Comments (60) (Please sign in to comment)

1. 

   ARodney said, 6 months ago

   Canada and Australia manage to provide their citizens with the guns they need, without allowing crazy people to have assault weapons. It’s not like there aren’t examples of countries who are doing a LOT better than we are at protecting themselves from home-grown terrorists and crazy people. I hope that our representatives in Washington will realize that the NRA doesn’t even represent the wishes of its own members, and pass assault weapons bans. We could probably get a law passed here in Colorado, since we have a sane group in government at the moment, but it’s a short drive to Arizona. This needs to be a federal issue.
2. 

   bobwinners said, 6 months ago

   The current psycho stole the gun he used, after killing its owner.
3. 

   HenryPercy said, 6 months ago

   Since 1980 more than 4000 Americans have been victims of mass murder. (And that is just the tip of the iceberg. Since 1990 660,000 thousand Americans have been killed by guns, with a million more injured.) Since the 1980’s arms manufacturers have been a major source of funding for the NRA. Since the 1980’s the NRA has reaped millions of dollars from the direct sale of ammunition and high capacity magazines by mail. Since the 1980’s arms manufacturers have flooded the US with first cheap guns and then more and more powerful weaponry for profit. Who needs a handgun with a 20 round magazine? Who needs an assault rifle? Who needs 40 caliber antiaircraft machine guns? NO ONE. But weapons manufacturers and the NRA need us to buy them. Weapons manufacturers and the NRA need us to live in fear of each other possessing them so we have to buy more of them to feel secure. The NRA and weapons makers directly profit from mass murder.
4. 

   ahab said, 6 months ago

   @ARodney

   A short drive to Utah as well.
5. 

   ahab said, 6 months ago

   @bobwinners

   Yeah, guns sure kept everyone safe, you betcha!
6. 

   AgentSmith101 said, 6 months ago

   Banning assault weapons will not solve anything. It is also avoiding the problem which is how we handle dealing with mental illness and gun ownership.
   Change the american culture back to guns as a defense not a weapons for resolving anger or gaining respect.
   We need to have an honest conversation how we help people who are disturbed enough to feel the need to walk into public places and kill people regardless of the method. There truly is a reason why people do this. Please stop handing waving in the other direction with useless bans. Education not restriction will save us.
7. 

   ahab said, 6 months ago

   @bobwinners

   You can’t protect every soft target with more and more weapons,that’s insane thinking!
8. 

   decimuscaelius said, 6 months ago

   disarm the working class? just the solution favored by hitler, stalin, and the approaching policie state here.
9. 

   Gresch said, 6 months ago

   C.) an oppressive central government

   Is it not a little too soon to be trying to use a horrible tragic event into another chance to reduce liberties?
10. 

    masterskrain said, 6 months ago

    @bobwinners

    So…owning a gun will help to deter crime…BUT, the guns used in the school shooting were STOLEN from their owner, AFTER she was shot WITH HER OWN GUN!
    Yes, it was her son who did the shooting, but do you happen to detect a slight flaw in your “Guns Deter Crime” argument here?
    IF they were properly locked up, in an approved gun safe, he might not have been able to get them out. If they were NOT stored properly, then anyone who happened to break into the house could have added to their own arsenal…
11. 

    Dredpiraterobt$ said, 6 months ago

    ANSWER the QUESTION!
    .
    A or B?
    .
    I answer A
    .
    I also ask this: Which is more important to the nation?
    .
    A. A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.
    .
    or
    .
    B. We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.
    .
    Because they can no longer exist together in their current interpretations!
12. 

    Zuhlamon said, 6 months ago

    Ok, so are our schools going to be like those in Iraq or Afghanistan – walled fortresses patrolled by guards armed with automatic weapons? Hell, we can’t “afford” teachers – how much y’think the security will cost? Maybe we should just convert prisons to schools, or set up separate wings?
    .
    How do we protect ourselves from the lunatics if we lack the will to devote resources?
13. 

    CasualBrowser said, 6 months ago

    @AgentSmith101

    “Change the american culture back to guns as a defense not a weapons for resolving anger or gaining respect.”
    -
    Wonderful idea, but how to accomplish it?
14. 

    DLee4144 said, 6 months ago

    Dianne Feinstein’s bill is the right idea, but the wrong solution. There is no point in outlawing guns. They are out there, there are millions, they are made of metal and will last for a thousand years if they are kept oiled. Failing that, I could find materials in my basement that would produce a workable gun, and it doesn’t take much knowledge of the subject to figure out how to do it.

    Bullets, on the other hand, are time consuming to make and require specific equipment. Production of enough to do serious damage would require planning and patience that are not characteristic of those who shoot up elementary schools. And, working on such a project might attract the attention of someone sane.

    Bullets can be individually stamped, and their sale can be registered, so that every bullet can be traced back to the person who purchased it. This way, a guy who wants to buy a couple boxes of bullets to go shoot deer, or the woman who wants a box to keep with the gun in her bedside drawer, won’t set off any warning bells. But the guy who is buying an arsenal will attract attention before he finds a more lethal way to do it.
15. 

    outside looking in said, 6 months ago

    draft everyone at 18 teach them what guns are for then put them in guard or reserves for 8yrs if they are con objs to the peace corp to drill or build and use riflemen to protect them no deferments military or public service i am a vet
16. Load 15 more comments. | Load the rest (45).