The how (gun) is not the why (reason for the massacre). Look deeper to solve, please. One deranged young man from Newtown, Connecticut, should not be allowed to change the U.S. Constitution. Not one paragraph, not one sentence, not one word. Millions and millions of U.S. citizens have owned guns for more than 230 years. Why do modern-day gang members, drug lords, egotistical madmen and the mentally-ill left untreated, over medicated or not properly cared for get to rule the day? Guns do not kill. People use guns to kill, as well as knives, swords, hatchets, saws, drownings, baseball bats, hockey sticks, lead pipes, automobiles, pillows, bombs, arsenic, chemicals, toxic substances, shoestrings, ropes, fists, fingers, kicks, whips, slaps, stones, rocks, shoves, arson, hammers, screwdrivers, nail guns, (the list is endless). Ban murder.

Cathy,
The terrorist who pulled off the Fort Hood shooting was US Military. His guns didn't kill anyone. HE DID!
Next time my daughter comes home with a test marked with wrong answers should I protest, "THE PENCIL DIDI IT"?
Our 2nd ammendment is there to enable the people to protect themselves not only from criminals, but from a tyranical government. If only the government has guns then freedom would be lost forever. Look at the history of countries who imposed massive gun bans. They are almost always followed by massive tyranny, and in the worst cases, mass killings by the governments.
It's NOT the gun, it's the person using it.

Idiot.... then we should take eveything out of the hands all people right? Hammers, cell phones people use in cars, alcohol. You're a moron.

Because the one article that describes something that is pro-2nd Amendment while there were several articles describing anti-2nd Amendment actions is clearly taking sides.

However I think this is largely un-necessary. It has pretty much been "gun appreciation day" at gun shops, ranges, and gun shows every day since November 5th 2008. Despite the horrible economy the gun industry has grown every year. Yet somehow, violent crime rates in the US have declined.. hmm something doesn't seem right with that!?! I thought guns were evil.

I know I lock mine in a safe to make sure that they don't get up on their own accord and commit crimes, but I also took mine to obedience training. Let me tell you that has achieved results, they haven't once loaded themselves on their own and committed crimes, they are very well behaved. I decided to paper train them, they only shoot at paper, well except one, for some reason that one rifle likes to shoot deer. A tragedy I am sure, but it keeps my freezer full.

Elizabeth, your report isn't biased at all. Like you said, it just reports a story.

If your report was biased in the conservative direction, that would be one time vs. 1 million liberal articles on the Patch. So don't sweat it.

Cathy,
How can we have a conversation if you refuse to engage in debate. I always like to hear from folks who have opposing views as to "why" they feel the way they do.
Responding emotionally is exactly what DC is doing now. If you know anything about "why" the second amendment exists, you'll have to at least acknowledge those reasons were NOT for hunting and target shooting.
We are ever facing the very tyranny from government that our founders warned against and made sure that we could always defend against.

Dumbo... learn what an AUTOMATIC weapon is. No new AUTOMATIC weapons are being made. Stop watching Rachel Maddow and petting your cats.

All your responses are emotional. That's the only way you can support an assault weapon ban when assault weapons kill 300 annually, and NOT support an alcohol ban when it kills 12,000 in cars, and another 100,000+ from disease. Not to mention the problems it causes with child neglegt and abuse, spousal abuse, depression, suicide and so on.

It the only reason you don't support banning swimming pools, which kill 500 to 750 per year, and brain damage another 1500.

You are a silly, illogical person, who only seeks to ban what you neither understand or use. HAMMERS kill more than guns. Want to have background checks for hammers? WHY NOT? Because you are a silly little person who should not even be able to vote.