Quote Originally Posted by maks View Post
tell that to those 22 kids

or these 8 kids http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nanping_school_stabbings

or these 16 kids http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2...nt_9792007.htm

or these 3 kids http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-10862175

or these 8 kids http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-14706819
these are isolated incidents, just like the school shootings

i am more concerned with the other 30,000 people that are killed by guns in the US every year than i am with the 20 or 30 that are killed in shooting sprees

and again I am not opposed to the right to bear arms, I believe people have a right to defend themselves and their property against other people as well as their government or anyone who may invade, and I think it sets a dangerous precedent that so many people would so quickly say "oh, we have armies and police forces now, gun rights are no longer relevant to modern society"

an armed populace is a liberated populace, but at the same time I think some more stringent steps need to be taken to reduce gun crime, both from a socioeconomic standpoint as well as a gun law standpoint, and I am not just necessarily talking about purchasing guns. So many guns that are used in crimes/shooting sprees are NOT registered to the people that used them, including in this particular incident (they were his mom's guns). With all the advances we've had in security, including biometrics, perhaps we could require gun owners to keep their guns stored in a safe or locker that is protected by a fingerprint scanner or something else? Maybe the mother already kept her guns locked up, but obviously her 20 eyar old son knew where to find the key.

I believe assault weapons especialyl should be subject to harsher restrictions. If not banned outright, perhaps they can be required to be kept at an approved location, such as a shooting range. If people insist on keeping them on their property then I believe they (assault weapons) at the very least, above all other weapons, should be required to be kept locked up under an aforementioned sort of locker or safe with a very high degree of security.