Makes me wonder what happened. We didn't have school shootings in the 70's and 80's. If I remember correctly it kind of started with workplace shootings that became known as "going postal" and later progressed into the occasional school shooting. Now, lately the shootings have become commonplace even if guns are marginally harder to get than they were back in the 70's. The guns haven't really changed much, but isn't it par for the course to only look at the one thing that hasn't changed versus everything else that has? One thing I suggest looking at is the most violent entity in any given place and look what the effect was on the population at large throughout history because I agree; taking the guns isn't going to curb violence but merely change it's form. What is next? Machetes, Axes and screw drivers? Golf Clubs? Baseball Bats? Cars?