I am American and I value my right to bear firearms... my husband and I are hunters and provide for our family through the use of our weapons. Not to mention the freedom in our countries seem to be slowly dwindling, the freedom to bear arms is a very important one to me and my family, my husband and I have raised our children in full knowledge of gun safety and the effects a pull of the trigger can have. There have been times we have needed our gun for safety and survival. I don't think it is so much the lack of proper gun laws we should focus on in this situation or any situation involving the murder of inoccent people...the focus needs to be more placed on the lack or core values and morals in ALL countries. The lack of Faith. The lack of Value for Life. and the outright lack of understanding and love for one another. That is the true tragidy here, any one can kill a person with anything, a hammer, a knife, a board for pete sake, the fact that a person can have such a screwed up frame of mind is the sadness not the gun laws. As a matter of fact, a vast majority of murders and crimes take place with the offender not using the law properly. Not to mention, a lot of times the offender has NO past criminal history, no past questionable background, there is sometimes no warning for why a person snaps and does such unimaginable things....there is sometimes no warning, no reasoning.
I couldn't imagine the loss of one of my kids, it's my worst nightmare....my thoughts and prayers go out to these families andthe children who had to live through the terror of seeing their friends taken right before their eyes. Words can not explain the pain any Mother feels for the loss of all those affected. Just made me hug my kids even more last night.
Bottom line, our world is becoming a crazier and crazier place every day, it is so important for us to imagine the worst and be open and honest with our kids, talk to your children about emergency situations, tell them what they should do and where they should go if anything ever happens like that. It is a matter of life or death for them...this world is not all bows and ribbons there are bad people everywhere even in our little towns. The better prepared we are to handle the bad stuff the better off we'll be. Although I don't agree with a gun in the nightstand or even on a shelf, I completely agree with home defense and the personal right to protect our loved ones, I am proud to be a gun owner and glad to know that if I had to I could use mine to save my family. I am even more proud to be a moral and Faithful woman who values life and the meaning of love. That is what the problem is ultimately, not the lack in laws.