I wish we could get to the point where these mass shootings don't turn into a pro-gun v anti-gun debate. Guns are not the biggest issue here.
Guns make it easier for disturbed individuals to commit mass murder. Making it more difficult to own guns and purchase ammo would make some of these events less deadly, and would even prevent some of these events from happening. Making it more difficult to own guns would not in any way prevent these events entirely (or in my opinion lower the rate at which they happen substantially) or fix the growing problem of our country having a disturbing number of isolated people who feel as though their only way to be heard is to commit mass murder. The way the media covers these events, as evidenced by this latest shooter's statements, only increases the likelihood that we are going to see this incident repeated in the near future.