"Eisboch" wrote:
"Califbill" wrote in message
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Seems as if there are a couple questions to be answered. First, why did a
person decide to massacre a room full of kids. And second, why target
assault rifles because of this. He used pistols.

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My understanding is that he used an assault type rifle or clone of one to
kill the children and adults.
He used a pistol to kill himself.

Raises a disturbing question though. Those who advocate bans on assault
and or/high capacity weapons (me included) have to acknowledge that a
"number" is basically being established in terms of how many people a nut
case can kill with one weapon. A magazine capacity of no more than 10
rounds seems to be a common recommendation. In fact, Dianne Feinstein
(D) California just announced that she will introduce a bill immediately
that limits magazine rounds to 10.

So, does that mean that 10 people killed is an "acceptable" number in our
society? Wouldn't 5 be better . How about 1?
There are those who advocate banning guns altogether in the false hope
that it would end these tragic events, but it won't. Too many guns exist
and there are many other ways for nut cases to carry out mass murders.
Banning guns isn't the answer.

I find it a little strange that any number can be placed on magazine
capacity that is "acceptable".

I heard on the radio he was armed with 2 pistols. Either weapon will kill
someone. And at the range he was shooting from, would not matter much.
Except a rifle may be harder to aim at short range. Still comes down to
what we do about children and mental problems. My daughter is a pediatric
behavior therapist and one of her offices was paid from Calif Regional
Center which were created when the state hospitals were emptied during
Reagan's years. Now they are only covering speech and physical therapy.
No mental services. And we wonder why we have nutcase problems!