Very tragic and really makes me scratch my head about why laws seem to do more to allow things like this to continually happen. The right to bare arms is more important then the right not to get shot at? I would like to believe society in the US and even here in Canada can be civilized enough to realize its time to heavily regulate both who gets guns, why they need guns, what type of guns are available. Gun enthusiasts, hobbyists and collectors might not like it but they also should be heavily regulated to ensure they bare arms with the same level of responisbilty expected of the police and military and any other organizations that require firearms in their line of work. Also the organizations that use firearms in their line of work need to have the highest standards regarding the use and regulations of firearms.
Whatever is going on now just isn't working, isolated incidents and anomolies are one thing but to many lives are being ruined with the mass proliferation of firearms that our culture is so fond of.
Im not really for guns at all, but if people must have them then the attitude towards it all needs to change. I know plenty of people from the US who tell me stories about guns for sale on street corners...which strikes me as being far to casual. Unfortunately though I understand there are a variety of factors leading to this so really its a bigger issue of society needing some long term reassessment and restructuring rather then a couple of laws being changed.
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