Gunman in the Lake District...:-(

[enduro]

Should the gun laws be changed?

 

[jay]

thoughts are with all concerned


we had a similar exp years ago at tourist area in tas Port Arthur and from memory the gunman took 35 lives 25 wounded and for no reason why
hes in prison for life
they changed the gun laws here due to it you now have to have a licence and firearms must be locked at all times separate to ammunition
but still wont stop someone going off

 

[nybor62]

what a MAD MAD world we live in,cant get my head round this.rip the poor victims, and hope he rots in hell

 

[White Room]

Should the gun laws be changed?

We have one of the toughest gun laws anywhere

 

[user123]

I'm so sorry, Sean....

 

[Prem Tiler]

Is it just me that thinks this country is becoming more and more like the US?

God bless.

Watching the news and it looks like he flipped out over his mothers will and then went on a killing spree killing as many people he had falling outs with in the past and took the lives of many innocents along the way.

 

[Dan]

Should the gun laws be changed?

IMO, No.

That like this alcohol price increase thing. You're not really tackling the problem. the few of the thousands that drink that cause the rest to pay more probably still will buy drink, or make their own. In the gun situation, perhaps they'd just run around with a knife, how would we stop that?

I think in this case, it's just unique and the guy had issues, probably ones nobody could have stopped. But only his family could have done, and perhaps they tried, as the first person he killed was his twin.

In the drinking situation they shouldn't increase the price, and us be the first country in the world to do so without evidence it works, and should spend more effort fixing the dodgy estates out that are renowned for having teen drinkers causing asbo issues.

Anyway, as I said already, my thoughts go out the to families involved and I hope this doesn't happen again. This isn't like a dodgy serial killer situation its more a bloke lost the plot for a few hours resulting in very unusual deaths. And that's the sort of thing that's harder to stop than the weirdos that do similar things.

 

[Diamond Pool Finishers]

i think it is time to have all guns even air arms ,removed from society . there i have said it!!!:yikes:

 

[user123]

I agree completely, gooner-Dave. We used to have guns at home, and I like shooting, am good at it, always win stuff on fairs, etc, but I can live without it, and contrary to knives which cause enough heartache at least long range random deaths cannot be caused with them. But, of course it's not policeable, same old story, but yes, in my ideal world there wouldn't be any guns either. You never going to do any good with them are you? Not doing harm is not the same as doing good.

 

[The Legend; Phil Hobson RIP]

Prem, we will probably never know, my thoughts are with the bereaved families.Very sad.