The Las Vegas police are desperate (at last word, seeking the public's assistance) to discover a credible motive for the shooting. "Experts say it's important to find one to give those affected closure and to prevent similar attacks in the future." (Globe and Mail, Oct 10)

I agree with the thought that with knowledge, we might prevent future carnage. But "closure"?  Says this Oct 10th G&M story, "When the person is not even available to explain why, it just makes it harder," she said. "What survivors really need sometimes is to get closure."  Even if it means labelling the perpetrator "mentally ill."

But what if the perpetrator wasn't ill?  

A good case might be made that a people who refuse to ban guns and protest that "guns don't kill people, people do" are, perhaps, suffering from mass delusion. That those who refuse to write the law and pass it are guilty of aiding and abetting this mass delusion. That possibility is very frightening. It guarantees more mass shootings.