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Originally Posted by sarramkrop
The USA are not the only country where guns are legal, but i don't see the proverbial school shooting happening that often in other countries. If someone was going to commit such mass murders, there are so many ways to kill a human being without the use of conventional guns. And in any case, if a kid is so insane and wants to commit such a crime, he will find the right gun even in a country where they are illegal. The problem lies elsewhere and, as usual, is more complex than simple moral outrage.
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Ive said this already in the other thread, but my standpoint is that pointing a gun at someone and pulling the trigger is not only physically but psychologically easier than using another means such as a knife/bat.
The point about finding a gun, perhaps this is true, and todays tragedy would have probably happened anyway, but out of however many killings there are by guns, how many are the type who "would have done it anyway?". The mentalists will kill anyway but im sure there are many who have killed with a gun who wouldnt have premeditated it to such a degree.