Very often, people with mental illnesses commit a violent act just to achieve notoriety and fame from their unjust assaults on innocent victims. In order to sway these people from their abusive intent, there needs to be a new law prohibiting the media from airing the names and pictures of people who commit or is suspected of committing a violent act.
Why is this important?
I have daughters the same age as those killed in the Sandy Hook Elementary tragedy.