This section shows Dan Rather's negative view of guns. We've also been digging into what ever happened to even modest gun control measures in the U.S. Congress. Apparently not much. As CBS's Diana Olick reports, the little girl's death has many wondering what, if anything, more can be done and asking why Congress hasn't done anything for months. I know, as the gun lobbyists keep reminding us, guns do not kill people.
People kill people.
But with a gun it is a whole lot quicker. He killed one person and wounded six others before taking his own life, all with a semi-automatic handgun that could not have been easier to buy. President Clinton urged Congress to pass at least modest measures to try to reduce gun crimes. What a difference a day makes. The Republican-led U.S. Senate is backing off and looking for a way out just 24 hours after rejecting a modest gun control measure.