wow... totally unknown to me, thats friggin nuts, It dosent suprise me though, #s getting interesting it seems.

Yeah this isn't what the founding fathers envisioned when they added the 2nd amendment, it needs to be modified or we need to get rid of it.

Lets hope so, for the sake of America

Lets hope so, for the sake of America

Well, since it's Obama coming for your guns, it shouldn't be too hard to spot him. Just set a trap or something

The Govt will never succeed in taking our guns away , but they do need more extensive laws to keep guns out of the hands of the criminally insane. A better background check on a persons mental health since child birth would be a great start.

The same thing happened here in the UK with the Hungerford massacre.

Soon after that handguns and automatic rifles got banned for civilians, but it hasn't stopped gun crime either.
Plus you can still buy assault rifles but only in semi auto varieties, shotguns and upto 50 cal. sniper rifles.

I wonder how may of these mass assassins were not on some type of medication when they committed multiple murders?

Originally posted by bdb818888
The Govt will never succeed in taking our guns away , but they do need more extensive laws to keep guns out of the hands of the criminally insane. A better background check on a persons mental health since child birth would be a great start.

Though that would help, I'm afraid the more intrusive they get, and the more power they use to control the sales, and to who, its just a start for collecting all guns, from everyone. I mean think of it like the whole criminally insane thing, it could potentially lead to you going to buy a gun, them checking your history and seeing, oh this guy has an account on a conspiracy theory website, with active posts about the government, and you being denied because your "mentally unfit" to own a gun. Just food for thought.

The reaction to this is very different than most shootings, considering the circumstances so i wouldn't be surprised. This is the statement Mark Kelly the husband of Gabby Gifford made to CNN:

I just woke up in my hotel room in Beijing, China, to learn that another mass shooting has taken place - this time at the Sandy Hook Elementary School in Connecticut. My thoughts and prayers are with the families of the victims and the entire community of Newtown, CT. I just spoke to Gabby, and she sends her prayers from Tucson.

As we mourn, we must sound a call for our leaders to stand up and do what is right. This time our response must consist of more than regret, sorrow, and condolence. The children of Sandy Hook Elementary School and all victims of gun violence deserve leaders who have the courage to participate in a meaningful discussion about our gun laws - and how they can be reformed and better enforced to prevent gun violence and death in America. This can no longer wait.

Originally posted by Witness2008
I wonder how may of these mass assassins were not on some type of medication when they committed multiple murders?

Possibly a drug created by our supreme overlords lol? Im with you on that one, I, at the very least wouldnt put it past thought.

Originally posted by crkking
This day will always be remembered because of the actions of a coward. How many people will be remembered because of the actions of heroes.

I woke up with Wolf Blitzer talking about this on CNN. Made me sick. Not a good way to wake up. 5 minutes of that is all one needs to get the point so I changed the channel.

People need to start being more pro-active with these sorts of things and finding a solution to this sort of problem. Children are the most important resource we have. We need to keep them protected and educated at all times. I see a day coming when public schools are a thing of the past and school districts start taking measures to teach their curriculum to students in the safety of their own homes. A cross between home schooling and public education. If a district doesn't have the finances to provide computers to students, the vast majority of which own computers anyway, they can always set up a "host house" where a certain number of students can go and share the resources. Get the teachers to be "host parents", or something similar, so you know there's someone qualified to oversee everything. One of the main advantages to this is that everything would be on private property. Someone's house. City councils may have to create a brand new zone for these types of set-ups, somewhere between business and private, to where the legalities on that end are taken care of, but that would be a small price to pay IMO.

People might say "Well what happened today was an exception to the rule. No need to go to extremes" I don't care if it's an exception to the rule or not. 28 children victims are 28 too many. Or my favorite argument: " Don't let emotions rule your decisions" Sorry, but if you don't feel emotions about something like THIS then you're dead inside. People need to stop talking about what went wrong and start talking about what we can do to keep this from happening again. Something realistic that can implemented without too many rules and regulations getting involved.

Those sorts of things tend to bog things down anyway.

Didn't crime almost double, or something like that in Australia, when they banned guns? I don't think a gun ban in America would be successful...We love our guns..

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