On the issue of weapons: Since I do not live in the USA, I do not have as much saying as someone from there could have, however, if I lived there I would not mind for people to have their guns, as long as there is a bipartisan effort to protect innocent people (including children) to fall victim of a madman with a semi automatic rifle. I do not mind whether it is a hobby thing, a representation of the 2th amendment, or just people who like to shoot for fun.
Guns are okey, but killing indiscriminately is not and won't even be ...
Republican lawmakers, by the way, talk much about mental issues and yet are not willing to fund programs to tackle mental health in an affordable way.
Well, of course, we would have to go back to the actual recording of Hillary to see if she said any of it.
A mad-wild madman can get away with causing trouble for a little while. But that's why the public should ALL have guns. Even a madman will think a couple of times if he thinks he is being confronted by hundreds or thousands of people with guns... guns right with them, on their person, all the time.
It seems that much of Congress, both Rep and Dem, is in favor of the wars. They must have stock in the weapons market. Shutting down the Federal Government would get rid of their authority to use guns all over the world... make war, that is.
So you are in favor of the idea or theory of the "good guy with a gun" who is supposed to say bystanders are to be saved by a law-abiding citizen with a gun from a mad mass shooter. While I admit there are situations which a good guy with a gun managed to take out the shooter as soon as he started to fire against innocent people, there are still situations in which the good guy would not be in such position of advantage to save innocent bystanders.
Take for instance the horrible attack in Las Vegas, the target was a wide surface of concerngoers. Even if they had handguns with them, they could have never counter attacked against the shooter. They were not even aware where bullets were coming from.
What is supposed to be done to prevent those events to happen and take innocent life?