I know this won't be popular, but; it is the MENTAL ILLNESS. [View all]

[Atman]

This guy in Colorado did some serious planning. We could regulate the shit out of many types of guns, and he'd have used another type. He dressed up in costume, he planned the timing.

He had some serious wiring problems. Some say that if he only used knives, fewer people would have died. Yes, but people still would have died.

I'm one of those crazy liberals that don't have a serious problem with guns in and of themselves. In truth, the Bush administration's destruction of our civil rights and shredding of the Constitution led me to this position. It was then that I realized it might be a good idea to be able to protect yourself from the government shooting at you as you try to escape from a hurricane-ravaged city, stuff like that.

I'm no gun nut, I don't own a gun (although i admit, I've discussed them with the dealer at my local fishing/gun store). I've fired long arms -- a Winchester rifle that blew a bullet clean through a three-foot wide tree, and a basic shotgun that scattered deer shot over a bunch of plastic Coke bottles -- but I don't have much experience with handguns, other than 22 pellet types.

My point is, if you're a fucking psycho looking to do harm to people, you are still a fucking psycho. You will find ways to harm people, and perhaps in much worse ways. This guy, without access to a gun, might have chosen to just launch his gas canister full of whatever and wiped out the entire theater. Just sayin'...I hate to side with the righties on this one, and i know it will get me on a few more ignore lists (especially after yesterday's horse dick post!), but my knees just aren't jerking on this one.

It is not the guns...it is the mental illness, which the GOP doesn't want treated. No health care for the poor. Fend for yourself. This is what happens when EVERYONE has to fend for themselves.