It seems that as of late we keep seeing incidents like the one that occurred last night in Las Vegas. I want to offer my condolences to those that lost their loved ones at this tragic event. I also want to send out prayers to those police officers on duty and off duty that lost their lives responding to this tragedy.
The sad thing is that as we all know the finger pointing will start between the political parties and those for and against gun control. We will have those that will want to make this a racial issue, but let’s not overlook the underline problem. We keep asking why things like this occur, but we can never seem to find the root cause of this. We may never find the root cause, but finger pointing will never solve the problem.
All of us involved in law enforcement, the medical field, psychologist, sociologist, and educators all conclude that the majority of these tragedies occur because of some sort of mental health issues. I believe that it is the time that we start funneling more funds for research and treatment of those afflicted by mental illness. This is not a cure-all and will not fix all the issues, but we need to deal with the epidemic that is among us. Mental illness is the silent killer that is affecting so many of us, yet we miss so many of the signs because we don’t understand those signs.
Mental illness like so many other illnesses, do not discriminate and don’t care about your ethnicity. This is an issue that affects all of us. Let’s not let this tragedy mask itself as another issue based on race or about gun control. Let’s start taking a look at the underlining issue and deal with mental illness.
The Press Jesus "Eddie" Campa 