Arbenol68, on 14 December 2012 - 05:50 PM, said:
But it is a gun control argument.
Why do these incidents happen more in America than elsewhere?
Obviously it's much more complex than that. People can still access guns where their possession is illegal, and it won't stop people being mad. But a madman with a gun can do more damage more quickly than one without.
And there are many countries where people have access to guns but these things don't occur with such alarming regularity. It's not just mass shootings. Last week a bloke shot his young son to death.......accidentally.
It is a tragedy. But shrugging your shoulders and saying "What's to do about it?" will ensure that there will be a series of tragedies.
There will always be tragedies. Human beings suck for the most part. When such a huge percentage of the world population is mentally unstable enough to be on meds...it is a sign of a species sickness.
I will say this and then my participation in the pro and/or anti gun stupidity will end.
I am not against the idea of preventing guns from falling into the hands of idiots and psychopaths. But how do you do it? Take a test? Have a CT scan? There is no way to do that unless you do it to everyone...and that is not right either. Not everyone is an insane criminal killer.
But...since this site has a flair for Conspiracy Theory...let us contemplate this. Did you ever think that there is someone out there that likes to seize every single example of violence and tragedy as a reason to abolish the Second Amendment?
Whether you like it or not, the world is moving toward the Police Nanny state...(even obscure islands in the middle of the ocean). What better way to institute regulations than to capitalize on tragedy? There are some sick b******* out there on both sides of the issue. Crazy people that should not have guns...and authoritarian storm troopers that want to remove all of them from the public.
Edited by Tiggs, 14 December 2012 - 06:28 PM.