Originally Posted by cmac2012

I'm not opposed to the data you present, but you aim somewhere away from what we are looking at. Did data predict this incident? Or that of McVeigh, Koresh, and more? Thought experiments have value. Above you sneered at my abundance of psychology and paucity of facts. What kid these days or in your youth played war games by imitating knife fighting? Are you kidding? It was tommy-guns or western style revolver or rifle gunplay, all the time. No obscure psychology is required to note that a semi-auto rifle emboldens one to a greater degree than a knife or just might, maybe anyhow.

You ignored my speculation that the principle may have been able to hinder him sufficiently to be apprehended if all he had was a knife. Nothing wildly ignorant (to ignore) of facts in that opinion. And besides, it's a thought experiment, not a doctor's thesis.

Jeez . . .

No one I know of is suggesting that we can end violent behavior. Since no one is going to allow criminals to brandish 50 cal. Gatling guns on top of small pickups on the freeway and in the hood, we can conclude that we do, and will, enforce limits on personal firearm ownership and use. The question is, at least in part, should we perhaps revise those limits at this time?