Being the American in this bunch....
Yes deaths and accidental shootings due to guns are out of control. The laws, changes or what have you that people like Madonna want changed will not affect those who they are intended to control. Any type of restriction or change will only hurt those that have obtained their weapons legally.

The only answer is to remove them completely. That will never happen. Most 'gun toting' Americans are those that actually collect them, go hunting and have a healthy respect for what a gun is capable of.

There are more and more stories coming out about those that have managed to stave off an attack due to having a gun of their own. In fact, more an more states are not requiring permits for conceal and carry. Which works in opposite of what gun control wants. To be honest there is no real threat of the citizens turning on the government. Although there are times we probably should.

If someone is intent on harming another it will happen. If we do keep up this thinking of taking everything away, then we better pull fertilizer from the shelves. Timothy McVeigh taught us that lesson... oh wait you can still purchase everything he did to bomb the federal building in Oklahoma City.

Violence of this nature is from ignorance, frustration and lack of hope. When you see no other way out, people tend to lean towards violence.

So how do you fix something of this nature? How do you affect those that have guns illegally, those that really do have no reason to have access to them without harming the rights of the populus?

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