Stricter gun laws have nothing to with increased safety of the populace and everything with politics. Quite a few politicians may not be too swift but they are smart enough to see the hand writing on the wall if things continue the way they are that the natives may get restless.
The “Occupy” riots across this country in the last two years were mere dress rehearsals for what lies ahead - years of unrest sparked by the increasing discontent of the unsuccessful who want to seize the fruits and the bounty of the successful, and do not appreciate the slow pace of redistribution.
A good example was the most recent shooting as apprehensible and regrettable as it was, almost immediately politicians jumped on the band wagon condemning so called “Assault” rifles, where as during this heinous crime spree no assault rifle was being used and instead hand guns stolen from his mother who he first killed came in to play. At least this is or was what later reports indicated.
There always were and will continue to be deranged individuals who will use what ever means are available, including guns to create mayhem. And each additional incident will be gleefully received by overjoyed ignorant politicians such as Feinstein or Bloomberg just having found another reason for removing guns from the general public, as they know quite well that down the road some of their dumb socialistic policies either directly or indirectly may turn the public against them, And eventually should the time come a gun may proof to be hazardous to their health.
There have been plenty of reports that Home Land Security has been ordering inordinate amounts of ammunition what only goes hand in hand with the intentional disarming of a good portion of the populace as sooner or later if things keep on going the way they are things could get a little rough and dicey, putting it mildly and it will be a lot easier to shoot an unarmed citizen than some one who is able to return fire.
I am sorry to have to say this, but why do FReepers continue to tell this lie? The latest reports do NOT say the pistols were used, the rifle was used the only shots fired from the pistol were used to kill the perp when he offed himself.
It is nice to argue the merits of the crazed politicians crying out to disarm us but please use facts, not wishful thinking.
That meme has been so thoroughy debunked that people who repeat it can now be written off as kooks, like moon-landing deniers. Do you want to keep repeating it?