Reply #53: actually, you're putting words in my mouth

[maxsolomon]

equating chechnyan terror attacks with amoklauf shootings, which are not prompted by politics, but rather by alienation (columbine) and mental illness (loughner, this asshole probably), says more about your reasoning than mine.

other western nations, not all, DO have more restrictions on access to guns (for instance australia), and i said it MIGHT contribute. i didn't say it did, because i can't prove it - it's an OPINION.

i'll leave it to you to find the numbers of of amoklauf shootings in the US versus the rest of the western nations. average amoklauf DEATHS per shooting will put norway at the top, but i believe ours are more frequent and numerous, and, sadly, will never stop - the decision to allow the populace relatively unfettered access to guns is a fait accompli.

its amazing that DU will rise so vociferously and immediately in defense of firearms, when the ease of access and ease of use clearly contribute to most amoklauf incidents in this nation. knives, bats, chechynan suicide vests, etc. are not typically used in american incidents.