it's not guns.
it's morality and mental health.
as stated, there are 120 guns known for every 100 American's.... how many of those guns do you hear from?
there is a Sig365 in my pocket at any given time. nobody knows it's there but me (and now you). it has lived a sheltered life and isn't a bit crazy.
me however, i may be a bit crazy- which is why i carry it. having the capacity to drastically escalate a situation ensures i walk away and if i can't find an opening to walk away i make one, even if it makes me look like a wimp in front of my family.... otherwise, i'd likely swing on jackalopes far more often. so... that weapon keeps everyone safe if for that reason. it also allows me an opportunity to defend myself in the case i am ever, however statistically unlikely, a violent encounter with an armed person demonstrating temper and intent and with the means to cause harm.
this kid entered a freakin' grade school- a calculated act knowing a high likelihood nobody was there capable of defending themselves. i mean, he didn't charge into a police precinct and do this, nor a police bar or local VFW... he didn't go after folks attending a gun show... he calculated and went for the softest target his evil mind could determine, and launched his evil attack.
evil is the underscore, here. we turned our backs on God and are surprised of the fallout? and for those who reject God, fine, however- the teachings of Christianity establish a moral code- a contract with society playing on the condition of men being noble savages and all that jazz- that kept shit like this from happening... when you don't have codes anymore, when it's a free-for-all is it is- this shit will happen.
and... go ahead and try to take my weapons... they are currently all legally and lawfully owned. the moment laws change that, they will be all unlawfully and illegally owned. why? because bad guys don't give a shit about laws. yeah, this one slipped through the cracks- and you can't tell me so don't even try the asshole who sold these weapons, apparently legally, to this kid didn't sense something was off.... that alone should have ended the prospect of a sale, and resulted in a tip to authorities. but just like all the crap we deal with daily going wonky in this nation, people guard themselves with 'laws', not expectations of a contract with society and certainly not God.....