[Humerox]

It's about nuts with easy access to assault-style weapons that mow kids down like bowling pins, among other things.

I'm not saying gun legislation is a panacea for gun violence. That's never been my position, nor will it ever be. It has been shown beyond reasonable doubt that proper gun legislation can remove the threat of mass gun killings. This we've seen in both Australia and Scotland.

The ready availability of assault-style weapons in this country is ludicrous. While it may be argued that it's not just the guns, the fact remains that stricter gun legislation is a good first step in addressing the problem. This alone will not save us, and any fool that argues otherwise is exactly that.

Just as any fool that argues that there is no causal relationship between assault-style weapons and mass murder in the US is also exactly that.

We are the only industrialized country in the world that still has this problem. The United States is responsible for over 80% of all the gun deaths in the 23 richest countries combined.

Talk about people with their heads in the sand. We are an easily frightened people and it is easy to manipulate us with fear. What are we so afraid of that we need to have 300 million guns in our homes? Who do we think is going to hurt us? Why are most of these guns in white suburban and rural homes?