[Christien]

I read that yesterday. And I'm really optimistic that this incident might just be the one that finally makes everyone wake up and change things. There seems to be a lot of discussion in the media, social networking, etc. these last few days about mental illness, and our piss-poor record of treating it effectively. There seems to be a real groundswell movement to make some changes in this area, which could actually have a real impact on things like school shootings. IMO, this is much more productive that BS politicians talking tough on security, guns, etc. and not really doing anything other than talking.

Obama said:
In the coming weeks, I’ll use whatever power this office holds to engage my fellow citizens, from law enforcement, to mental health professionals, to parents and educators, in an effort aimed at preventing more tragedies like this, because what choice do we have? We can’t accept events like this as routine.

Let's make sure that really happens, that it's not just rhetoric.