Jon Gansen said: Rick Niemier said: James Schmid said:
The personal tragedy involved is obviously unimanigable for those directly affected. As far of the rest of us? We should not even bring this up in relation to gun control. Whether we need gun control or not, this isn't the reason. The odds of this being a factor in any of our lives are pretty slim.
If something like this is NOT a reason to bring up gun control and whether or not laws need to be changed when would e a good time? Oh yea, lets wait until another shooting happens. It won't happen to me. Stick your head in the sand and hold on to your gun while your at it.
Why is it people think another law will take care of the problem. This guy was certified NUTS. He wanted to kill alot of people and his choice was a gun. He probably had other plans or ways to inflict damage. Prohibition didnt work with alcohol so how could you manage guns when our own government has had recent problems.
A couple things.... He bought (all legally) 2 handguns, a shotgun, an AR-15 assault rifle, tactical body gear head to toe, 6,000 rounds of ammo, 40 round clips for the pistols, 100 round clip for the AR-15. Why would anyone not in the military or law enforcement need tactical body armor? Are large clips really needed in this country? Besides some clown who needs to get his rocks off shooting up a target is there really a need for an AR-15 with 100 round clips?
I remember in the 80's when, according to James Schmid "It's like saying that no one should use tylenol because back in the 80s a few people in chicago were killed by poisoned tylenol." Remember what happened after that? Millions of bottles of Tylenol was removed from the shelves. Look at all the containers medication comes in. Tamper-proof packaging. Things change when catastrophes like this happen. It's time to at least take a look at gun laws and see what can be improved. Oh, and Jon, our gov't has only had "recent" problems? Does recent include the George Bush years?