12-17-2012, 05:54 AM
To get back on-topic of the incident itself and gun control, I don't actually consider events such as this (as horrific as they are), to be a good reason for tightening gun control laws. While owning firearms does make it easier for a twisted individual to commit mass murder, there are other methods that could be used if they were determined enough.
A far better reason for tighter restrictions on gun control is the number of people who are accidentally killed each year because they, or someone near them, were doing something stupid with a firearm. Or the number of children who are killed playing with guns that their parents failed to store securely.
I'm sure that many people can be trusted to handle and store firearms safely, but loose gun laws allow people the people who can't be trusted to own weapons as well.
A far better reason for tighter restrictions on gun control is the number of people who are accidentally killed each year because they, or someone near them, were doing something stupid with a firearm. Or the number of children who are killed playing with guns that their parents failed to store securely.
I'm sure that many people can be trusted to handle and store firearms safely, but loose gun laws allow people the people who can't be trusted to own weapons as well.
"What contemptible scoundrel stole the cork from my lunch?"
-W.C. Fields
-W.C. Fields