Okay it appears I was wrong about your gun laws in the United States, thank's for enlightening me.
However in the case where someone is fully prepared to give up there life, its pretty hard to anticipate and stop them, I'm just not sure there's any answer to that.
And while I agree that you can kill someone with just about anything, obviously you will be able to kill more people with a automatic gun than you could with a single shot one. But I do agree, banning guns isn't going to solve the problem, as they will just find other ways, like making a bomb.
It all just so senseless, and I can't even begin to imagine the pain and suffering of having to bury your own child.
I am not sure where many on other parts of the world think that full auto guns are issued at birth in the states, so your misunderstanding of the laws on full auto is understandable.
It is interesting that you mention bombs. The worse mass school killing in the states was done by bombs, not guns.
Very interesting.
I agree that something has to be done, but it needs to be a combination of several things, and it is not going to be a simple one quick law change. I can think of many things, but it is not going to be quick or simple, and frankly with many in America not caring to give more that a day or two thoughts to a issue, nor interested in reading about history and taking the time to understand how we got to where we are now, I fear not much is going to change other than further restrictions that are bound to again in one word, fail.
A perfect example of this was right after 9-11, all of a sudden people who could have cared less about learning about the American flag, how to display it, how to honor it, flag ediquite if you will all of a sudden were flag waving Americans. I watched with great gladness as people on the street corner would hold the flag up high as cars would go by, just to reel in horror as those same people would let the flag touch the ground between cars. These great "patriots" had never taken the time to learn about our flag, could care less about its history, could not even devote a few hours of there life towards learning so they never understood that was a big no no and it meant that that paticular flag needed to be retired.
Spoon fed and told to wave a flag, but no desire to understand anything more....
Great, where are they now? Back in there own little worlds, could care less. I hate to sound jaded, but wow, if we as a people overall could care less about a basic premese of America, how can there be any reasonable educated, thoughful future?
Another perfect example. I consider myself a Christian with a faith in God and John 3:16. BUT that is MY faith and while I will disscuss it, debate it with anyone, at the end of the day I will agree to dissagee and respect other faiths (or no faiths). I have read the Book of Mormon, the Koran, I have also read the eastern teachings like Buddism, I have educated myself in what others might beleive or have faith in. I have also looked quite a bit in depth about the therory of evolution. Not because I am looking for verification in what I believe in or another answer to a better faith if you will, but so I can better understand and disscuss the various aspects, and in all honesty, better defend and explain why and how I came to the conclusion of where I am. God gave us a brain and free will for something, right?
But I was at the store the other day and a clerk was witnessing to me and I asked her how come she beleived in what she believed in and it came down to this ... because someone told her to in church. WHAT!?! She had no idea that Christian faith is between you and God, and church is for beleivers to co mingle, not that somehow chuch was where you find salvation. wow, such ignorance, she was a older lady and even said that she had never read the bible as she "never had the time", let alone, in her words that other crap... (as in other treachings) so when I asked her some questions, she just folded up like a rag doll and walked away. That sure was a good defense of her "faith" .. run away at the first "But......
Again, sorry for the lack of faith in some of my fellow Americans.. but we as a people need to stop this edification of fast and quick fixes for everthing and go back to a more thoughtful and educated approach. Perhaps a turn from the hard right and hard left mantra of politics would also be in order, but that is a whole can of worms in its self!
Something about moderation in all things comes to mind.. Perhaps another lesson that needs to be learned from our collective past.
David