mental illness. I was fortunate enough to receive the proper care I needed to maintain my mental health. Thousands upon thousands of others have not been as fortunate as I have been, and this needs to be taken seriously. Now.

As the parent of a six-year-old first grader, after yesterday's trajedy in Newtown, Conn., I can't sit idly by and wait for our gun lobbyist-funded government to act responsibly. Congress should enact a 100% tax on all gun and ammunition purchases, effective immediately. The revenues generated ($6 billion annually) could be used to fund free mental health clinics.

The vitamin content of foods decreases significantly each day following the removal from their life source (e.g. the vine, the animal, etc.). Therefore, for products like juice, each day the product is in transit, and each day it remains on a store shelf before purchase, it is losing nutritional value. However, Nutritional Fact labeling does not reflect this reality: "Compliance with the nutrition labeling regulations is based on the date the product was labeled, not the date the product is offered for entry into interstate commerce." from the Nutritional Labeling and Education Act (NLEA) Requirements (8/94 - 2/95) This being the case, labels should include a disclaimer, such as: "This product will retain at least 95% of the listed nutritional values until the 'use by' date," or something similar. This way consumers will understand that these nutritional values are not static numbers, and that the products they buy may have a reduced nutritional value if they consume them after the 'use by' date.

We need to fund mental health so professionals can be more proactive and interactive with the mentally ill.

free medical care for mentally unstablepeople. tight gun control laws

I have been patiently waiting for our society to "get around" to dealing with the root cause of most of the gun violence in our country. Enough already, without a mental health safety net nationwide, occurrences like Newtown, CT can only continue.

With continued killings in our schools by people suffering a mental illness, a preventative and proactive program needs to be implemented, especially in the high schools before another tragedy occurs.

Drug industries should not be aloud to advertise drugs to the public. All health issues and subsequent issues to treatment should be left up to doctors and patience. Not advertising drugs to consumers who then tell doctors they need this drug which has been advertised over and over.