Let's try this again, maybe this time someone can answer the question.

[holdencaufield]

16. "...he public goal should be to stop the freaks / criminals..."

And here, as Shakespeare would say, is the rub.

You can't get rid of criminals by passing laws -- they won't obey them. Passing laws on magazine capacity, muzzle velocity or what colours are acceptable for firearms only makes criminals out of people who would never harm a human being in their life.

And you can't get rid of freaks at all. There are situations and circumstances that cause people to do freakish things that are only partially understood and mostly likely not preventable. You can insert your favourite bogeyman (high capacity firearms, obscene music lyrics, violent video games or fluoridated water) but the reality is what makes a person want to kill a lot of people is not something that can be prevented by passing technical limitations on firearms.

If there weren't a firearm anywhere on the planet -- a freak could still drive a dump truck through a theatre queue and kill all the folks he wants.

Oh, and lest we forget, two of the largest mass murders in this country's recent history (911 and Oklahoma City), weren't committed with firearms at all.