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WARNING: I'm about to get on a soapbox. This is the only way I know how to deal with what I'm seeing. I don't have the answers, but I don't pretend to. If you don't want to know my thoughts or you don't have an open mind, please don't read on.

After two major shootings this week -- today's incredibly disturbing and unsettling -- gun control is about to become a major issue. And that angers me. I'm not a "gun nut." But I'm not anti-gun either. Guns are not the reason for tragedies like the Aurora shooting in July, the Clackamas Town Center earlier this week, or the horror unfolding this morning in Newtown. It is not a direct correlation between guns and these events.

What we should be talking about, is a serious and legitimate examination of what is causing these events. What is the root cause that would make someone to commit these random acts of violence? I don't want to hear people just say that it's violent video games, or violent movies. I want a real examination. Let's get psychologists and FBI profilers together to examine what caused the shooters to commit these acts. Maybe there's something these people have in common that can be prevented in future cases. 

Gun control may be part of the solution, but gun control for the sake of gun control is not the answer. If someone has in their mind to commit these atrocities, then they will find a way. We need to find a better way to actually prevent this from happening again.

Let's not argue about this. Today, let's actually try to do something real.