No, what happened in Newtown is not a gun issue.  What happened there is a mental Heath issue and until we start having meaningful discussions about mental health nothing is going to change.  No gun law in the world could have prevented what happened but the institutionalization or helping a mentally unstable individual get the help they need could have.  The discussion needs to be, are we going to house them in the prisons after they kill some innocent person or are we going to house them in mental wards before they commit these awful crimes?  It is time for us to direct the conversation to mental health and away from guns!  Solve the actual problem not deal with one of the symptoms ... that is the answer!