I'm with Allie on this one. She's going to the heart of the problem. Nearly 50 people dead or injured because a person was able to "legally" purchase firearms. She's correct in not celebrating the killing of the suspect. The real tragedy is the deaths and injuries of innocent people, including children, because of insufficient gun controls. The fact that gun-toting civilians apparently executed the suspect is nothing to celebrate when another gun-toting civilian killed and maimed so many others. The gun is a double-edged sword. As long as controls are inadequate, it will serve both evil and good.

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