Our Views: How many more?

Today, a gunman opened fire at the Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, CT. Twenty children ages 5 - 10 and six adults were murdered. Officials, the Connecticut governor and President Obama all said today is not the day to talk about how to prevent tragedies like this.

They are right.

Yesterday was.

When asked if there is anything that can be done to prevent this sort of thing, a former FBI official bluntly told CNN, "no."

"Until we provide treatment for the mentally ill, until we regulate guns, this will happen again."

We have not heard one good reason why the citizenry of this country needs to possess handguns and automatic weaponry.

What we have heard, is headline after headline:

Suspect Opens Fire At Colorado Movie Theater, Killing 12

 3 dead in Oregon mall shooting

7 Dead at Sikh Temple in Oak Creek, Wis.

Congresswoman Shot In Arizona

Gunman lost his job, then opened fire, killing 5

Suspect planned to re-create Columbine massacre

As many as 25 dead in Colorado school attack

At Least 33 Killed In Va. Tech Massacre

15 Dead After Okla. Mailman's Three-Gun Rampage

21 Killed in McDonald's Massacre

Shooting rampage at Killeen Luby's left 24 dead

Ex-Marine sniper kills 13 from tower, wounds 32

Troubled teen kills nine, and himself, at Red Lake

So when should we talk about it?

The Advertiser Democrat Editorial Board