A terrible, terrible tragedy.

[eppie]

There are certainly things that can be done to ATTEMPT to prevent this in the future. Most of them are tyrannical in nature. I for one refuse to succumb to that. Banning of all guns (hell, why stop there? Why not go for knives, of all sorts, as well? Screwdrivers? Hammers? Pencils? A sock? Anything that can be used to kill someone?) is not a solution. It is a knee-jerk, ignorant reaction to an overly abnormal occurrence. It's no better than saying "Give everyone guns and ammo, no matter age, criminal background, etc." People like you fail to see that, because you refuse to. Ignorance is bliss only for those who choose to participate in it.

You forget that luckily people have an internal 'barrier' before they kill someone. The more a scoiety evolves the higher these barrier are (I think many people could imagine killing someone with a gun, but not by strangling). Apart from the fact that with a sock the guy would still be on his first victim before police arrived, killing with a gun is 'simpler' in psychological sense.

And to come back to my bold statement-t get a reaction from kandrathe upon which he called me mr stalin.
We have a fact here of a guy that had a known suicide wish, and that was very visibly heading for a violent outbreak (known by police and counselors)...however he was able to without problems buy a gun. Now I know that probably this messed up individual would get his hands on a gun probably anyway.......but then it might just be better to remove all gun restricting whatsoever. If a violent suicidal maniac can buy one, who can't.