Preventing school shootings

[Maengelito]

as has been said numerous times in this thread, having tighter gun laws and making it more difficult to obtain guns wont really stop pyschopaths that want to kill people. sure, it might weed out some of the borderline crazies, but it also limits those with legitimate reasons and responsible gun owners which is probably like 99% of them. hell, cars kill more people than guns do, many more. we've got tons of licensing and restrictions to owning and driving a car. does that mean cars should be outlawed? i'm not saying that gun violence is inevitable even though i wish it was, but you have isolated incidents that make headlines and all of a sudden the whole world is out of control. if you have a crazy bastard i dont think stricter gun laws would've made him rethink his plan. people don't just go shoot people because they have a gun. theres clearly something wrong with this guy that caused him to want to inflict harm on others. reality is that you're not safe anywhere at anytime. a burgalar could break into your home and stab you, a drunk person could run you over, you could get hit by a bus or a bird could shit on your favorite t-shirt. but does that mean you have to live your life in fear? these are mostly rare and isolated incidents and keeping yourself in situations where this is not likely to happen is really the only thing you can do. you can't have your freedom to do what you want and be safe from people who want to do what they want too.

edit: god damnit gerald, you beat me to my basic points too