Criminals who commit serious crimes are given light sentences and turned back onto the streets to rob or kill again and again. And each time some tragedy like this occurs, the politicians and the media simply give lip service to the problem, or worse yet, try to strip the law-abiding citizens of their rights. And no, I'm not in the National Rifle Association, and I don't own a gun. RayDunakin Americans are the only people who support the right to own a gun rather than the right to walk safely along the street or to feel secure in their homes. It seems that human life no longer has any value.
Guns serve only two purposes - to kill and maim.
Elke Zschaebitz, William Jones, Robyn Duffy Wittlich, Germany Go to the bedside of the next person who has been brutally robbed or assaulted, and ask him if he would have liked to have a gun at the time. There are evil people out there. I demand the right to protect myself and my family with the best means available - a gun. A way must be found to restore fiscal responsibility in our country. Some sort of means test based on a person's income sounds like a viable method to achieve that goal.