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

Yes, all the crazy Chicago murders remind me of the needless tragedies in Vietnam except the enemy is everyone else in Chicago. No dichotomynbetween the two imo....

Regarding in case they won’t be able to buy them some day.... POTUS Obama and Secretary Clinton were the best thing ever to help gun and ammo sales in the USA.

Here in Australia, they didn't take away our right to own a gun but they did make it a lot harder to do so as well as removing all sen=mi and fully automatic weaponry from the majority of the community. If you live on over 1000 acres or have written permission form the owner of the property you can still get semi auto weapons for pest eradication.
To own a gun here you need good reason and there is a serious application process to go through to obtain one and then every gun is registered and must be kept in a gun safe when not in use as well as having a licence to both own and use it.
Most people just don't need a gun and therefore, don't own one and that is a good thing I think. If there are less guns available for people with a issue then it just makes it that much harder for them to acquire one and go crazy like the latest mass school killings.
If you look at the statistics, they USA is where the laws on gun control and the amount of them in circulation within the general public, also has the highest homicide rates where the countries with more stringent gun control laws, have far less with the exception of Norway who also has a large number of guns by populace but doesn't have the killings. I do not support the complete control of guns in society but do support the removal of fully automatic and semi automatic weapons as well as all assault rifles and military style guns. If everyone around you isn't carrying a gun or owns one that they have easy access too at any given time then you don't need to carry one either out of fear and the need to protect yourself from others who have them. It just makes sense to me. Sporting gun clubs is good but it is in a controlled environment that the guns are used and full safety is taught and practiced while using them as well as for hunting purposes but I don't think that anyone and everyone who just wants one should have access to them and almost any type of gun they want. This jsut breeds trouble, in my opinion and the statistics seem to prove that especially in the USA where so often we hear about these mass murders by disgruntled individuals with easy access to serious weaponry.
MY thoughts anyway.

Greg I live in a town of about 60,000 people, probably half of the population owns guns.We have maybe an average 5-6 murders per year. Big majority of those are domestic disputes and sometimes knives are used as well as guns. Overall the crime rate is pretty low and home invasions are kept to an absolute minimum. Guns aren't the problem, disturbed people are the problem.

I understand what you are saying but I think it still strands to reason that if tighter restrictions were placed on gun ownership and there were not as many guns available in society for the individuals that have issues that bend them towards these atrocities, then less of them would occur. I'm not into taking away the right to bear arms completely, I just think it would make a safer place if the laws concerning the acquisition of a firearm made it more difficult for the average nutter to do so as well as the restriction of military style weapons and semi and fully automatic weapons. I don't think that those types of weapons are safe in the hands of the average person and should be kept for use for their intended purpose and that is for military action.. I would not be opposed at all to seeing all of thiose weapons removed from the general public without licencing for specific uses such as gun clubs where their use was controlled as well as the storage of them. Not that it matters what I think about your country, it doesn't effect me how or what laws are there concerning guns of any type.
If someone is hell bent on doing these things then nothing will stop them from finding the ways and means of doing so regardless of any laws or restrictions that are in place. It only makes a difference to those individuals who at a time of instability, rage or anger where easy access to those kinds of firearms, means that they can act out their fantasy for whatever reason. If they didn't have easy access to them then a lot of these sad days just wouldn't be heard of.

New, fully automatic weapons—weapons that reload automatically and fire continuously with one trigger pull—have been banned for civilians in the United States since the Firearm Owners' Protection Act of 1986. AR15 are semi automatic. They look like a military weapon but shoot like a hunting rifle with a large clip.

Never seen a Gun get up and kill someone yet.... this is a social problem that may be mitigated against by stricter gun controls, but people never had an issue with killing other people before the advent of guns..... there is a hole in society that can’t be filled by conventional means.... we have to take a closer look at people.... people are hurt, and hurting, angry and reactive... we have to make it ok not to be ok and yet not react in such a final way. So like the rest of the world, I can identify the issue but as to a soloution....... I can recommend none that will cover all areas... so we have to take a measured approach and try different things and everything... this has to stop.

So long as the Repubs are in the pockets of the NRA nothing will be done. The Repubs are really proud of killing kids. I saw on the news the amounts the top Repubs have received from the NRA - in the 6 figures for one and in the 5 figures for the other two - yeah - that's why we send them to congress, we want all of them to become millionaires on the taxes we pay.
studecar

What country has virtually stopped murder from guns!?!?!?? Japan.