The news opens up the debate again on gun control. Certainly, if gun control was in place, the shooter would not have had an easy access to the guns. Yet, gun control opponents say there would be more criminals, unarmed citizens would give more confidence and success to criminals.
It is not easy to do research now. The search engines are full of news and bias on one way or the other. I did somewhat of a research awhile back that backed up gun control opponents. I just saw a crime graph of Washington DC of crime going up since they banned guns there in the mid 70's. The Supreme Court ruled that law unconstitutional.
There is the gun control's main opponent: the constitution. Certainly our forefathers had experience in gun control. Because government that they fought and they were the criminals as far as the government is concerned, it must have been a society where only the government officials had guns.
Though it is still a school attack, and each life is precious, the Beslan attack was much bigger. There were 26 in Connecticut and 380 in Beslan. There was gun control in Beslan.
Sure, but the current evil did conjure up memories of the evil of a couple decades before (murders of school kids). That was Durak's premise.... Beslan to Sunny Hook
I heard last night that there are more guns in the US than people. But these people are so disturbed that taking away the guns would mean they would find another way of harming people. Even when these individuals are identified earlier in their lives, they can't lock them up indefinitely unless they commit a crime and probably can't cure them either. The Psychology and Psychiatry fields are notorious for their over optimistic claims of curing and controlling disturbed people. Life in the 21st Century. Another social misfit who wanted to be remembered.
Guns arent the problem, people are.
I can buy a gun in Ukraine with no problem.
I dont need to, I already have one. Helps to have UA passport and follow rules.
Doesnt matter where, people will always find a way to kill.
If not by gun then it will be knife or bomb. Look at China, for example.
The media in Ukraine has followed this big time. This is a global event.
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i hear ya Wallo, watching the events taking place so far it seems gun laws are the issue by the media again, not mental health.
i hope Obama will push the mental health issues, western country's needs to start re-looking at this issue badly.
whats a bet the mental health system runs for cover and the fever of gun ownership will be top of the wanted list.