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Originally Posted by TheSquealer
I think its a legit point. You bring up the issue of guns, when that is not the topic. You get into gun threads all the time and your stance is clear.
But again, since you asked and then dodged my point...
So... an insane person wants to murder children. He doesn't have access to guns? Does he just give up and call it a day? Do you personally believe "Gun" or "No gun" was the determining factor in the carrying out of this act of violence?
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the point for me is: those things almost never happen when no guns are involved - or, like in the recent case in China, 22 children get INJURED by a knife - but none of them was killed.
so yes, i do think guns being easily available is a factor and as far as we know this kid went to the shooting range with his mother in the past, so he knew how to use them.
in a similar case in Germany it was also the fathers gun and a kid that received gun training as a teenager
of course there would be dozens of other possibilities how to commit a similar crime - but why dont they ever happen? why is it always a shooting?
i think the key point is that psychologically all those kids on a killing spree have a lot in common and it always ends up with the same effect: going out with a bang and be famous at least once in their life - and even if it is for being a mass murderer.
and guns are a perfect tool for that