America you seriously need to sort out your gun laws - Reporter shot dead on live TV

[El Kabong]

#1. Yes you are correct shooting(s) happen for a myriad of reasons. I think we all can agree on that from defense to aggressive to just someone went loco. I don't think anyone would disagree & have a logical point.

#2.
I think it would be good to take a poll here and see who does support gun bans- to question why.

Overall:
My previous post already stated what I think of the Democratic party's take on gun banning: Again I am against it. Also previously stated: my stance isn't right to bare arms vs right to ban guns. America isn't made up of just two kinds of thinking people, know what I mean?

Every gang banger you stated has a fire weapon. I add: with a serial number: One side too ready to ban- the other side to ready to ignore how/why legal weapons turn up in the hands of gangbangers, mentally ill and those who aren't registered.---we went across the globe to find cave dwelling muslims who may have WMD's but we cant even try to create a system where we go after those who have them here? Guns are weapons. Manufacturers manufacture them. How does the same nation that crosses nations to stop murderers- just say- constitutional right to have a gun- its not a weapon. Its a constitutional right and leave it at that?
If we start there and fail- then we could at least say we tried (something) instead of continued lip service from a partisan perspective.

We need to end the war on drugs because that is what is causing all the gang violence. Get rid of (or significantly diminish) the profits those gangs are fighting over and voila LESS violence....care for a precedent? How about the 21st Amendment repealing the Prohibition of Alcohol?

Of course I would never support a firearm ban....because I've seen what it does to places like Chicago, Detroit, New York, and Washington DC. DC used to have a basketball team named "The Bullets" as it was homicide capital of the United States! And Chicago is now called ChIraq because of how many murders there are....and again, the guns were already banned there! So not having a gun means you're obeying the law, but it makes you a subject of those who don't obey the law.

As for this specific shooting, the man was twisted plain and simple, if he had no gun he would have used a bomb, I guarantee it!
REALLY?! These are the "Racist" Words Alison Parker Said That Caused her Death

"Swing by" and "a reporter in the field" were apparently terms Vester considered racist.

[0james0]

Just to put things in perspective while we are talking preventable deaths because I do believe nutters will kill regardless (maybe not mass murder as easy without a machine gun) but they still will.

There are around 500,000 deaths in the US per year as a direct result of smoking. Compared to probably 30,000 from guns. So although guns grab the headlines, more people die from second hand smoke than guns.

Just to try and put things in perspective.

[El Kabong]

Just to put things in perspective while we are talking preventable deaths because I do believe nutters will kill regardless (maybe not mass murder as easy without a machine gun) but they still will.

There are around 500,000 deaths in the US per year as a direct result of smoking. Compared to probably 30,000 from guns. So although guns grab the headlines, more people die from second hand smoke than guns.

Just to try and put things in perspective.

Last time a "machine gun" was used in a shooting? ??

I know a person who is licensed to have automatic firearms....It's not an easy license to get and it's work to keep.