Any time there is a mass shooting the country reexamines gun laws. This is normal, after Virginia tech and Columbine it happened. My views have changed over the years but not much. When the media was content to blame Columbine on video games and guns, I was pissed. Those children were the victims of relentless bullying by classmates. This idea that we can pick one cause for something and that if we changed one thing shootings would never happen again is untrue. Having said that, there is no reason that we need magazines that hold 30 bullets. It has been said before and it still holds true, the only reason for that kind of firepower is to kill as many people as possible. I find it hard to believe that any person needs to protect his family from a mob of attackers.
In countries where owning a gun is a privilege that you have to earn less people die. In Germany an angry student attacked his classmates, he couldn't get a gun so he used a hatchet. Not one person died.
Rights should come with some restrictions and certainly some responsibilities. if you are unwilling to secure your weapons you shouldn't have them. If you are a parent and you refuse to teach your children about gun safety you shouldn't have that gun.
The argument that the NRA and their ilk use is that car's are dangerous as well. This is true, but cars have a lot of restrictions on them also. Everyone would agree that someone with several DUI' s shouldn't be allowed to drive, but these same people stay silent while citizens stockpile military grade weapons. Nobody buys a gun that can fire 30 times unless he plans to use it.
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