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In reply to the discussion: AP: Gunman Believed To Suffer From Personality Disorder [View all]Yo_Mama
(8,303 posts)I understood that Norway had pretty tough gun laws?
It's not that gun laws might not be good things and might not prevent some crimes, but I think we may be looking at a situation in which gun laws haven't traditionally worked.
This seems like revenge, to be honest. Gun laws, to the extent that they truly limit access (questionable in many parts of the US), prevent violence only to the extent that they change criminal behavior or impulsive behavior.
If a person truly has an intent to commit mass murder, there are many ways other than guns. Bombs, for one. Like McVeigh.
We're all grappling with a sense of crushing failure, because one of the most basic duties of a society is to protect little kids, most especially little kids congregated in public places where by law they must go. It's so basic a duty that we don't even think of it as duty.
And today, we failed. Massively.
He stole these from someone (his mother) whom he killed. I suppose you could confiscate all weapons except for cops, but then I suspect he would have committed the same crime in a different way.