There are other countries where there are as many, or more, guns per person than in the US. Yet the gun related crime is much lower. Canada for example.
Not true America is number one in number of guns per person. Canada around a third of the guns of the United States. The logic that you used is illustrative but reversed: Ex. Mexico has 83% less guns but a much higher gun crime rate at nearly 95% compared to the United States (true Mexican gun crime rate is under reported because of corruption and culture)
The US has reduced its violent crime to the lowest its been since 1971... But this is not about gun crime but rather mass murder and rampage killings.
I proposed people who wanted to keep large rifles, they should keep them in the shooting range, cos they're useless for home defense.
Canada recently (2006) removed its restriction on long gun registration and destroyed its registry database.
Someone said "well what about outside hunting?" Well... ban semi automatic rifles and go back to bolt action 5-shooters. If you're hunting it's about skill and patience isn't it? Why do you need a 30 round semi automatic rifle? Noob.
Never been deer hunting?
I think the main issue is not whether people can have guns or not...
True this is about reduction of harm
Follow the advice of Dr Park Dietz - America's leading forensic psychiatrist, having extensively interviewed many of the country's most notorious mass murderers.
With that in mind:
television and radio should be prohibited from discussing a shooting event other than to announce that a shooting has occurred and state and region Ex:
?A shooting has occurred in southern Connecticut. In other news?? This is entirely constitutional under Red Lion Broadcasting Co. v. Federal Communications Commission. Any further acknowledgment on television and radio will mean a
penalty of 10% of profit of parent company.
Mental health should also be looked at but not to the extent that we vilify those who are mentally ill.
Mandatory annual cursory mental health checkups for every person over the age of 12 would reduce this chance of an event such as this occurring. This would normalize mental health and remove the stigma of receiving mental health treatment.
In a majority of these events the gunman has worn
black clothing which must be reduced. Combinations of darker shades should be reduced and those who wear such be under surveillance.