I don't think they will ban them. It's our constitutional right to bear arms. However with that being said I think they are going to make it so it becomes a lot tougher to own or buy a gun.
More people will die if lawful citizens are unable to defend themselves. When seconds count, the police are just minutes away.
@Tony: I love that saying in your answer. Haha.
we as Americans have a right to bear arms...that was decided over 200 yrs ago...things are very different now. I don't think its possible to ban guns but illegal possession and use of them should be much more strictly enforced and it should harder to get one.
If they were to ban guns, we the innocent suffer. Criminals will get what they need even if there is a ban. Goodness, now how will we protect ourselves if a criminal was to come at us? Yell, scream, simply say no, don't do it? Words and a phone can't protect you. Gun control has nothing to do with what happened. Common sense will tell you this. The way I see it, the only gun control we need is simply using both hands. I also want to add, if you feel Canada is more safe, no one is stopping you from moving there.
I agree with Kuuipo on this, & LMO6869 makes a very good point! Unfortunately, All the rules, regulations, etc in the world would not have stopped this insane man from doing what he did. If I understand what I read correctly, He purchased every weapon legally. He had no criminal history, & was attending the Univ. of Colorado to obtain his freaking PhD!! .....SMH....The whole tragedy is mind boggling to me!! I found this article very interesting & informative -
http://abcnews.go.com/US/aurora-colo-batman-shooting-71-victims-largest-mass/t/story?id=16817842
Unfortunatly, banning guns completely won't stop these things from happening!
Sex offenders are supposed to register where they live - do they?? Not always!
Certain Drugs are illegal - has this stopped drug use?? No!
Prostitution - illegal. But still the oldest (& apparently profitable) profession in the world!
Look at what happened during prohibition......
I'd love to see tragedies such as this NEVER happen again! But how can anyone predict if or when someone is going to snap?? What's next.....banning movies?
This nut job thought he was "The Joker" from the freaking movie for cryin out loud!!! WTH?!?!
Thnx for the green! :). How are you today?
OK, do you see how well the war on drugs is working??? Drugs are already illegal and guess what, people are still doing them all the time!!! A ban on guns would make about as much sense as choppin off your own foot. Anything the gov't tries to make illegal only turns the illegal activity into a black market type product. There are no simple answers to these questions, you can't please everybody no matter how hard you try.
They should make you take a course to legally on a gun or do they do that in the states. In Canada you have to take a course before you can buy a gun and if you want a hand gun or a machine gun you have to take the restricted gun course and you can only shoot hand guns and other restricted guns at the range not allowed to take them anywhere besides to and from the range. We love our guns in Canada to, but not just anybody can go and buy one and carry it around.
Guns and SWAT gear may be legal, but tear gas and armed explosives are not. That obviously means the theater gunman didn't mind grabbing something illegal, considering he had those two illegal things.
Canada may have lower murder statistics, but Canada also isn't high on coffee, rush our, drugs and inappropriate media from childhood.
You're correct; if guns were to be banned, criminals would still get ahold of them. That means only criminals would be the ones with guns, besides the police who do not have cars fast enough to beat a bullet. It takes a gunman 3 seconds to shoot someone while it takes the police 3 minutes or more to arrive. Regarding stopping criminals before they do harm: that's completely impossible. The police aren't psychic and they can't arrest someone for what they'll potentially do. So in order to help, we don't take away the bystanders guns; we allow the bystanders to act.
And I also wondered why the alarm did not go off on the emergency exit door that he propped open to sneak the guns & gas back into the theater! I thought those doors sounded an alarm if opened! ???
@Bigred: My parents are very smart and patriotic. Thank you!
Kuu and Nafta nailed it!
Kuu is absolutely right. Guns don't kill people, people kill people!
How would banning guns stop the problem? Do you think the guy in Colorado would have said"oh wait, I can't shoot all those people, guns are illegal!"
The United States government does not have the right to ban guns in America, as it would be totally unconstitutional. Even if it were possible - that would leave firearms in the hands of criminals (who will always be able to get them) and leave the rest of us defenceless. Not a good idea!
@123green321 - If they want a high death toll and drama, they'll find a way to do it. Like I said, banning guns only stops the honest people. A high death toll can be obtained without guns...driving a vehicle through a crowd of people, deadly gas bomb, I don't know what else off the top of my head because I'm not a criminal. But where there's a will, there's a way.
There are places here in America too where you don't have to worry about locking your doors. Just not in the cities.
We will always have something to learn from others. But taking our right to bear arms is not the answer.
@Kuu: By the way, how are you? We haven't spoken in awhile.