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[Fresh Prince]

If people were required to complete gun training courses and mental health exams before purchasing firearms, would that help?

[trigger123]

no.

reason 1.
too many guns already out there. gun amnesties, followed by change in constitution and law to make owning firearms illegal, unless needed for hunting or similar exceptions.

reason 2.
how many times do you hear 'he was a normal guy who snapped?' check yesterday's armed siege at nasa. psychological tests would not prevent this.

gun training courses? no. evidence suggests that both colombine shooters became more proficient after playing video games. autopsies suggested that many victims died of single shots to the head or military-style 'double taps'.

less guns on the streets, fewer guns for angry / mentally ill / criminally minded people to access. contiune with the current situation and i suggest that these massacres will continue.

[cboulton72]

give up guns? and venison, pheasant, duck, rabbit, etc. too?

Call me naive but my family owns guns and I never once thought of them as violent. They've always been a means to supply food.

Again...hand guns are different and I do agree there needs to be some solution. It just isn't as simple as "hey everyone! Throw your guns out. Didn't they try that with rock and roll. Not quite the same effect as gun ownership. But the thing is that it's the people behind the objects that makes them good or bad.

Maybe my headache from sitting in front of the computer is impuding my ability to be clear. I hope you can see what I am trying to say...

Time to go close my eyes.

[Lunar Groove Gardener]

It is important that an effort is made to assess and resolve the incidence of these brutal shootings. Let's assume that once guns are illegal a lunatic has to resort to bombs and gasoline to have this large of an impact. Most unfortunate that some people neither want nor receive the kind of help which could avert this type of occurence.

[wylies99]

[wylies99]

[VirginIslander]

I was watching CNN and they were talking about Mass Murders in the states. It said there were mass murders in Texas, Arizona, Kentucky, Colorado and now Virginia. Not a single New England State was mentioned in that particular story.

Are there killings sprees in the North East or is the killing quota limited to 5 people and under at a time.

[Kwangjuchicken]

The answer to the OP question is simple. There are too many bullets. Many people have pity on the bullet makers and know that if they do not sell all of the extra bullets that they have in stock, then they will lose their jobs.

[gypsyfish]

[Xerxes]

[cosmo]

[djsmnc]

[Satori]

[ernie]

i have a few honest questions for the "right to bear arms" crowd that deserve a mention:

1. since you're generally oppose government regulations, why not start with a few less dangerous things that are currently being regulated, i.e. cars and dogs... granted, cars and dogs DO kill people, but they were not explicity desgined with that purpose in mind!

2. if you seriously believe that your family "heritage" depends upon guns to hunt food, how do you think people hunted before guns came around? what percentage of the food eaten by your ancestors was meat obtained using a gun?

3. there is a MASSIVE difference between guns and alcohol/tobacco/drugs for the simple reason that people who use the latter are killing THEMSELVES! how can you seriously equate the two?

[wylies99]

I have a question for "Ernie"- Does your keyboard have a Shift key for capital letters?