hmmm. If the US bans all guns and makes gun possession a capital crime, then the number of gun deaths would go down. Seems plausible.
I mean guns do make killing easier. Otherwise these murderous rampages could be consummated with a rolled up newspaper and butterknife. We'd attack Iraq with rocks. We'd arm our police with swizzle sticks.
Seriously though, I blame the Internet for this.
There is so much paranoid garbage on the Internet that is easily accessible to intellectually ignorant and lazy people. We've all been there. We're all ignorant at some point on some matter. But this paranoid bullshit runs rampant on the internet - aliens and ghosts are real, the only thing standing btn my enslavement by the government and freedom is my gun, Federal INcome tax is an illegal scheme, Tax Protesters are heros,...etc.
Come on, how many of you folks believe one of the above statements is true? Be honest. There'll be a test later.
A paranoid citizenry is a dangerous citizenry.