Readers Respond: Preventing Future Mass Shootings

Many readers said the solution was to increase restrictions on guns, especially assault rifles.
Gregory Sabin @GregSabin
@WSJ Require additional prepurchase training for all guns, and special licenses for assault rifles. Put a plainclothes cop in every school.
Mon, Dec 17 2012 08:02:40
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Tom @Terrington121
@WSJ getting rid of widespread mentality that more guns, or others carrying guns, solves the problem. Gun restrictions needed.
Mon, Dec 17 2012 07:57:11
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Arash Shirazi @arashshirazi
@WSJ Designate shotguns & rifles as "restricted" firearms that require a reference letter from local police, marital partner, and friend.
Mon, Dec 17 2012 07:47:36
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Others argued that restricting weapons may make the problem worse. They encouraged arming teachers so they could defend themselves against shooters.
Austin Hermann @austoughn
@WSJ arm the schools. create a system to qualify teachers and principals to conceal and carry. armed deterrent works, prohibition does not
Mon, Dec 17 2012 07:53:36
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Michael Lawrence @MLRJtweets
@WSJ CT already has strict gun laws. Prohibition makes law-abiding citizens helpless in the face of violence. Arm teachers. #Newtown
Mon, Dec 17 2012 08:10:23
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Matthew J. Grace @MattJGrace
@WSJ More people and teachers with conceal carry permits would potentially deter and give citizens ability to stop shooters early.
Mon, Dec 17 2012 07:29:46
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Another proposed solution was to improve the overall security of schools.
Tim Feduccia @TimFeduccia
@WSJ Incorporate better security systems for schools nationwide and electronic door locks for classrooms.
Mon, Dec 17 2012 07:34:19
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CustomEmbroider&Gift @custom_gift
@WSJ electronic doors and safety glass windows in each class to protect teachers and children, not only from shooting but ANY violence etc
Mon, Dec 17 2012 08:37:21
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A few readers said the media should shift the way it covers shootings.
Auntie Dote @AuntieDote
@WSJ Tone down coverage of shooters, amp up coverage of victims - promote readers' ready identification with victims, not shooters.
Mon, Dec 17 2012 07:44:28
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Steven Miller @space_cowboy34
@WSJ make sure the media focuses on the victims and not the shooter. Don't release any info on shooter, no pictures, nothing!
Mon, Dec 17 2012 09:15:51
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Several readers said mental health should be at the forefront, with improved support for the mentally ill.
Jane Tanfei @JaneTanfei
@WSJ - By actually taking care of people who are mentally ill, regardless of their financial or insured status. This is nothing new.
Mon, Dec 17 2012 07:30:34
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Rena Xu @xrayunicorn
@WSJ Address stigma associated w/ mental illness. Provide social support and solutions for the mentally ill. Jails, regrets: not solutions.
Mon, Dec 17 2012 08:15:59
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Abby Harris @Alberlynne
@WSJ we need to help families dealing w/ mental illness feel less isolated and more comfortable sharing what is going on with their children
Mon, Dec 17 2012 07:36:59
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