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First off I do want to help prevent this from happening again in the future but I think we should give the victims and families honor and respect before we start issuing talking points.
With that been said there isn't much we can do to stop a suicidal maniac. We can increase security, we can have random spot checks, we can place snipers on buildings, and make society very Orwelian but it won't stop a suicidal maniac. The most we can hope to do is minimize the damage caused by such a person.
Those in here saying that gun control stops the wrong people from having guns are partially correct and those saying that gun control prevents needless deaths are also partially correct. There is no easy answer to this debate as going completely gun rights or gun control are both bad answers. Yes if there had been students with guns there the damage likely would have been less. However, if everyone was packing how many simple altercations would turn into shootings? In addition, if we assumed for a moment that this would not happen and everyone was packing without problems that might arise from that the suicidal maniac would change his ways. Instead of using a gun he/she would now use a bomb in a crowded place. So what do we do? I don't know.
For some reason this issue of gun control is a life or death issue for many people. But in reality the number of deaths caused/prevented/ect by the laws/guns are not that large when you think about how many people die daily from drunk driving, not wearing their seat belts, heart disease, cancer, aids, ect. Or even worse the number of people that are dying in Darfur and Euganda (but that is another rant for another time). So what is it about gun control that gets everyones panties in a bunch?
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