As awful as that incident was, at least those children are injured rather than dead. That, unfortunately, is the difference between knives and guns. Guns are so much more efficient at ending lives.

Randy,

Actually, the problem is males that are mentally ill. If someone had gotten attention for driving a car into a crowd, then people would be doing that.

Then there is the question of how to protect against such people. I suspect the solution doesn't involve any meaningful legislation, as far as prevention goes.

3D printers is another topic you could devote a lengthy discussion to. The impact they're going to have not only on home production of guns and G-d knows what else, but in terms of replacing entire classes of employment as well, is going to be staggering. Coupled with the advancement of Siri-like technologies and the ever growing sophistication of computerization as a whole, the employment future for masses of people is going to be sketchy at best.

MacGuyver didn't need a 3D printer to make guns, cannons, and various explosive devices, not to mention chemical weapons. Why can't today's psychos show some creativity, or at least learn from 80's television shows?

Also, O-M-G-to-the-O-to-the-D, yo! Which G-d is greater, the great G-d Zeus or our father G-d Jupiter? When I think of G-d, I tend to think of Mercury, or Odin, and Marry Poppins, since cleanliness is next to G-d-liness.

Yes, but if everyone was as resourceful as MacG-yver, there would be no MacG-yver.

In this case the "-" represents a "u" that shouldn't be there. Prior to that the "-" represented an "o" that should be there, but isn't out of respect for some of regular Jewish participants during the holiday season.

Can a gun be fashioned from a roll of duct tape, with a Swiss Army Knife?

Close....

http://www.martinfrost.ws/htmlfiles/oct2009/barl-shotgun.html

First you make a gun into a 3D printer. Then you have everything you need to make a gun, with or without the tape.

I think Mr. T did that on the A-Team, Luke;not McGuyver.

Are you mixing-up your 80's Tv shows?

If you made a MacGyver using a 3d printer, then you'd be set for whatever.

@Jay Sykes -- "Can a gun be fashioned from a roll of duct tape, with a Swiss Army Knife?"

No, you need the cardboard core from a roll of toilet paper and a pack of Tic-tacs to complete the materials.

Therefore government can't be trusted with force. Standing armies are the largest threat to citizens anywhere.

The answer isn't to take away guns - it is to increase their numbers and their presence. Those who are dangerous will act anyways - free people must be able to defend themselves and minimize damage from the rogues.

More guns! More guns! More guns! Including semi-automatic assault rifles.

It is a reasonable restriction to limit machine guns. Directed fire is much more effective than spray and pray. It will also keep collateral damage down.

True. Very true. But it would have been a lot more difficult to pile on the pounds if they had to use chopsticks :)

More difficult to pile on the pound using Chopsticks? Have you ever seen a Sumo wrestler?

Had the ban on assault weapons been effective in reducing violence or made any difference at all?

I would agree that assault rifles are not necessary, but banning them would not have stopped this tragedy or others like it frankly. He used 2 9mm semi-automatic handguns. The higher powered rifle was found in the trunk of the car, not used in the shooting. I just wish people would stop promoting their political agendas and focus on the families at this point.

The reports I heard were different. He left a shotgun in the trunk. Killed most with his .223 bushmaster, and used the 9mm on himself.
But let's be honest here, if he only had a musket he would have made a pipe bomb with the black powder. If the school was fortified, he would have rammed the doors with his car to obtain entry.

The "assault" weapons ban did nothing to reduce any violence. There are millions of what the libs call assault weapons in the hands of private law abiding citizens. Banning them once again does nothing for that huge population of weapons.

The far left needs to be educated on weapons before they run their silly mouths. Instead of using their heads once again they use their emotion to make the rest of us suffer under their failed utopian view.

Hell I own 3 AR 15 type rifles and I just purchased another one today!!!

Nice, they are fun. Have you herd of the bump stock?