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.