Guns can be acquired illegally, you know. Taking defense weapons from law-abiding citizens would solve nothing.
If someone in that nightclub had had a concealed firearm (? I didn't read the full story but I'm assuming no one did), I doubt the death toll would have been so high.
I understand that it was very tragic, but semiautomatics are not the problem. A handgun would indeed have accomplished the same ghastly deed.
For argument's sake, let's say guns are made illegal to purchase in the USA.
What's there to stop people who want to kill others from obtaining them overseas, or going down to Mexico, or any number of areas here in our own country that skirt the laws? What about people who come here illegally and already happen to possess firearms?
Additionally, what if everyone started killing with knives and swords instead? Do we ban sharp things? Where does it stop?
It's an issue with no clear solution. I don't believe for a moment that guns should be taken from the people.
In my home state, there have been three recent shootings, two of which have taken place in venues that I've frequented for some time. Areas I've grown up in, and near.
It's very real to me, too, but a knee jerk reaction to disarm the populace is highly unlikely to help us.
