Preventing school shootings

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Rather than trying to outlaw guns maybe we should spend more time on the cultural factors that lead to violence in this country.

I had a long post halfway typed out but that pretty much sums up my thoughts. Gun control is treating the symptoms, not the disease.

I do not own a gun and have never owned one but I'm of the belief that it's not my right, or my government's, to retrict that right of others. Tighter laws do not prevent determined individuals from success, they only serve to restrict the rights of those who actually choose to follow the rules.

Weren't most, if not all, if the Columbine guns obtained illegally?

Good, very good. But wouldn't social reform + tighter laws (just for shits) = Win?

I didn't mean to say that there shouldn't be a waiting period or perhaps a more lengthy background check, only that I'm against preventing people from owning guns. I mean let's face it, this guy bought the gun legally, a month in advance and seemed to have really planned the thing out. He had no priors and nothing popped in his background check so it's likely more restrective laws wouldn't have prevented this. I know that's not what you inferred, just throwing it out there for people who say tighter gun laws could have prevented this.

I'm just going to throw this out there for the sake of discussion and see if anyone chooses to respond to it.... The root of most of middle-class America's social issues are due to a two working parent household.