Is gun control the solution to these unspeakable tragedies? (603)

Or sitting next to someone's garden pond with a fishing rod.

So it's not all bad news then.

The one thing that all of these mass shootings seem to have in common is that the perpetrator had been prescribed mind bending psychotic drugs. Common sense tells me that a sane, logical individual is not going to pick up a gun and go shooting lots of people for a laugh. There is no way of legislating against that, and there is no way of banning guns in the USA. I would guess that there are millions of guns and the ammunition in houses, hidden in the garden, and stashed in the countryside. No matter what any politician says, it could never be achieved.

The problem with American kids , is , they have too much mother & not enough father!

You make me laugh! You bandy words about like you KNOW something! You think you British are anybody;s "darlings"? The only reason that YOU aren't mentioned as much as we Americans, in the hate mail of the world, is that YOU HAVE ALREADY been disposed of! So YOU are NOT WORTH their time to hate, anymore! But how many countries have been under the British thumb? MORE than have been under the American thumb! You're EXACTLY the type of "hater" that laws NEED to address! Trying to hide behind a facade of intelligence and erudition will only fool the foolish, Mr. HAVE all the answers! If you had ONE, you MIGHT be worth some consideration. But you DONT comtribute! You DESTROY! Tear down, BOT build up! And you present yourself as a "voice of reason"! Of goodness/correctness.You're a joke!

I'm glad you had an epiphany, Serene. But the moment our youth give up their rights to own guns and defend themselves, is the moment they'll give up their freedom! Their right to life, liberty, and happiness. I'm sorry that this SOUNDS callous, but, in truth, I'm willing to sacrifice a few lives, to save the lives of the many! And, quite honestly, it's the QUALITY of our lives, that is at stake! If you're WILLING to do SOMEBODY ELSE'S work, to work FOR them, then YOU give up you guns! And your right to defend yourself. And your right to go where YOU want to fo. And DO what YOU want to do! In other words, YOUR freedom! But, PERSONALLY (speaking only for myself), "I" LIKE my freedom! Life has ALWAYS been a struggle! And men have ALWAYS died! Some for purposes. Some to NO purpose. And EVEN IF you were to manage to educate the violence out of ALL men, lives would STILL be lost! Death was our inheritance, the moment we were born! Like everyone else, I'd PREFER dying tomorrow, over dying today. But at least I didn't die YESTERDAY! But the reason man has progressed to the point he has, is that men (AND women) HAVE BEEN WILLING to die, FOR that progress! Deaths WILL occur! True, some of them have occurred uselessly and purposely. But when has THAT NEVER been the case? When has man EVOLVED into a peaceful creature? Are you ANTICIPATING that THAT will change - ANYTIME, in the near future? MAYBE! Once we quit dividing ourselves into races, and nations, and OTHER pointless categories! Once we learn that our "egos" are our problem! But, even when we ALL figure out we're human beings, men will STILL strive with one another - over power, money, position, all sorts of "preeminence". Until you can SHOW ME that people WILL work for the common good, people WILL need some way to defend themselves from oppression by their fellow man! Sad! But true! But I'd rather KNOW the truth, because THEN I can prepare/deal with it! If I REFUSE to see the truth, I'll SURELY NOT be prepared for it! Wake up! God gave men eyes! LOOK around you. If you CONTINUE to walk around WITHOUT "seeing" the truth, then you're SURELY going to fall into the ditch! And NO ONE will be able to pull you out! The FIRST RULE of helping somebody, is to help YOURSELF! Because IF you don't see to yourself, you WON'T have the ability/capacity to HELP ANYBODY ELSE! Let those with ears, listen. I can't help you others.

No offense, Harbal, but I SERIOUSLY DOUBT you a "gifted" ANYTHING! Not even a gifted flim-flam artist! And, as far as your "psychology" expertise, you OBVIOUSLY AREN'T well grounded, or you wouldn't make such obviously ignorant comments, statements and assertions! A person trained in psychology would be EASILY capable of making himself "liked"! But, since YOU can't/aren't doing that, I HAVE to consider the source, when evaluating your "assertion", that you know ANYTHING about psychology! Either get real, or get off the forums!