Quote from CaptainObvious:
Passing tougher gun control laws will be about as effective as raising the retirement age will be in offsetting Social Security problems. Neither addresses the root cause. SSN is broke because congress is allowed to use it as a slush fund. Until that changes you can rasie the f'n age to 100 and it won't don't anything but delay the inevitable. Sorry, but any chance I get to work in this wholesale theft of our money, I just can't help myself. Back on topic.
Gang bangers and other violent criminals will get guns no matter how tough the gun laws get. The root cause of all the killing is we now live in a throw away society and life is cheap. When the kids are being rasied by grandma, and grandma has yet to turn 30, that's a problem. Add to that a complete lack of social guidance within the community, a public school system that forgives any and all types of behavior, a court system that hand slaps even the most violent offenders...and here we are.
