We just had a little kid kill his brother with one of his dad's guns. More guns isn't always the solution and articles that promote it leave out all the accidental shootings & deaths that happen like that one. Like anything else it's not a black & white issue.
It seems to me all the laws to prevent this sort of thing are already in place. What happens is that the laws are ignored. What would make a ban on the future sale of assault rifles any different?
The gun control party really seems callous to me on this issue.
These guys are nuts, but they are not dummies. That is why they don't attack a police station, or their local armory. They attack where guns are not.
They are cowards who mostly shoot themselves when the police arrive most likely out of fear of a gun fight.
It takes two seconds or less to swap out a magazine, it takes police at least 3-10 MINUTES to just GET to the scene.
You can talk prevention, enact any gun control laws you like, but unfortunately the day will come that the system fails and another gunman will begin a mass murder.
So my question is; What do you do once the shooting starts?
Is your answer really to wait while a maniac is turning children into tiny corpses?
I don't think anybody is talking about just passing out pistols to the faculty and hoping for the best. It would at this time be a help to have somebody at the school for the sake of security that is trained in the use of and carries a firearm.
As for the story you mention, the gun didn't fail the household, the father failed his children by being irresponsible with his firearm.
Just like the Newtown shooter's mother failed her child, and her community by being irresponsible with her firearm.
