Letting Kids Shoot Guns Is Good for Them--TIME magazine, Aug. 28, 2014

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95. The "regulation" of guns in America is failing

Of course you address the causes of crimes at the same time that you control the gun violence and what are called "accidents" (which I see as negligent homicide). Penalties need to be much stiffer to compel those who own guns to pay directly for the misuse of their gun. That is the only way.

We need laws to protect the innocent and also, to change the casual attitude people have around guns in general. I agree with those in this thread who talk about the glamorizing of these weapons in games and movies. It's a very negative effect on society. We're not going to be able to stop the fascination with these weapons which exists for many reasons, but we can control their use through sensible laws.

Don't worry, you can keep your guns. But not the idiots who let their children kill people with them.