Clarke, a registration will not happen.
Jimbo, if you are correct, hunting rifles & handguns were used at Colombine. How would a "assault weapons" ban have stopped or altered the outcome?
The term "assault weapons" is a made up name to scare folks. They are a sporting rifle.
There are laws on the books that makes DUI illegal but there are folks arrested daily for it. Have you ever heard of ANYONE utter the words ban alcohol or cars?
Same difference. Its not the guns fault.
There have been several knife attacks across the pond where 50 to 100 people were killed. Japan is one.
So lets ban guns, knives, crock pots, pencils, or anything pointy. Literally, anything can be made into a weapon. Timothy McVeigh used cow shit & a box truck.
Mental health is the underlying issue & until out our elected officials address this issue we will continue to have mass killings, even if no firearms are involved.
They tried an alcohol ban at the start of the last century.
Mental Health is the Core issue.
Do you think DUI has gone down or up since before MADD started with their Ad Campaigns and laws were put on the books to enforce DUI's? Society has changed. and It needs to again.
Personally I think we need to bring back public executions. And hang anyone caught committing mass murder or any murders.
Yeap Prohibition didn't work just as a gun ban will not solve the problem.
I'm not sure of the numbers before or after MADD.
I think public execution is pushing it but the death penalty should be the minimum.
Honestly, if the cops see the shooter in action, they should ensure the shooter(s) do not survive.
I don't care to why they did it. There is NO excuse for this type of behavior. If you are sane enough to plan & carry it out then you are sane enough to die.
Also, if you are old enough to make the decision to join the military & possibly die for your country, you are old enough to own firearms & consume alcohol.