12-15-2012, 08:49 PM
That's all well and good, but when people want to kill they will kill.
The worst school death toll in the US didn't even come from guns. It came from bombs.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bath_School_disaster
Getting the gun genie back in the bottle is going to be nearly impossible. Weapons that fire automatically (pull the trigger, bullets are fired automatically until the ammunition runs out) are already banned, and can't be purchased or owned without very strict permits.
Weapons that fire semi-automatically (each pull on the trigger fires one bullet, then automatically loads the next bullet for the next trigger pull) are pretty much the standard on most hand and long guns and have been for a long time.
Magazine capacity is already generally limited to 10 rounds or less depending on firearm and state.
The answer is likely less about guns and more about culture and society. But no one wants to really tackle that issue, so guns will be easier to deal with.
As an aside, my opinion is that the founding fathers would not support gun control of any kind. Their intent was to keep the public armed, to prevent any government from imposing its will against the populace by force.
The worst school death toll in the US didn't even come from guns. It came from bombs.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bath_School_disaster
Getting the gun genie back in the bottle is going to be nearly impossible. Weapons that fire automatically (pull the trigger, bullets are fired automatically until the ammunition runs out) are already banned, and can't be purchased or owned without very strict permits.
Weapons that fire semi-automatically (each pull on the trigger fires one bullet, then automatically loads the next bullet for the next trigger pull) are pretty much the standard on most hand and long guns and have been for a long time.
Magazine capacity is already generally limited to 10 rounds or less depending on firearm and state.
The answer is likely less about guns and more about culture and society. But no one wants to really tackle that issue, so guns will be easier to deal with.
As an aside, my opinion is that the founding fathers would not support gun control of any kind. Their intent was to keep the public armed, to prevent any government from imposing its will against the populace by force.