So it only took 5 posts for someone to say " this country does this" and "that country does that" so it's ok for yanks to have dozens of guns.
Col, when that answer came up, you AGAIN missed the point.
Mexico has very restrictive gun laws. Mexico has cartels that possess fully automatic weapons. Mexico's cartels not only kill their own cops, they come across the border and kill USA cops. Because they are criminals, the don't give a farthing about actual or proposed gun laws. You can argue until you are blue in the face and it won't change the hard fact that you just proved our point with a direct example: Strict gun laws DON'T MAKE A DIFFERENCE. When a criminal decides he wants a gun, he's going to get one. PERIOD.
As a matter of fact, if we DID enact stricter gun laws, the odds are pretty good that the cartels that ship in all the drugs to the USA will add yet another item to their menu. "I'll take 20 kilos of crack cocaine, 100 kilos of marijuana, and an AK-47 fully automatic assault rifle."
You have plenty of room to talk. You know full well that people will do what they damned well please, other opinions be dashed. You have made no secret of your plans to end it all despite those of us who keep on telling you not to do it. But you're going to do that anyway. Does it actually surprise you that someone else might be just as bull-headed as you on some violent subject? Does it actually surprise you that someone will choose to do something illegal despite pressure from others to let it go?
Col, get straight and get straight NOW! We in the USA don't have a lock on people doing the wrong thing for the wrong reason. We, too, are PEOPLE. Good, bad, or indifferent, the folks in the USA are full-fledged members of the human race. Full of foibles, fantasies, and foolishness, just like everyone else who imagines that they might actually get away with something.
Sorry, but in the wake of the Las Vegas shooting, you touched the wrong nerve with your snide, supercilious, snarky comments.
I grieve for the victims. I have no sympathy for the now-dead shooter. I doubt we will get too many answers right away because the forensics guys have to decipher his electronics to see what his on-line history is like. So we can't expect answers too soon. I would love to have an end to gun violence. But I also know that it won't happen in my lifetime. I'd say "in your lifetime" but you have already stated plans that make me think I might outlive you.
Having blown off some steam, Col, I hope you are well tonight. I don't hate you. I just hate your attitude.
