I'm not really sure where this discussion has headed - but I can tell you guns are pretty irrelevant to most people in Australia. I know one single person who has guns (via legit license). I do not feel the need to possess one. I am not afraid of people with guns at all because largely, gun violence is rare and generally between rival criminals. However, if I were in the US, I would probably own one. Those news reports stink of FUD that isn't really represented in how the average Australian feels. Nobody is afraid, here. In fact, currently, the biggest evil that persists in Australia media is the frequent occurrence of piece of shit dickwads king hitting random people, who end up hitting their head as they fall and consequently die. Seriously, that's our biggest problem. Would that even make local news in your country? It's a national news headline every time it happens here
I did not bother reading any pages of this thread but I don't really think that stuff has any parallel to the US. Forget banning guns - it is ingrained in the culture and it is true that a lot of you get extremely butthurt at the idea of not having guns (which is perfectly understandable - given there's so many in your country and you grew up with them being something you were free to own).
In my opinion, those of you who want to keep your guns have to admit one thing - you have to admit that shit will happen and some kids are going to get shot up in a school from time to time. You have to accept that - because your country has no mechanism or money to police every single gun owner in the country, to ensure 1. they are sane and 2. they are responsible and store their guns correctly. It's a fool's errand. Too many people. As there are so many stupid people in your country, the various organisations under threat, simply find things like video games
to blame, to take the focus of the real issue - which is that there is no true solution.
In a word, there's fuck all can be done in the US. Live with it. If a school has a guard, it might be a cinema. If a cinema gets a guard, it'll be a random street. etc etc. This is just a whole lot of noise that ends with nothing achieved.