Apparently that book
was funded by a shooter's group - who obviously would have had a bit of an agenda ie prove that gun ownership wasn't the problem.
(apeloverage committed the vile act of onanism on, Sat 3 Dec 2011, 16:07, 1 reply)

Of course gun ownership wasn't the problem.
The problem was that a nutjob killed a load of kids. You can do that with or without a legally-registered firearm, and let's be honest, anyone who's not deterred by the prospect of umpteen child murder convictions is hardly going to be put off by any firearms legislation you could possibly propose.
( Moon Girl Technologies horrendous beanbag, Sat 3 Dec 2011, 16:15, closed)

By a similar token
somebody who is not deterred by the idea of murdering children is unlikely to be deterred by any legislation at all.
( Dr. Shambolic je suis charlie, Sat 3 Dec 2011, 16:58, closed)

oh I don't know,
if it were legal, I'd be tempted to take it up as a sport.
( Moon Girl Technologies horrendous beanbag, Sat 3 Dec 2011, 17:06, closed)

It'd only be sport if the only permitted weapons were made out of parts of previous victims.

( Dr. Shambolic je suis charlie, Sat 3 Dec 2011, 17:28, closed)

don't be silly, they'd be far to floppy and slippery to get a decent grouping.
(strongp, Mon 5 Dec 2011, 11:30, closed)

Ive often wondered
what would have happened if Hamilton had gone in with a golf club (could easily kill a kid with a whack to the head)? Would Golf have been banned?
(kitescreech still here, Sat 3 Dec 2011, 18:40, closed)

It would be piss easy to mount the pavement in a 4x4 on a busy high street and kill a whole bunch of people.

( Moon Girl Technologies horrendous beanbag, Sat 3 Dec 2011, 19:13, closed)

After the banning of most firearms here in Oz
I wondered what they would ban if I managed to kill several people with a pointy spoon handle. I'm quite sure that I could get at least half a dozen in fairly rapid succession, and the headlines would have to be hysterical.
(M61A1 CUPID- STUNTS, Sat 3 Dec 2011, 22:21, closed)

People will always kill people.
Sort of makes sense to me to make it a bit harder if we can.

Although frankly toddlers are asking for it, with their furtive weeing and provocative 'we are the future' stance.
(judgetheobscure used to sweep in butchers' shops., Sun 4 Dec 2011, 17:18, closed)

makes sense to me to take away the motive, rather than the means,
because there will always be a means. Where there's a will, there's a way, so the saying goes.

The ultimate logical conclusion is to have everyone chained to their beds and fed through tubes by machines...
( Moon Girl Technologies horrendous beanbag, Sun 4 Dec 2011, 17:24, closed)

Fed what ??

(Bitter and Twisted, Sun 4 Dec 2011, 23:07, closed)

Surely not anything containing refined sugar ?

(Bitter and Twisted, Sun 4 Dec 2011, 23:07, closed)

you owe me a new keyboard
/ac
( admiral crunch holds the newsreader's nose squarely, Mon 5 Dec 2011, 0:45, closed)