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Personally, no. I'll admit a bias because I own a number of firearms.

The problem with more stringent gun control laws is the fact that even if we were to ban them completely, you'll still be able to get guns. They'll flow in the same way narcotics do currently, and instead of hearing about drug cartels on a daily basis, we'll hear about gun cartels as well on a daily basis. Anyone with the right contacts and enough money will be able to get guns.

Even during a law that banned the sale of large capacity magazines, I could still find the 15 round clips for my .30 carbine, and a friend could find a 30 round clip for his .223.

The gun used in Newtown was stolen, the weapons used in Columbine went through a shady deal that made the purchases look legitimate on paper. I haven't looked at the provenance of the gun in the theatre shooting.

I think we're doing about the best we can; I'd rather have guns in the hands of responsible owners than in the hands of people with a criminal intent.

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I stay out of it since I have feelings that are not permitted to feel concerning the bullied getting revenge in Columbine and what people do with guns besides killing each other.

If I don't pay any attention to it, I won't feel depressed hearing people defending guns for hunting as a local ad has a redneck doing.

I wish I had one and could do the right thing with it so nobody gets it from me and I am ready for any funny acts by the government if some Hitler boy takes over and wants to exterminate some kind of people that include me or a threatening person coming into my house, or wherever I am. But I won't get a gun since I can't handle being around gun people since they like killing aniimals too much around here.

I don't feel that strict gun control laws are going to prevent all tragedies. Criminals are criminals because they don't follow the laws and it's not that difficult to obtain a gun illegally. No matter how many laws we make, shootings will still happen.

That being said, I'm all for through background checks. Some people just should not be issued gun licenses.

I don't like guns either, and would never own one. But I would not stop a father or mother wanting to own one to protect her family. The gun laws in Connecticut will do nothing to get guns out of the hand of bad people!

Now here is an opinion you'll never hear. In each shooting going all the way back to columbine, there were plenty of signs that this was going to happen, but self centered people who only care about themselves are the ones to blame, they could have stopped it but they chose not to get involved!

Plenty of people knew something like "columbine" and the Virginia tech shooting was going to happen and they chose to ignore it or say "hey not my problem" WELL F.UKER it is your problem!

If you know your friend is unstable or psychotic and might do something crazy CALL THE F.UKING COPS!!!! DUDE! Don't say "dude not my problem" and continue to smoke weed in your dorm.

Those incidents were horrific, no one denies. But I am a gun-advocate, and my question to you is, what laws would have stopped them? Adam Lanza lied on a background check and was denied the purchase of a firearm by a dealer, so he stole one. So he broke 2 firearm laws immediately. Harris and Kelbold stole the guns from their parents. Breaking another gun law. Not only that, Colombine was under the first "assault weapon" ban. Holmes did not have a permit to carry guns. Breaking the law.

What new "sensible gun law" would have stopped these events?

We need gun control. No doubt about it. Think about all the shootings: Columbine, Virginia Tech, Movie theater, and Newtown, CT... we need to keep them out of the hands of psycho idiots

Definitely. It's sad it took such horrific events for people to start caring. It's complicated, though, because so many guns are already out there. Any of the gun control laws passed now won't really cause any of the desired changes in safety for many generations.

We were just talking about this in class. There are so many sides to this.

But in my opinion I believe the big clips are unnecessary. When you go hunting you don't use a large clip. In addition hunters use rifles not assault rifles.

It is not just the guns fault it is also the one wielding the gun so in addition to getting rid of large clips, we need better laws that will keep the mentally dangerous away from guns.

I believe in the right to bear arms however I don't believe that civilians should be allowed to own semi-automatic weapons as there is zero need for that. I also think there need to be stricter guidelines when deciding who gets a gun even if it takes longer or is deemed inconvenient. I think that is reasonable.

Although it's hard to believe, mass shootings are actually on the decline. I'm not a gun nut but I'm for a smaller government and less laws.