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Originally Posted by Florya
You're never going to stop human beings from wanting to kill each other, unfortunately it's in our nature.
What we can and should do is to try and make it as difficult as possible for those with a prediliction for psycopathy to obtain the weapons needed to carry out these acts of mayhem. Especially weapons that can kill a lot of people in a very short time.
Giving any citizen the right to own and use a gun, no matter what their mental state or criminal record is just not sensible.
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That's more like it. The problem remains that something like this happening can only be minimized but not eradicated completely, and that is because of the general culture of discontent that exists in any society and the consequent mental illness that it generates in some individuals. Spotting where the seeds of mental illness are growing in all its citizens is something that a government can't do unless you change the whole structure of society itself. Banning guns as such is one good thing, i totally agree, but that would also mean banning a whole set of other things that would make everything way too complicated and would require strict theft of civil liberties.