What defines "reasonable restrictions"?

[Nuclear Unicorn]

93. And here I thought "judicial activism" was a solely RW complaint

You aren't saying anything other than, "I disagree so here are some stories presented in inflammatory terms." As many tragedies as there are I cannot bring myself to say that the tens, if not hundreds, of thousands of people who lawfully defend themselves each year be left defenseless. Criminals should not be the only ones with access to firearms.

Even for the stories you listed those deaths were preventable. The first VA Tech incident and the Giffords shooting were pereptrated by people who should have been listed ineligible but the system -- the system you trust to ban guns -- failed to do its job and get them proper psychiatric treatment. Columbine, if memory serves, were straw purchases which are already illegal. Accidental deaths are inexcusable because they are so absolutely preventable with proper handling. I'm not a "gunner" I've fired guns exactly twice in my life but because of the training I received it was pounded into my head, "safety first."

Just because something is abused doesn't make a case for its prohibition. Cars, alcohol, pharmaceuticals, children, speech, religion -- if there is one constant in human history it is that humans will abuse anything they can get their hands on and often with violent results. Gun prohibitions do nothing other than disarm the one segment of society that society should protect the most -- the law-abiding.