I have lived in Australia. Seriously - it's the most laid back country in the world as far as I can tell. I don't think they'd be shooting eachother if they all had gattling guns and free ammo.

It would be ironic if not unexpected if tighter gun regulations resulted in more Oklahoma City style bombings.

If the number was all that mattered, than the countries that have 30-40/100 should still be seeing at least a killing spree a year. They are not.

It IS too easy to buy a gun - but fixing that alone won't make killing sprees go away.

You could also kill 28 people with bare hands if they had nowhere to run, especially if they're kids...but it would be much much much harder.

Making this kind of thing HARD to do is the idea.

"The idea that the gun used in the Sandy Hook Shooting is somehow more dangerous than your grandpa's .30-06 is absolute bullshit. The idea that these "military style" weapons are somehow more dangerous demonstrates a lack of knowledge or a willful ignorance to the facts."

No it isn't.

I'd love to see you shoot 30 rounds out of a bolt action .30-06 as fast as I could should out of any semi automatic assault rifle, be it an AK, AR-15 or whatever you want.

Please, you're putting up a straw man with those guns.

The hunting rifle isn't semiautomatic and unwieldy.

Going on a killing spree with a hunting rife at close range would be impractical.

You don't need "power" to kill people. A .22LR to the head will do the job.

Except you're wrong...Sweden does not restrict gun ownership...31 guns per 100 people and no killing sprees.

Ok. So.....why couldn't I kill 28+ people with a single handgun? I don't need more than that...

Also - Norway has very tight gun laws.

I have a recoil pad on the Mosin - only $10 and WAY nicer than the steel "pad" that was on there before. (To be fair, the steel was there so that you could use it as a bludgeon if needed.)

But yeah, after 100 rounds your shoulder is turning purple pad or no pad.

I didn't mention the best part. I have ~3500 rounds of ammo for the Mosin in the garage.
Hey, it was $90 for 1000 rounds in a sealed can which is a steal!

So I stocked up - in case I need to wipe out a small town or something...

1 handed with a semi-automatic pistol I can fire 10 rounds in just under 10 seconds into an 8 inch bullseye at 25 yards, with at least 60% hit rate on a really bad day. 8/10 is the norm for me. In short, burst fire is pointless. I would rater conserve ammo and make the hits count.

High capacity clips are a convenience. I can reload a clip in under 3 seconds and return to firing. It's easy. Also getting high capacity mags in the US even when they were illegal was trivial. Seriously, you never held a gun have you?

Ok. I'll just cut the long barrel off and have a short rifle that's just as deadly at close range. Nothing is solved.

You do realize that the only real purpose of full auto weapons is covering fire in active combat situations right? Full auto fire is terrible for actually trying to hit someone except in movies.

b-b-guns are too easy. bow an arrow is too easy with a compound and is a real bitch with a recurve. I've done both.

Handguns, 1 handed, are actually really demanding but not exhausting to shoot. So yes - I would enjoy it less if I had to use something other than a handgun. In fact I only like to shoot .22 or 9mm.

And that is why it's very very very hard to get an assault rifle.

In fact, it's far cheaper to buy an assault rifle illegally than legaly.

Bolt action rifles are amazingly cheap and great for hunting. I have a Mosin, $90. Dirt cheap ammo.

Frankly, bolt action is all you need for hunting.

Thing is, semi auto or auto doesn't change much. An automatic weapon is not a good choice for a very large number of reasons.

Reality is, a semi auto handgun is absolutley all you need for killing unarmed civilians. Even a revolver will do, just pack some speedloaders.

Yes. People will play less Farmville and less Zynga games if they are not there on the screen reminding them about their farm/whatever when they check their facebook page every 5 minutes.

People will play existing games less and be less exposed to new games resulting in a death spiral that is impossible to get out of.

Remember, Zynga has never made a single "good" game - plenty of profitable and popular games - but largley as a result of placement and spread through facebook. Nobody I know ever got a Zynga game outside of facebook besides Words with Friends on the iPhone.

Not saying Zynga is dead - but they will never be "big news" without Facebook. They'll just be another crappy company making crapy flash games based on other peoples games.