I just feel very sorry for the Americans and the situation they are in.
Why? (yes, very late to this debate in this forum)
There is nothing to apologize for owning a firearm.
The problems are from other then firearms, one is mental health services and being ready to act on them.
Case in point:
I’m not sure guns in a ‘secure place’ within the owner’s property would solve many problems; the recent killer’s first victim was apparently his mother at his home.
The problem is the guns. Look at this story from China, twenty-two children injured in a school by a man with a knife; if he’d had a semi-automatic weapon most of them would be dead. Children have been killed with knives in Chinese schools but far less than would be the case had guns been involved (and I don’t know what gun-controls exist in China).
See?
Guns are not issue, its deranged people, an infliction that hits all countries.
Weapon of choice for terrorists are explosives, for instance.
Taking away guns would not stop mass killings and murderous thoughts.
I will agree that it will be harder for people to be killed, but it will not stop the act.
The one item I think must be done is.
1. Mandatory safety education.
2. Mental health screening.
3. Criminal behavior (extended to arrest records)
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