"old.indian", oh the irony in your user name, advocating disarming citizens .

GUN control means, first of all, controlling yourself.

If you are prone to rage attacks or fits, you shouldn't have a gun, period.
I don't care if you are best friends with whomever, or some big shot's son or son-in-law, chances are you WILL draw and shoot in an entirely haphazard and arbitrarious manner, i.e. overkill.

Too bad that "overkill" will not mean "swatting a fly with a hammer" but killing the guy with the flyswatter...

I don't understand how you can have driving licenses, hunting permits, fishing permits, passports to travel, library cards to borrow a book, and then jump on the 2nd Amendment bandwagon, misread it and claim everybody and his dog are entitled to carrying a gun as if it were a pair of sunglasses.

I do not know if my comment sounds offensive and quite frankly I do not care; the US has an inherent problem with social violence and this is carried on not only in the streets but in foreign politics and used systematically.

Overkill means exaggeration; exaggeration causes collateral damage.

Any sentient adult will know that, whatever one does, "collateral damage" is the kind of result which should immediately bring not excuses but apologies, not pointing the blame at somebody else but admission of own guilt and compensation for the loss or damage suffered by the  the "collateral victim".

The world is waiting, and you are in the spotlight.

[url]http://www.msf.org/article/afghanistan-msf-staff-killed-and-hospital-partially-destroyed-kunduz/url]  

[url]http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/oct/03/three-medecins-sans-frontieres-staff-killed-in-afghanistan-hospital-bombing/url]

[url]https://www.rt.com/news/317482-afghanistan-kunduz-msf-hospital//url]

This is the kind of "trigger happy" attitude which needs to be corrected, big time. You cannot expect to win "hearts and minds" when you mistake a wedding cerimony for a training camp, or a hospital for enemy headquarters.

Hell guys, follow the lead of hopey-change and the mainstream media: drop this story. Theres nothing to talk about anymore . No blacks targeted, no Muslims targeted. None of those super fierce looking assault rifles used, (i did read one commentary call them "military grade" weapons...... what's that mean?)

The only story left is targeting Christians which is frankly what the New York Times, CNN, MSNBC, primetime TV shows do everyday so what's left to write about?

Please don't help... ...

"Houston police responded to a shooting call around 11:15 p.m. Saturday at a Valero gas station on Jensen Drive at Reid Street in north Houston. Officials say two men jumped another man in the gas station parking lot and took the victim's Chevrolet pickup truck. Police say a witness then pulled out a gun and began shooting at the suspects, accidentally hitting the carjacking victim in the head.
The victim was transported to a nearby hospital where he remains in stable condition. Police say the witness who shot at the suspects picked up shell casings and left the scene. Police found the stolen pickup truck about a mile down the road but are still searching for the suspects."
http://www.khou.com/story/news/2015/09/27/one-man-injured-after-carjacking-sh...

Words like this, ‘ … “trigger happy” attitude  …”,
are so useless, and un true, in the debate about, a, ‘Citizens RIGHT’, to defend themselves.
As to the, Constitution of the Country, that a Citizen lives in.

Where, When, How, is, “ … “trigger happy” attitude  …”, EVER,
come into play, in a Citizen who defended themselves ?

The statement, ‘ …  “trigger happy” attitude …”,
applies ONLY, to the NUT Jobs, shooting up schools/churches/etc.

Every time, a State was talking about passing a, ’Carry Law’,
The Anti-Freedom, Pun-dents ALWAYS said:
“ … “trigger happy” attitude  …”, “ Mass Murder in the Streets”, “Wild West”, "Road Rage Shootings”.

Yet, NON, of those things have happened.  In FACT,
(Total Undeniable FACT, Well Documented)
Every State, that has Passed, a, ‘carry license’,
the crime rate has gone  DOWN.  Every One !

And Every State, which, has passed, ‘Anti-Freedom’ laws,
Which, Takes AWAY, a Constitutional RIGHT,
The crime rate has gone UP !

Getting back to schools.
Their, ARE, a number of Teachers/Professors,
that, DO, want to carry, and are Licensed to do so.
But they are ‘Prohibited,’ from doing so, by the Guberment.

And if you, REALLY think, ‘Gun Free Zones’, work.
Put up a sign, in front of your house:
 “No Guns In Here”

I perfectly well know of the 2nd Amendment, I studied all Amendments in the 7th grade.

However, as a European, I have re-read it and one thing jumps to my attention.



OK...

BUT...

Exactly how many gun-totin' NRA 2nd Amendment supporters actually serve in their State Militia ?
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/the-five-extra-words-that-can-fix-the...

That is why I earlier observed that all you need is a gun-license, just like you have driving licenses and fishing licenses...

I have yet to see someone fished to death...

street shootings being something that existed only in Dirty Harry movies

Not sure where you lived but in the 70's, there were plenty of street shootings. I was 9 and saw a man shot through the neck on the St. Louis ghettos. Happened often.