I'm all for it -- when you're paranoid, hearing voices and have insomnia, you're a mass shooter waiting to happen. We really should address this ****. There's no good reason not to.
Especially if you're a family member of those gunned down at VPI, Columbine, etc.
For Comparison:
Gun Deaths In Great Britain:
Gun Murders in England, Scotland and Wales 2011/12
There were 640 Murders / Homicides in Britain (England, Scotland and Wales) in 2011/12 (10.43 per million population)
Of these 640 Murders / Homicides, 44 involved a gun or firearm as the main weapon. Gun murders in Britain in 2011/12 represent 6% of the murder cases, (0.72 gun homicides per million population).
MASS SHOOTINGS IN AMERICA IN 2013
Number 1: 1/1/13, Desmen Noble, Damian Bell, 1 dead 4 injured, Lorain, OH
Number 2: 1/5/13, Sonny Archuleta, 4 dead, Aurora, CO
Number 3: 1/7/13, Cedric and James Poore (brothers), 4 dead, Tulsa, OK
Number 4: 1/7/13, Sandra Palmer, 2 dead 2 injured, Greensboro, NC
Number 5: 1/7/13, Herbert Bland Jr., 23, 3 dead 1 injured, Dinwiddie, VA
Number 6: 1/19/13, Nehemiah Griego, 5 dead, Albuquerque, NM
Number 7: 1/27/13, Wilbert Thibodeaux, 1 dead 3 injured, Charenton, LA
Number 8: 1/30/13, Douglas Harmon, 3 dead 1 injured, Phoenix, AZ
Number 9: 2/1/13, Unknown, 1 dead 3 injured, Oakland, CA
Number 10: 2/2/13, Sundra Payne, 5 injured, Memphis, TN
Number 11: 2/3/13, Jackie Spears & Kelcie Stewart, 2 dead 2 injured, Memphis, TN
Number 12: 2/3/13, Christopher Dorner, 5 dead 4 injured, Began in Riverside, CA
Number 13: 2/6/13, Mayra Perez, 3 dead 1 injured, Denver, CO
Number 14: 2/7/13, Unknown, 4 injured, Chicago, IL
Number 15: 2/9/13, Malcolm Hall, Brandon Brown, Deron Bridgewater, 4 injured, New Orleans, LA
Number 16: 2/11/13, Thomas Matusiewicz, 3 dead 2 injured, Wilmington, DE
Number 17: 2/11/13, Unknown, 1 dead 4 injured, Vallejo, CA
Number 18: 2/11/13, Nhan Lap Tran, 1 dead 4 injured, Oakdale, MN
Number 19: 2/12/13, Two suspects, David Fresques in custody and Davis Fotu at large, 3 dead 1 injured, Suburban Salt Lake City(Midvale), UT
Number 20: 2/13/13, Joseph Matteson, 2 dead 2 injured, Red Springs, NC
Number 21: 2/16/13, Unknown, 1 dead 3 injured, Winston-Salem, NC
Number 22: 2/19/13, Ali Sayed, 4 dead 3 injured, Tustin, CA
Number 23: 2/21/13, Mark Hopkins, 1 dead 3 injured, Tulsa, OK
Number 24: 2/21/13, Carlos Zuniga, 2 dead 2 injured, Miami, FL
Number 25: 2/22/13, Unknown, 4 injured, Grand Rapids, MI
Number 26: 2/23/13, Unknown, 4 injured, Lancaster, CA
Number 27: 2/23/13, Unknown, 4 injured, Oakland, CA
Number 28: 2/24/13, Unknown, 8 injured, Macon, GA
Number 29: 3/2/13, Unknown, 1 dead 3 injured, Shreveport, LA
Number 30: 3/3/13, Unknown, 6 injured, Houston, TX
Number 31: 3/3/13, Unknown, 1 dead 3 injured, Moultrie, GA
Number 32: 3/4/13, Unknown, 4 injured, Saginaw, MI
Number 33: 3/4/13, Unknown, 1 dead 3 injured, Los Banos, CA
Number 34: 3/5/13, Unknown, 1 dead 3 injured, Indianapolis, IN
Number 35: 3/5/13, Unknown, 4 injured, Fuquay-Varina, NC
Number 36: 3/7/13, Joshua Hurst, 2 dead 2 injured, Jackson, MS
Number 37: 3/8/13, Unknown, 1 dead 3 injured, Buffalo, NY
Number 38: 3/10/13, Taleb Salameh, 3 dead 1 injured, North Liberty, IA
Number 39: 3/11/13, Andrew Davon Allen and Craig Willson, 13 injured, Washington, DC
Number 40: 3/11/13, Taleb Hussein Yousef Salameh, 1 dead 3 injured, Iowa City, IA
Number 41: 3/13/13, Unknown, 2 dead 2 injured, San Diego, CA
Number 42: 3/13/13, Kurt Myers, 5 dead 2 injured, Herkimer, NY
Number 43: 3/14/13, Unknown, 4 injured, Modesto, CA
Number 44: 3/15/13, Angelica Vazquez, 4 dead, Mesquite, TX
Number 45: 3/16/13, Unknown, 7 injured, Galt, CA
Number 46: 3/17/13, Unknown, 5 injured, Belle Glade, FL
Number 47: 3/17/13, Unknown, 2 dead 4 injured, Stockton, CA
Number 48: 3/20/13, Brandon Menefee, 3 dead 1 injured, Jefferson County, AL
Number 49: 3/21/13, Unknown, 1 dead 4 injured, Kansas City, MO
Number 50: 3/21/13, Unknown, 7 injured, Chicago, IL
Number 51: 3/22/13, Unknown, 1 dead 3 injured, New York, NY
Number 52: 3/26/13, Unknown, 4 injured, St. Petersberg, FL
Number 53: 3/31/13, Unknown, 2 dead 3 injured, Merced County, CA
Number 54: 3/31/13, Unknown, 3 dead 1 injured, Auburn, WA
Number 55: 4/2/13, Unknown, 4 dead 1 injured, San Juan, Puerto Rico
Number 56: 4/6/13, Unknown, 1 dead 4 injured, Greenwood, S.C.
Number 57: 4/6/13, Unknown spree shooter, 4 injured, Philadelphia
Number 58: 4/7/13, Unknown, 1 dead 3 injured, Long Beach, CA
Number 59: 4/7/13, 1 in custody, name withheld, 1 dead 3 injured, Manhatten, Kansas
Number 60: 4/9/13, Unknown, 1 dead 3 injured, Philadelphia, PA
Number 61: 4/10/13, Unknown, 4 injured, Vallejo, CA
Number 62: 4/13/13, Trenton Ore, Joven Covington, 5 injured, Norfolk, VA
Number 63: 4/13/13, Unknown, 4 injured, Merced, CA
Number 64: 4/14/13, Unknown, 1 dead 4 injured, Lexington, KY
Number 65: 4/14/13, Unknown, 2 dead 4 injured, Phoenix, AZ
Number 66: 4/18/13, Unknown, 4 dead, Akron, OH
Number 67: 4/20/13, Christine Squire, 2 dead 2 injured, Richmond, VA
Number 68: 4/20/13, Unknown, 2 dead 2 injured, Modesto, CA
Number 69: 4/21/13, Unknown, 5 dead 2 injured, Federal Way, WA
Number 70: 4/22/13, Davante Robertson, Charlie A. Gumms, Frankie Hookman, Jr and Lashawn Davis, 5 injured, Havey, Louisiana
Number 71: 4/22/13, Unknown, 4 injured, Englewood, Illinois
Number 72: 4/24/13, Rick Odell Smith, 6 dead 1 injured, Manchester, IL
Number 73: 4/25/13, Sean M. Woodings, 4 injured, Oberlin, Ohio
Number 74: 4/27/13, Unknown, 1 dead 4 injured, Williston, FL
Number 75: 4/28/13, Unknown, 5 injured, Charlotte, NC
Number 76: 4/28/13, Unknown, 2 dead 2 injured, Jackson, Tennessee
Number 77: 4/28/13, Neville Lynch, Mark Rose, 4 injured, Lauderdale Lakes, FL
Number 78: 4/28/13, Unknown drive-by, 1 dead 3 injured, Chester, PA
Number 79: 5/2/13, Unknown, 5 injured, Newark, NJ
Number 80: 5/4/13, Krystal Olymica David, 4 injured, Smithfield, NC
Number 81: 5/4/13, Unknown drive-by, 4 dead 6 injured, Aguas Buenas, PR
Number 82: 5/5/13, Unknown, 1 dead 3 injured, Oakland, CA
Number 83: 5/5/13, Unknown drive-by, 6 injured, E. Palo Alto, CA
Number 84: 5/6/13, Two boys, 10, 11, 4 injured, Ocean Township, NJ
Number 85: 5/6/13, Unknown, 4 injured, Johnstown, PA
Number 86: 5/8/13, Ralph Robert Warren III, 4 dead, Hendersonville, NC
Number 87: 5/10/13, Unknown, 3 dead 1 injured, Harbor Gateway (Los Angeles), CA
Number 88: 5/11/13, Unknown, 4 injured, East Germantown, PA
Number 89: 5/11/13, Samuel E. Sallee, 4 dead, Waynesville, IN
Number 90: 5/12/13, Unknown, 19 injured, New Orleans, LA
Number 91: 5/12/13, Unknown, 5 injured, Newark, NJ
Number 92: 5/12/13, Unknown, 4 injured, Hollister, CA
Number 93: 5/12/13, Unknown, 4 injured, Jersey City, NJ
Number 94: 5/12/13, Unknown, 4 injured, Apache Junction, AZ
Number 95: 5/13/13, Unknown, 5 injured, Winton Hills, OH
Number 96: 5/15/13, Arrest made 5/21, 1 dead 4 injured, Detroit, MI
Number 97: 5/15/13, Jeremiah Bean, 5 dead, Fernley, NV
Number 98: 5/16/13, Unknown, 4 injured, Philladelphia, PA
Number 99: 5/18/13, Unknown, 3 dead 3 injured, Las Piedras, PR
Number 100: 5/19/13, Codarrell Lee Yates, 4 injured, Lunenburg, VA
Number 101: 5/19/13, Unknown, 4 injured, Detroit, MI
Number 102: 5/19/13, Unknown, 2 dead 2 injured, South Memphis, TN
Number 103: 5/20/13, Unknown, 4 injured, Chicago, IL
Number 104: 5/21/13, Unknown, 4 injured, Madison County, AL
Number 105: 5/23/13, Evellis T. McGee and Karon D. Thomas, 1 dead 3 injured, Saginaw, MI
Number 106: 5/23/13, Jason Brian Holt, 2 dead 2 injured, Knoxville, TN
Number 107: 5/24/13, Julio Jesus Romero, 2 dead 2 injured, Bakersfield, CA
Number 108: 5/25/13, Antonio King Green, 1 dead 3 injured, Flint, MI
Number 109: 5/25/13, Ryan Taybron, 15, and Eric Nixon, 17, 1 dead 4 injured, Hampton, VA
Number 110: 5/26/13, Esteban J. Smith, 3 dead 5 injured, Eden, TX & Jacksonville, NC
Number 111: 5/28/13, Unknown, 5 dead, Sells, AZ
Number 112: 5/28/13, Unknown, 1 dead 3 injured, Memphis, TN
Number 113: 5/29/13, Unknown, 4 injured, Chicago (Bronzeville), IL
Number 114: 5/31/13, Unknown, 4 injured, Atlanta, GA
Number 115: 6/1/13, Unknown, 2 dead 2 injured, Vallejo, CA
Number 116: 6/1/13, Unknown, 4 injured, Milwaukee, WI
Number 117: 6/2/13, Xavier Edmondson and Lewis Antonio, 7 injured, LaGrange, GA
Number 118: 6/2/13, Unknown, 4 injured, Indianapolis, IN
Number 119: 6/2/13, Unknown, 4 injured, Virginia Beach, VA
Number 120: 6/2/13, Unknown, 5 injured, Roanoke, VA
Number 121: 6/3/13, Manuel Mata III, 2 dead 2 injured, Las Vegas, NV
Number 122: 6/4/13, Johnny Simpson, 2 dead 2 injured, Shoreview, MN
Number 123: 6/5/13, St. Charles resident, 10 injured, Elburn, IL
Number 124: 6/7/13, John Zawahri, 5 dead 5 injured, Santa Monica, CA
Number 125: 6/9/13, Unknown, 4 injured, York City, PA
Number 126: 6/10/13, Unknown, 1 dead 5 injured, Chicago, IL
Number 127: 6/10/13, Davonta Coleman, 6 injured, St. Louis, MO
Number 128: 6/11/13, David Andrus, 4 dead, Darien, IL
Number 129: 6/12/13, Ahmed Dirir, 4 dead, St. Louis, MO
Number 130: 6/14/13, Unknown, 4 injured, High Point, NC
Number 131: 6/15/13, Unknown, 1 dead 3 injured, Houston, TX
Number 132: 6/15/13, Earnest Woodley, 4 injured, Nashville, TN
Number 133: 6/16/13, Unknown, 1 dead 3 injured, Chicago, IL
Number 134: 6/18/13, Unknown, 1 dead 3 injured, Berkeley, MO
Number 135: 6/19/13, Gary W. Stewart Jr., 3 dead 1 injured, Louisville, KY
Number 136: 6/21/13, Unknown, 1 dead 3 injured, (Kelvyn Park) Chicago, IL
Number 137: 6/21/13, Darren Lamont Roberts and Kyle Edward Thornton, 6 injured, Norfolk, VA
Number 138: 6/22/13, Lakim Anthony Faust, 5 injured, Greenville, NC
Number 139: 6/22/13, Unknown, 4 injured, Providence, RI
Number 140: 6/22/13, Kamal “Rico” Edge, 1 dead 4 injured, Paterson, NJ
Number 141: 6/22/13, Unknown, 1 dead 4 injured, Baltimore, MD
Number 142: 6/23/13, Unknown, 1 dead 3 injured, Chattanooga, TN
Number 143: 6/23/13, Elijah Rodgers, 1 dead 3 injured, Sacramento, CA
Number 144: 6/23/13, Unknown, 1 dead 8 injured, Kansas City, MO
Number 145: 6/23/13, Unknown, 4 injured, Gentilly, LA
Number 146: 6/23/13, Unknown, 1 dead 4 injured, Virginia Beach, VA
Number 147: 6/24/13, Unknown, 1 dead 3 injured, Kansas City, MO
Number 148: 6/25/13, Unknown, 1 dead 4 injured, Chicago, IL
Number 149: 6/27/13, Manuel Talamantez, Christina Martinez, 2 dead 2 injured, Three Rivers, CA
Number 150: 6/27/13, Tierra Fallin, 1 dead 3 injured, Baltimore, MD
Number 151: 6/28/13, Unknown, 6 injured, Chicago, IL
Number 152: 6/29/13, Ronald Reid, Barry Stinson, 3 dead 1 injured, North Charleston, SC
Number 153: 6/29/13, Unknown, 4 injured, Aurora, CO
Number 154: 6/30/13, Unknown, 9 injured, Brooklyn, NY
Number 155: 7/1/13, Amos Wells, 4 dead, Fort Worth, TX
Number 156: 7/2/13, Unknown, 1 dead 3 injured, Montgomery, AL
Number 157: 7/3/13, Unknown, 1 dead 3 injured, Calais, Maine
Number 158: 7/4/13, Unknown, 4 injured, Woodlawn, IL
Number 159: 7/4/13, Robert Marion Naylor, 1 dead 6 injured, Pontiac, MI
Number 160: 7/5/13, Unknown, 1 dead 3 injured, Macon, GA
Number 161: 7/6/13, Unknown, 1 dead 7 injured, Chicago, IL
Number 162: 7/6/13, Unknown, 1 dead 3 injured, Los Angeles, CA
Number 163: 7/6/13, Brandon Reese, 1 dead 3 injured, Brooklyn, NY
Number 164: 7/6/13, Chauncy Laray Mitchell, 4 injured, Florence, AL
Number 165: 7/7/13, Unknown, 1 dead 3 injured, Pompano Beach, FL
Number 166: 7/7/13, Unknown, 1 dead 5 injured, Chicago, IL
Number 167: 7/7/13, Unknown, 4 injured, Meridian, Miss.
Number 168: 7/7/13, Unknown, 1 dead 4 injured, Stockton, CA
Number 169: 7/9/13, Unknown, 2 dead 2 injured, Rockford, IL
Number 170: 7/9/13, Lamont Jones, 4 injured, Balimore, MD
Number 171: 7/10/13, Konrad Schafer, 15, and David Damus, 20, 2 dead 12 injured, Kissimmee, FL
Number 172: 7/11/13, Unknown, 1 dead 3 injured, Charlotte, NC
Number 173: 7/12/13, Unknown, 2 dead 2 injured, Greensburg, KY
Number 174: 7/12/13, Unknown, 1 dead 4 injured, Hamilton Township, NJ
Number 175: 7/12/13, Unknown, 1 dead 3 injured, San Francicsco, CA
Number 176: 7/13/13, Unknown, 1 dead 3 injured, Oklahoma City, OK
Number 177: 7/13/13, Unknown, 5 dead 1 injured, New Orleans, LA
Number 178: 7/13/13, Unknown, 4 injured, Washington DC
Number 179: 7/14/13, Suspect in custody., 5 injured, Kentwood, MI
Number 180: 7/14/13, Unknown, 1 dead 4 injured, Wichita, KS
Number 181: 7/14/13, Phillip Brierly Jr., 2 dead 2 injured, Lexington, SC
Number 182: 7/17/13, Unknown, 3 dead 1 injured, Oakland, CA
Number 183: 7/19/13, Unknown, 4 injured, Madera, CA
Number 184: 7/19/13, Unknown, 4 injured, Hartford, CT
Number 185: 7/20/13, Devin Spann, 5 injured, Campbell, OH
Number 186: 7/21/13, Unknown, 5 injured, Brooklyn (Bushwick), NY
Number 187: 7/21/13, Terrence Lynom, Angelo Clark, 1 dead 3 injured, Chicago, IL
Number 188: 7/21/13, Unknown, 2 dead 2 injured, Fort Pierce, FL
Number 189: 7/21/13, Unknown, 4 injured, Brooklyn (Crown Heights), NY
Number 190: 7/24/13, Unknown, 4 injured, Topeka, KS
Number 191: 7/25/13, Unknown, 4 injured, Inkster, MI
Number 192: 7/26/13, Sidney A. Muller, 4 dead, Clarksburg, WV
Number 193: 7/26/13, Unknown, 7 dead, Hialea, FL
Number 194: 7/27/13, Unknown, 1 dead 3 injured, Farmington, NM
Number 195: 7/28/13, Unknown, 4 injured, Granger, WA
Number 196: 7/28/13, Unknown, 1 dead 3 injured, Irvington, NJ
Number 197: 7/28/13, Unknown, 5 injured, Dallas, TX
Number 198: 7/30/13, Parrish Chee, 4 injured, Lea County (Hobbs), NM
Number 199: 8/2/13, Tristan Crayton, 4 injured, Broad Ripple, IN
Number 200: 8/2/13, Unknown, 4 dead, Whitesburg, KY
Number 201: 8/2/13, Unknown, 2 dead 3 injured, Newark, NJ
Number 202: 8/3/13, Unknown, 5 injured, Detriot, MI
Number 203: 8/4/13, Giovanni Pacheco, 3 dead 4 injured, Salinas, CA
Number 204: 8/4/13, Unknown, 1 dead 3 injured, Kansas City, Mo
Number 205: 8/5/13, Suspect known., 4 injured, Montclair, NJ
Number 206: 8/5/13, Rockne Newell, 3 dead 4 injured, Ross Township, PA
Number 207: 8/7/13, Erbie Bowser, 4 dead 4 injured, Dallas, TX
Number 208: 8/11/13, Unknown, 4 injured, Wilmington, Del.
Number 209: 8/11/13, Unknown, 2 dead 2 injured, St. Louis, MO
Number 210: 8/11/13, Unknown, 1 dead 4 injured, Portsmouth, VA
Number 211: 8/11/13, Unknown, 1 dead 3 injured, Flatbush, NY
Number 212: 8/11/13, Nikko Jenkins, 4 dead, Omaha, NE
Number 213: 8/12/13, Unknown, 4 injured, Cincinnati, OH
Gun Deaths In Great Britain:
Gun Murders in England, Scotland and Wales 2011/12
There were 640 Murders / Homicides in Britain (England, Scotland and Wales) in 2011/12 (10.43 per million population)
Of these 640 Murders / Homicides, 44 involved a gun or firearm as the main weapon.
Gun murders in Britain in 2011/12 represent 6% of the murder cases, (0.72 gun homicides per million population).