33 people dead is the worst mass killing so far. But think about it. It could be a lot worse! Think about the people that have done these things and look at their firearms experience. This man purchased his 9mm about 5 weeks ago and I'll assume that that was his first gun purchase and experience in his life with firearms. If someone with no experience can do this think what someone with experience could do. How about a special forces guy or a navy seal flipping out. Someone who shoots handguns alot and is good. A man that is a decent shot and shoots competative high power or someone from THIS board who is good with his shotgun. The death toll could be MUCH higher under the correct circumstances. Thankfully most people and probablly more so with gun owners are level headed and responsable. Us that hunt have killed and have seen death up close. This probably gives that person a deeper respect for human life and prevents such mindless actions. The abillity is there,not the desire.
I can say this to the guys on this board. Those of you who think that the second amendment is negotiable and are willing to compromise their rights away must realize that the greatest mass murders in the history of the human race have come from the hands of governments. All of these mass murders are preceded by arms control measures. Cambodia and the pol pot government comes to mind with MILLIONS dead. The Nazi government with MILLIONS dead. Our government with the Branch Dividiens in Waco. Don't tell me it can't happen here,it already has. And there are many more as outlined in a book writen by Arron Zeldman from the Jews for Preservation of Firearm Ownership(JPFO). Our founding fathers wrote into the Bill of Rights the Second Amendment so that this could not happen here. There are always those that must have ALL the power. They reside in our own government today and they especially reside in the United Nations. They want ALL your guns and all the power. The Purdey and the AK47 will go into the melting pot together if they have their way. The Second Amendment probably protects assault type guns more so than our doubles because they are the arms of the Malitia. Is that why they are so hell bent on taking them? I think I would rather take my chances with the nuts, They don't scare me as much as the governments do.