School shooting in the US.. Again?

True.

An yet, there are some idiots who will use this as an excuse to get more guns so people can "protect" themselves from those shooters.

Yes, because no one was ever killed by anything other then a gun. Does not matter where it is, who it is, or what is it. People will always find ways to kill others.

+1

I think they should forbid the school, it's not safe anymore to go into shool

Kill all the scammers!

Not if I kill you with poison first! (wonders if the old Black-Mamba-in-a-briefcase trick would work)

Here in germany almost nobody has guns. And it works. But I can't see that working in the USA. They need their guns.

Having observed America's slow descent into chaos over the years, I wouldn't be surprised if their solution is to give all teachers assault rifles. Soon we'll be reading about teachers shooting children instead.

From a probably equally naive Finn.

The right to bear arms is what freed us and kept us free from British tyranny. In fact it's the British that are directly responsible for our need to bear arms. It's a good thing too because those extra arms came in real handy in Europe during WW2.

They could easily ban them and make people turn them over to law enforcement.
When they adopted it, it was helpful, I guess. Admittedly it was two hundred years ago.

lol, true

Keep in mind that we aren't allowed to carry guns in many places in some states, with great probability that that sort of enforcement will spread to other states in wake of the Sandy Hook shooting. In California, which is where this most recent shooting took place, guns are not allowed in schools or within X feet of a school (I forget the specifics and don't feel like looking it up). In most counties, a CCW (concealed carry) is not given ever. Open carry has been outlawed (carrying a gun openly upon the hip with no magazine attached to the weapon in any way and being absolutely unloaded). For example, in LA County, you will never get approved for a CCW as a civilian. It simply will never happen. The only place we're allowed to have guns in LA County to protect ourselves is in our homes solely. So, these two casualties had no potential to be stopped if no one could have stopped the gunman with equal or greater firepower.

YEAH, DAMN GAMES.

No, it's because people are idiots.

But when you look at it - most of them kids play CoD, CS and other bullshit FPS games and they have rotten brain. They think people will respawn in real life too. And when time comes - they get a gun and start shooting. They need to ban FPS games in USA!

Games actually keep me from murdering people...

I would say an idiots gun law existing for millions is a bigger contributing factor.

Games and movies (lumped into 'entertainment') can be the cause... but only for someone that is perhaps mentally ill. A sane person will see these things and easily recognize that these are just games and movies and in no way transfer to reality as shooting someone in a video game is far, far different than truly taking someone's life in reality. However, they do love for video games to be the scapegoat (far more than movies and other entertainment content).

I will allow Moderators to close my topic without notice and I am sure they will, especially now that they have my full consent (not that they should ever need it at all).

maybe this is happening in schools because of Ritalin and other pills that are fed to kids "to treat their ADHD".

It is far too late now. Guns have been introduced into the world and now they can't be taken back. America is contemplating further locking down gun rights, but all it does, in my opinion, is disarm law-abiding citizens. Criminals will, of course, not follow any current, revised, or new laws and as such will continue to acquire and use guns on a regular basis. The average law-abiding citizen, however, will have no access to guns and no means to protect themselves against anyone with a gun. It is extremely difficult to say how many should have guns, who should be allowed, where they should be allowed, etc. without introducing more issues, but it seems to be something that simply can't be fixed now. The only way to fix it would be to go back in time and never allow the production of guns in the first place. That, of course, cannot happen now.

This is one opinion I can get behind 100%. I know it's not just America (we just happen to have more guns handy) so I'll just say it's a sad state of affairs. Can't we all just get along? Have some ice cream and talk it over, there's no need for violence.

glad to hear they got him, like I said it;s people. not their country, race, religion, etc... imo

Well, anything that contains anything remotely political will spark controversy on the internet, there's nothing one can do about it.

Typically these things go from "gun violence sucks" into "hey let's all just bash the US!" in about 4.5 seconds flat.

It's not our fault that school shootings mostly take place in USA.

I just hate people that aren't gamers - nationality doesn't matter...

hahit's very sad to lose such innocent life, and any life at all. All life is valuable imo