As of today we have yet another shooting. I am not at all against guns. We have the 2nd amendment which I agree with although I believe there are many who have perverted it. I believe many cases (not all) the problem is the media.
As soon as there is a horrible firearm related crime, the media covers it to the point od absurdity. The public certainly has the right to know what is going on but the level of detail is ridiculous. We have had a number of shootings since the horrible day in Connecticut and I believe that the follow-up shooting were at least in part caused by the media.
Right after these shootings, because of the coverage, many people go right out and buy as many weapons as they can afford because they assume from the news coverage that it will happen local to them next and people then see anything as a problem that could be life threatening and they break out the weapons.
One thing I am absolutely against is high capacity magazines in civilian settings. I was a hunter for years. I would have been terribly embarrassed by needing more than 2 MAYBE 3 rounds when hunting. If you need a 30 or more round magazine then you suck as a hunter and you should not be allowed to even touch a weapon because is you need that many rounds when hunting then you have no idea where your rounds are going downrange and I sure as hell don’t want to be out in the woods with someone like you doing the spray and pray thing hoping to perhaps kill something edible.
