I'm one person who questions the notion that anyone who takes a gun and kills a whole bunch of people, is, by definition, mentally ill.

The guy that shot up the movie theatre in Aurora, Colorado was a PhD student for crying out loud. He certainly had enough gray stuff between his ears, and he knew the difference between right and wrong.

Doing something horrible does not automatically mean that person is crazy. Perfectly level headed people can decide to throw their life away if they feel their life is so screwed up that it's not salvagable. It's a stupid decision, it's desperation, but it's not mental illness.

So, if the NRA wants the US Government to put together a list of mentally ill people, what about everyone who thinks their life has been wasted and that they're a failure. We need to make a list of those people to make sure they never get their hands on a gun, too.