scrubbedexpat099

Exactly, no one tool is likely to fit all situations.

RoadWarriorFromLP

So guns do make it easier to kill people, after all. Shouldn't be difficult to understand that, yet the lack of comprehension of such a basic point is the sort of cognitive dissonance that we get from the gun fans.

scrubbedexpat099

Lots of things make it easier to kill people. McBurgers is probably higher up the list

Say 10,000 people die a day in the US, guns contribute, but so do many others.

Sally Redux

That's it exactly.

A complete mental block.

Pulaski

So you're going to pull out your magic wand and make all the guns just disappear? Poof!

If you can do that, I'm all in favour of it.

scrubbedexpat099

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-27624839

Chicago push to videotape? gun sales.

Problem solved.

RoadWarriorFromLP

There's not enough political will to have meaningful gun bans in the US.

We will probably never have the type of gun laws that are in place in the UK, for example. But that doesn't mean that we should ignore the high price that the US pays for its position. The US is a more dangerous place thanks to its easy access to guns.

Curtis86

He couldn't "handle" it .... That's total nonsense. Reading his self written life story, he was clearly deluded by his own high expectations in practically everything, and couldn't handle it. He even explained one incident where he went ballistic because he didn't win the lottery. He clearly had mental problems.

scrubbedexpat099

The situation is not unusual, just that extremity he took it to.

Dave2726

There was a fantastic documentary on Channel 4 on this (here in the UK obviously). It's called "The Virgin Killer" and is probably available on 4OD or Youtube. I think he was very deluded and very messed up, worth a look though.

Sally Redux

and owned three guns.

scrubbedexpat099

and at least one knife.

md95065

... and a BMW ...