we lost our right to have legal handguns 15 years ago now due to over-zealous anti-gun campaigners and knee-jerk reactions by Polititicions .
The end result was all the legally held licenced firearms were taken away leaving all the illegal and undisclosed firearms still out there in the community by gangsters, drug dealers and other low-lifes.
Net result ? gun crime has increased over the past 15 years and the action achieved nothing. Now in the UK we have children as young as 10 owning illegal handguns going around on bicycles shooting innocent people in the shopping malls .!
Horrific as the shooting was if it is looked at in context of the number of such events a year compared with the huge percentage of US citizens owning firearms which have never been illegally used, the actual percentage of such events is probably a fraction of 1% and a lot less than the number of children that are killed each year from boating accidents or accidents in the home etc.
The perp was clearly mad and you cannot legislate against people who are mentally deranged or high on drugs etc . If he hadn't access to a gun he would in all likelihood made a bomb or chosen some other way to kill and maim people.
It goes without saying that I am horrified at the news and my heartfelt condolances go out to the family and friends of the victims and anyone who has been effected by this awfull shooting.
The end result was all the legally held licenced firearms were taken away leaving all the illegal and undisclosed firearms still out there in the community by gangsters, drug dealers and other low-lifes.
Net result ? gun crime has increased over the past 15 years and the action achieved nothing. Now in the UK we have children as young as 10 owning illegal handguns going around on bicycles shooting innocent people in the shopping malls .!
Horrific as the shooting was if it is looked at in context of the number of such events a year compared with the huge percentage of US citizens owning firearms which have never been illegally used, the actual percentage of such events is probably a fraction of 1% and a lot less than the number of children that are killed each year from boating accidents or accidents in the home etc.
The perp was clearly mad and you cannot legislate against people who are mentally deranged or high on drugs etc . If he hadn't access to a gun he would in all likelihood made a bomb or chosen some other way to kill and maim people.
It goes without saying that I am horrified at the news and my heartfelt condolances go out to the family and friends of the victims and anyone who has been effected by this awfull shooting.