Needless to say all the gun control people will be howling. They seem to misunderstand that people who want to kill will manage it regardless of the laws. Don't you have to be 21 to purchase a gun? The kid identified as the shooter was only 20. Laws don't protect people, they can only punish people who get caught.
I don't break speeding laws much but there are plenty who do. Maybe we should build cars that know the speed limits and won't break them. Surely the technology is there. Our GPS knows the speed limits on most streets and highways; it would be trivial to tie the GPS into the car computer system and have it just say 'no' when you want to speed. That and a car that won't start if the driver has been drinking would save thousands of lives. Laws are only the answer if people obey them and some people just don't.
On a happier note, we got half an inch of rain (1.3 cm) yesterday and a bit more today. For a place where four inches (10 cm) is the average, that's good news! It means we have lots of clouds around the mountains as well. Very pretty. The ski resort over on the Las Vegas side of the mountain is pretty darned happy too. Let me close with yet another photo of the mountains I look at as I sit here; this from yesterday afternoon. Have a good one!
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This is a discussion that will carry on for some time. I understand your argument that people who want to kill will find a way to do it. However, a similar attack occurred recently in China where private gun ownership is banned. A madman attacked 22 school children with a knife. It was a brutal, horrific act and fingers and ears were cut off, chests were slashed. The big difference though was that not one child died!
Easy access to guns make it much easier for unbalanced people to perform these attacks and make the results much deadlier.
A short drive and we too can have a white Christmas!
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