If only we had more good guys with a gun in... rural... Miss...ouri...
Politicizing a tragedy; not surprising. As if stricter gun control would have stopped this lunatic from killing people. Sorry, but that's just stupid thinking.
This is a terrible tragedy. Breaks my heart to hear these kinds of stories.
Brushing it off as "**** happens". Not surprising. Sorry dude, but your attitude and the conservative attitude of "oh well cuz muh guns" is way more disgusting than my exasperation-driven sarcasm.
You can't possibly believe stricter gun laws will stop incidents like this. Guns would be sold so prominently on the black market; it's not like it's not super easy to get one now illegally.
1. It's not politicizing to observe that the United States is an giant outlier when it comes to gun violence. Every incidence is emblematic of that fact that we have a tremendous problem. And, the victims would rather the issue be a rallying point rather than erased and explained away as inevitable.
2. That argument is beyond stupid. Obviously, stricter laws won't solve the problem 100%. But, why is that the test for whether we need a law? Traffic laws don't reduce traffic fatalities 100%, so why have them? And, if the fact that some people will break a law is fatal to keeping that law, why don't we just repeal every law that gets broken? That's nuts!
Suppose a gun control law reduces homicides 1% nationally. Maybe it doesn't stop this crime or any spree killing. But, if it saves lives and makes sense otherwise, it would a good idea, no?
