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Old 07-20-2012, 10:34 AM   #95
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Gun control or carry permits won't stop mass murder


If one thing is predictable about mass shootings, however, is that they will spark arguments from gun control advocates and gun rights groups alike. Both sides of the gun issue will probably view this tragedy as one more example of why more or less gun control is the answer ... and both sides will be wrong.

Tighter restrictions on gun purchasing -- for example, eliminating multiple gun sales and closing the gun-show loophole -- may help reduce America's gun violence problem generally, but mass murder is unlike most other forms of violent conflict.

Mass killers are determined, deliberate and dead-set on murder. They plan methodically to execute their victims, finding the means no matter what laws or other impediments the state attempts to place in their way. To them, the will to kill cannot be denied.

http://edition.cnn.com/2012/07/20/op...der/index.html
While I agree that people are going to find the means necessary to carry out something like this if they are intent on doing so I don't agree that it means there shouldn't be more regulations in place to at least try to prevent access to the weapons available to the everyday person.
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