Knives have other uses, such as cutting meat so you can eat it. Guns don't have another purpose, there sole role in their existance is to kill, they were made to kill and they will be used to kill. While your at it, why not ban credit cards too? They can also kill people. Heck...ban trees, they can be used to create poison.
The only reason you feel 'safe' is because you know you can always just shoot and kill someone else and then you will be 'safe'. But that's rather egoistic isn't it? Keep guns so you can save yourself. But you forget the fact that guns kill people and hurt their families. Just because guns are easily accessible for everyone in your country, at least 32 fathers and mothers (and possibly brothers, sisters, grandfathers, grandmothers etc.) will now never see their son or brother again. Just because you think you will be safe walking around with a gun.
For once, and I just ask this once, will you Americans think about something else than just yourselves? Think about the pain you deal to others by saying we should keep guns so you feel safe. In a country where there are no guns it will be much safer.
You say you might not be able to defend against a terrorist attack then. Well guess what? You are not able to do that either now. If a terrorist hijacks a plane, you won't shoot him, you won't be able to.
If you ban guns, it will at least make it a lot harder for a student to get a gun, and a lot of shootouts will be prevented. Be there a law against guns or not, terrorist attacks will happen, and you having a gun will not prevent that from happening, nor will it change the number of deaths. Simply because a terrorist attack is way to fast for anyone to react. It's not like you can say "Hey that person looks like an Islam, and he carries a bag...LETS SHOOT HIM!" Wait....that's what happens at this moment, because you have guns, you shoot first and ask questions later.
Guns are power. And with great power comes great responsibility and it's just that responsibility you Americans don't have, just because you are all so trigger happy.
You seem to think America is one giant city. Pretty much everyone in the middle of America needs guns for one reason or another. They either hunt for their food, they fend off bears and other carnivores with their guns, they scare off thieves with their guns, and they teach their children to use guns so they can take over the farm or whatever it is they have when they're older.
I feel safe knowing someone won't pull out a gun because I have a gun. They know if they try to shoot me, I'll shoot them. It's called deterrence. It's why it was important for both the USSR and the US to have nukes. 32 families were affected by this event. It's tragic, yes. Would it have been better if he walked in with a homemade bomb instead of a gun, though? Would you feel relieved in some way?
Stop thinking about myself? I'm thinking about my country. About Americans (this event happened in America, mind you). Had they all had sidearms, this wouldn't have happened. Maybe one other person would have died before he would have been taken down. Hell, he wouldn't have done it in the first place. Again, he'd have made a homemade bomb.
When did I say I feared terrorists? I was insinuating that our government would either create a "terrorist attack" or use it as an excuse to further strip us of our freedoms.
Your last paragraph made no sense. We accept responsibility for our actions. We're not blaming that kid's ability to buy a gun on Europe. We know it's because he had access to weaponry. Do we even know if he went out and bought the guns or if he got it from someone? I don't want to shoot anyone, and I don't want to get shot. However, if I'm to choose between being murdered by some punk who I know is going to shoot me after I give him my wallet because he's nervous and stupid, I'm going to act first.
Guns are not the problem. America's mentality is. Banning weaponry isn't going to make us any less aggressive when it comes to defending ourselves and each other.
@ Devion once again:
1) That isn't tyranny. Look up the meaning of the word. The colonies weren't The United States of America, so you're wrong once again.
2) Read my post for the reason why many Americans use guns. I don't think there are too many bears in your country, but try fighting one off with a knife. Criminals don't have guns because of the second amendment. Automatic weapons have been banned, and yet criminals have them. Again, you're wrong.
3) Yeah. Tracking cars. We have those in our the walk/don't walk lights. You don't need a billion cameras to track cars.
4) The camera system is just the beginning. If you'd stop talking about how evil and bad America and Americans are and how archaic our constitution is because of guns, and look around you, you'd notice.
5) They're going to have to kill every person willing to fight. When that happens, it's only a matter of time before soldiers turn on their bosses. If I have to die to save the rest of America, fine.
