Massacres and Prevention?

About 3,000 people died on 9-11 and no guns were used. China had a epidemic of mass murders and none used guns. There are so many ways to kill large numbers of people that don't involve guns and require no expertise. The truth is that the weather kills more people than gun do and cars kill the most. Guns are not hard to make, the original carbine rifle was made by a prisoner in prison from a truck axel. Sulfur, salt peter and charcoal make gun powder. Killing people is relatively easy, the prisoners don't get guns in prison, yet, they manage to kill one another rather easily. Do you know that more people starve to death each year than are shot to death? Massacres pre-date guns. The Pimpernel is an avowed pacifist, I am not promoting guns, I am questioning lies and stupidity.

Guns are not the weapon of mass destruction, consider the Oklahoma bombing, no guns were needed. A single shooter, or two, with guns cannot kill as many people as one person who knows how to make a bomb with common household items. What makes people think about guns different than other killing devices? What drives someone to want to kill strangers in large numbers? It is not a new thing, it predates Trump. Clinton was President when Columbine happened. Johnson was President when the Texas Tower massacre happened.

Why do guns scare the establishment so much. It is because guns allow you to kill a specific person and not because they allow you to kill many. The elites are afraid of being targeted by people who don't believe in collateral damage. By the way, drones kill with bombs, not bullets and the establishment is okay with that. Why is the media more obsessed with the death of a couple dozen people in Texas than with the death of hundreds of thousands in Iraq? If you protest guns; but, not war, what does that say about you?

Point of reference. 53 people were shot over the weekend in Chicago. Last weekend 47 people were shot in Chicago. In fact, over 1400 people have been shot in Chicago so far this year. No manifestos, no political agendas, the vast majority were crime and gang related. Switzerland has more guns per person than the United States; but, very few gun deaths. What causes the difference in shootings? Why are Americans so casual about taking the lives of one another?

While most of the media say we need "reasonable" gun laws, they are short on specifics and what they really mean is to outlaw all guns or require that you register your guns with local police or even a federal registry. Some will say we need more background checks on purchasing a gun; but, every state requires a background check. We heavily regulate who can own certain weapons, like machine guns; but, we don't address guns other than that felons cannot own one.