A couple of points regarding this thread:

How can we have an "intelligent conversation regarding guns" when it seems that at least half those involved know NOTHING about guns? Isn't "intelligence" supposed to be synonymous with knowledge?

Another point is that the gun related death rate has gone down to half of what it was in 1993 and yet the gun ownership in America has doubled. Figure that one out.

Also something to consider: OVER half the gun related deaths are suicides.

Already mentioned: What law would you have created that would have stopped any of the past mass shootings?

We do not have a program like the "Minority Report" movie. We cannot predict a crime and we cannot stop a crime before it happens based solely on a theory. In most cases, you cannot arrest a person until he commits a crime. A crazy can purchase a gun with the intent to commit a crime with it, and in most cases you cannot do a thing about it. Some folks seem to be perfectly stable for decades and then something just sets them off and they start a killing spree. That's life. Look at road rage as an example.

Sure, you can argue some of the points I made, but the reality is that you cannot eliminate crime. It is human nature. You can make deterrents or put obstacles in the way, but you cannot stop some crime from happening.

Of course, you can always drug everyone into submission. That might work. I think that the CIA had some study on that at one time.

When ever there is a mass shooting, the left jumps in there with the ban guns demand. Sorry, but that ain't gonna happen. Thank goodness for the NRA.