[Niamh.]

Originally Posted by Lee.

Ordinary folk, out enjoying themselves with guns in their pockets? Untrained, scared and maybe full of the drunk? I'm sorry it'd have been a lot worse!

Yup, bizarre suggestion imo

[Niamh.]

Originally Posted by jaxie

I do sometimes. Many seem completely blinkered when it comes to the right to bear arms though. The NRA have done a great brain washing job. Big bucks, no conscience, the NRA.

You'd have thought the first time someone gunned down children in a school it would have been enough to take a good look at the right to bear arms, but no apparently a lot more children have to die first.

Exactly because we all know who really runs the world, the big corporations it's all about the money. It's pretty sad really

[Toy Soldier]

Originally Posted by Alf

You could also say, there would have been a lot less deaths were people armed and able to stop them.

Not really. If it was in America, these people could legitimately have been armed with AR15's and wearing full body armour. It has happened in the US, multiple times.

A civilian with a handbag-gun isn't taking down someone in that gear. For one, the guns simply aren't guaranteed to do much damage even if they do hit their target, and for two, civilians with handguns generally have only ever fired them on a range and not in a real life live fire situation. In other words, they'll probably simply miss completely, and end up being one of the first ones shot for their efforts.

[jaxie]

Originally Posted by Northern Monkey

What could possibly be done though?

It would be the biggest bloodbath since WW2 if the army went door to door trying to seize weapons.
The second amendment is to rise up against corrupt government.That would be a corrupt government in American law.
The US is stuck with guns.

Well I think for a start they could stop selling semi automatic weapons to the general public. Why does any member of the public need a semi automatic weapon? So that would be a start. They could offer a hand in on them and stop selling any more to the public.