IMHO you can debate both sides til you are blue in the face and you are going to wind up right back to square one on the guns/no guns issue. There are over 300 million guns in America and gun shows are reporting record sales in recent months. Many of these gun owners are avid believers in the 2nd Amendment and will NEVER relinquish their guns in a civil manner.
Even if an honest citizen's guns are confiscated, criminals will (and have always) found ways to arm themselves!
I'm all for confiscating the violent movies and video games. Perhaps the majority of children are not adversely affected, but they have NO redeeming qualities and there's no way to identify who is at risk and who is not. The harm is not in one game or movie but experts agree that watching these type movies or playing violent video games results in "desensitation" of minds to the point of confusion about what is real and what is not real.
Funding for mental health has been cut many times over the past several years and many troubled people are not being treated. Parents are not able to obtain help until a child commits a crime and most of the time that is too late!
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