In these situations, my broken heart always goes out to the families of the perpetrator knowing the nightmare it is to try to get real help for a mentally ill child, as our daughter Suzanne was as a result of her left temporal lobe epilepsy. Surely we can do better than either ignoring the problem or turning them over to the criminal justice system. Jann McGuire _'I Am Adam Lanza's Mother'_ (http://www.facebook.com/l/mAQENfDhF/www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/12/16/i-am-a... ation_n_2311009.html) _www.huffingtonpost.com_ (http://www.facebook.com/l/mAQENfDhF/www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/12/16/i-am-a... llness-conversation_n_2311009.html) Written by Liza Long, republished from The Blue Review Friday’s horrific national tragedy -- the murder of 20 children and six adults at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut -- has ignited a new discussion on violence in America.