Not to mention, if the official story were correct, that the gunman already broke many laws in acquiring his gun stash. So, those who want more gun bans... well, they didn't work last time, or the time before, or the time before.

Will more gun bans work now?

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But it is so much simpler for feeling based people (such as liberals) to want to blame the inanimate object, instead of look to people as the source of violence. It is so much more comforting to blame the weapon. Then, they can remain in their delusional state that people are inherently good.

It is the same with socialism/communism. If we are all good, caring people, then we should all care about everyone being fed, etc. And so, the utopian dream continues. But, if you start looking at humanity as being mostly self serving, with some being evil, then their dream for a better future breaks down. So, we shant not think of such things.

(This is not to say that conservatives are anything other then sticks in the mud)