| radishhead said: Aside from just reporting the story however (which I assume American users know about already), I wondered what your opinions were regarding gun laws. It's impossible to deny that the chances of such a tragedy happening would be reduced if ownership of a gun is illegal without a license (assuming these licenses were very difficult to get, and wouldn't allow a civilian to carry one in public). Is the idea of possessing a gun an outdated idea, or is it still significant in the modern world? |
The lax gun laws in this country are absolutely disgusting, and even worse is the cowardice of the politicians and media who won't come out and say what needs to be said: that a year and a half ago a US congresswoman was shot in the head, and if our government had only had the balls to say, "We can stop this with tighter regulation of these weapons," this could have been prevented. It makes me sick that so many Americans don't acknowledge that the availability of guns is such an enormous part of the problem. Other countries have tried tighter gun regulation and it has worked very well for them.
Gun control isn't the popular stance, but it is a needed one. People didn't want to change their lightbulbs, either, but the government said, NO, we have better lightbulbs now and those are the ones you'll use. They need to do the same with guns.
