Reply To: Vegas Massacre: 59 Good Reasons to Outlaw Automatic Weapons

Does anybody really believe that a semi-automatic, or that apparently legal gizmo that turns a semi-automatic into a full-fledged automatic, is really necessary for hunting or self-defense? How about the 47 guns that this guy apparently owned? Any legitimate use for this stuff?

Can’t we admit that we as a society have gotten carried away with this?

Curiosity:
The sad truth is that there was no good way to stop this attack.

Outlawing guns wouldn’t have helped because… ? (Not suggesting we should outlaw all guns, which is anyways probably impossible without a constitutional amendment, just trying to understand your point.)

Those turning this into a gun issue are just standing on the graves of the victims to try and push their agenda down other Americans� throats.

This is by far the most prevalent reaction to suggesting more gun control in response to a gun-caused tragedy: “Stop politicizing the tragedy, just mourn it”. And I really just don’t get it. I mean, is suggesting that we fight terrorist in response to terrorism also politicizing terrorism? Should we just mourn and do nothing? Is suggesting a possible way to discourage drunk-driving in response to a drunk-driving tragedy politicizing the tragedy?

Isn’t the logical reaction to a tragedy to both mourn the tragedy, and try to make sure this type of thing doesn’t happen again?

ubiq:
If guns were nearly as regulated as cars I�d be fine with that.

That would be a good start.