News of mass shootings has become routine

A shooting rampage in Kansas on Thursday left three dead. The day after, President Obama said the news media should pay more attention to mass shootings.

I couldn’t disagree more. I think one of the reasons people decide to go out by shooting a bunch of people is because they will get the press.

The events become more mundane for the public when they are played over and over again.

Douglass D Watts

The domination of these stories in the news is precisely why we are “numb” to them.

Nathan Beaudry

The president is right, as usual. Mass murders should never be allowed to be second-page news.

Peter Greco

It’s true the shootings are terrible and no one likes them. The media shouldn’t publicize the people who carry them out. Gun control isn’t the solution. Mental health is the issue.

Lowell Nichols

So how exactly would a focus on mental health or mental illness work? Mental illness does not have a yes/no solution.

Terry Mayer

Giving the shootings frontpage treatment, using body counts and naming the shooter, increases the number of people who might move forward with their plans for these shootings.

President Obama crying — the ability to bring the most powerful man in the world to tears — empowers the shooters to gain this fame. He has it wrong.

Joanne Carella-Clinch

America simply doesn’t care. Otherwise, we would have done something long ago.

Don E Thompson