What an awful title. Really....it couldn't be worded better? The dead?

The lack forethought to banning guns as the answer is quite sad really. Apparently nobody has learned anything from history? Let me help:
In 1911 Turkey established gun control.1.5 million Armenians were rounded up and killed.
In 1929 the Soviet Union established gun control and 20 million dissidents were arrested and executed
In 1938 Germany established gun control.13 million Jews, gypsies, homosexuals, mentally ill, union leaders, Catholics and others, unable to fire a shot in protest, were killed by the state.
In 1935 China established gun control. Between 1948 and 1952, over 20 million dissidents were rounded up and murdered by the Communists.
In 1956 Cambodia enshrined gun control. In just two years (1975-1977) over one million "educated" people (about 1/3 of the entire population!) were executed by the Reds.
In 1964 Guatemala locked in gun control. From 1964 to 1981 over 100,000 Mayan Indians were rounded up and killed, unable to defend themselves.
In 1970 the Ugandan dictator decreed gun control. During the next nine years over 300,000 Christians were murdered.
Over 56 million people have died, unable to defend themselves, because of gun control in the last century alone.

So much for keeping our guns if we register them. On the other hand, lenient gun laws mean less crime. In Switzerland, all males from the ages of 20 to 42 are required to have guns. The Swiss have almost no murders and a very low crime rate!

Now - curious enough. Anyone who thinks that banning guns is going to stop or prevent these events from taking place has got their head up somewhere or has been watching too much MSM news. Do fact checking online and LEARN what happens with violent crime rates in these countries that have done this. I mean hell if you all want to become the next USSR which it already is becoming you better wake up.

Onto the bigger issue:
Those here that think the president actually cares about this tragedy, besides trying to politicize it to his own means is just a plain zombie. Please help another human understand how a man who lacks compassion when it comes to say, taking out a wedding of 200 people woman and kids with a drone in Pakistan or the fact that we're still invading - 6 countries ( Iraq, Libya, Syria, Afghanistan, Somalia, Yemen) now killing too many innocents to count. Yet people lap it up when the guy goes on TV and fake cries to push his agenda on gun control. The ONLY reason anyone of these "power leaders" want to ban guns is to more of their own "power".

- It's funny nobody here is asking why DHS has purchased 1.6 Billion rounds of ammunition, all Hollow Point might I add. That is NOT range ammo. Why would a bureaucracy need this much in .40 cal .223 and .308.
- Why did this administration push "Fast and the Furious" in an attempt to undermine the 2nd amendment before any of these events took place by supplying the Cartel with illegal guns

"An evil exists that threatens every man, woman and child of this great nation. We must take steps to ensure our domestic security and protect our homeland." - Adolf Hitler, 1922.

Gee - I thought I saw that name Homeland used once before. What a co inky dink! I just tempt you for a moment to read just an example of how this whole event is being twisted to push an agenda.

http://www.naturalnews.com/038407_ammunition_homeland_security_civil_war.html

Dan-Please answer one question for the readers, and for the familes and friends of the 26 slaughtered women and children of Newtown: What purpose is served by civilians owning and using military style assault weapons such as the Bushmaster .223? These weapons have one purpose and one purpose only-to kill and maim the most amount of humans in the quickest and most efficient way possible.

You can drone on and on about your gun control arguments from other countries, but the fact remains, had it been illegal for Adam Lanza's mother to purchase an assault rifle such as the Bushmaster .223 last Friday, 26 innocent women and children would be home celebrating Christmas next week., instead of spending their Christmas in coffins.

Gladly will I answer your question. First, you stop trying to involve these families in this discussion and its about gun control,its not about Newtown but if you want to go into that I will in the next paragraph. The purpose of ANY weapon is to cause harm or even kill someone, that's why they are called weapons. Now, even IF she couldn't obtain a .223 legally and say all guns were outlawed in this country and this kid still wanted to do what he wanted to do. There are many options besides just guns. To say its JUST the GUN because GUNS kill, well so do swords, knives, stun guns, cars and alcohol. I disagree with your efficient way as well since he could have done way more damage in many other ways that I'd rather not discuss on a forum.
I don't see anyone on here bitching about the stun guns police are using now that are giving the receiving end heart attacks, brain damage, and heart failure? Go research how many people died from stun guns this year from police tazing.
Second, It has been widely reported that he was found in the school with two pistols by his body, and the bushmaster AR was in his trunk. So ask yourself why and how the hell did 223 casings get on the ground when he was found with 2 pistols in his hands and the AR in the trunk of the car in the parking lot? Did he go back to his vehicle and then decide to put the gun back? Why would a suicidal gun man wear a mask and body armor if he was going to kill himself......? Makes alot of sense eh?

So Dan, what you're saying is that the police and the medical examiner LIED about the fact that all 26 innocent victims were slaughtered with the Bushmaster .223 military style assault weapon? Is that what you're saying.

You really need to catch up on the news Dan-National polls show 87% of the population is in favor of stricter gun control measures in this country, and those measures are coming and they're coming soon. Fortunately, there's nothing you, LaPierre, and your few fellow gun nuts can do to stop it.

Wow......Talk about twisting words. Did I say that? If I did say that show me where? Otherwise you are turning it into your own story that I didn't even write. I said that there were .223 ammo casings all over the ground and yet the AR was in the trunk of the car. That was the story told, go look it up. I didn't say anything about "LYING". But the fact that you are believing everything from the media shows how bright your sun shines. You should google: "Sheeple".

The level of manipulation you've bought into is staggering, 87%? HAHAAHA. You are so wrong its pathetic. What poll was that? Bloomberg? You should look up totalitarianism along with Totalitarian "Footstep".

This story will sound familiar....

http://blog.beliefnet.com/on_the_front_lines_of_the_culture_wars/2011/04/she-survived-hitler-and-wants-to-warn-america.html/

And I am just done with you at this point, you're clearly pulling rabbits out of your hat in an attempt to twist words and my points. And again, let them pass the gun ban. It's just going to push those same guns underground and into the hands of gangs and cartels. We'll see how well that plays out now won't we.

The point of the last comment was the fact that he was found with two pistols by his body yet there were .223 casings on the ground. Who fired the AR if all he had were pistols on his body and killed himself in the school? It leaves the question how did the AR rounds get on the ground if the weapon was in the TRUNK of his car.

its called "CRITICAL THINKING" skills as in the story being told doesn't make complete sense.

"Dan" says:

"And again, let them pass the gun ban. It's just going to push those same guns underground and into the hands of gangs and cartels. We'll see how well that plays out now won't we."

For your information Dan, gangs and cartels don't burst into elementary schools and slaughter 26 innocent women and children. You gun nuts have had your fun playing Soldier of Fortune, but times change, society changes, and our culture changes. There is NO legitimate purpose for a civilian to own an assault weapon such as the one used to massacre 26 women and children last week, and thank goodness comprehensive gun control is coming to this country, whether the NRA likes it or not.

Really? Mexico has had stories on a much larger scale. Apparently you haven't been paying attention to what happens in Mexcio. I only ask that you get out of the MSM newsbubble you're in and read world news. Just goto Youtube and look up some of the news stories. What happens in Mexico where they have the local police running and hiding on a daily basis from them. Go look how militarized their police have to be, just to defend themselves let alone the public.

I am not from the NRA so you can stop referencing them. I am not a "gun nut" . I understand why they were written into the Constitution. You do not. I don't play with my rifle, I shoot it at targets to become a better marksman which enhances my perception , also I will rarely hunt a deer.

Now, back to Constitution, do you know how many people have DIED to protect that? They sacrificed themselves for an idea, that they inherited and protected with their body. Do you really think that guns are going to all be banned? Let them stop the sale of the AR's fine, whatever.

Join the NRA. A voice for Americans who love our country and freedom.

Dan-Your arguments ring hollow, especially to the victims of the Newtown massacre, the Aurora massacre, the Virgina Tech massacre, etc. etc.

You say you shoot your gun at targets to become a better marksman and enhance your perception? Then purchase a video game or vitual shooting simulator, and enhance your perception all you want-at least the end result of your improved marksmanship and perception will not be 20 child sized white caskets.

Living in a fantasy world alright . There are millions of illegal weapons out there. When we get the criminals disarmed come for mine. I have the right to protect my home and person. I guess the Liberal mind is too simple to understand that

Firearm homicides More than half with illegally obtained weapons .
2012 Number of deaths: 11,493
Deaths per 100,000 population: 3.7

Drug smugglers bring them in from over seas.

Just Watch...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=p_ODW4JG9y8

Again another example...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=Y6C2YmOLWnM

Joe said, "Drug smugglers bring them in from over seas."

While I'm sure some guns come from overseas smuggling, that's a small handful compared to the guns produced in this country that end up in the hands of criminals and the deranged. Here are just a few ways this happens.

Guns are transported from states with lax gun laws to states with stricter gun laws. States with lax gun laws often do not require background checks and do not limit purchases to a maximum number.

Straw purchases. This is when a person who is legally allowed to purchase a gun pays for it and sells it to someone who would not pass a background check or is too young to buy one one their own. One of the guns used at Columbine was a straw purchase from a gun show.

Speaking of gun shows. Gun shows often are not required to do background checks and sometimes do not even ask for ID. This is the so called gun show loophole. The Virginia Tech killer purchased his weapons from a gun show. The brother of one of the victims, a gun control activist, visited a gun show in Virginia and purchased 10 weapons without a background check and in some cases with no ID. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=baPgr_tw79Q

Stolen guns: The items that thieves most often look for when they break into homes are cash and guns. Make sure your legally-owned guns are in an approved vault. The standard should be that it will take one-hour for an average thief to break into your gun safe.

Naome-While you're right about the zealots and their constant NRA gun loving rants, we as a people and as a civilized society owe it to those 26 slaughtered women and children, as well as every other victim of gun violence in this country, to keep the conversation on gun control going and let our voices be heard.

The gun loving wackos at the NRA would like nothing better than to have the rest of the country go silent on gun control while they continue to amass arsenals of killing machines that could equip a small army.

Keep up the fight Naome-the majority of the people stand behind you.

We're wasting our time, addressing the talking points regurgitated by zealots.

The Patch needs to limit the number of times a poster can answer their own submissions, or it will be overrun by the most conservative voices, as have every other public forum in the area.

These people are convinced they're right, and devote their free time defending
what are discredited ideas that don't have any factual basis.

It's like attacking a religion.

We'll get reasonable discourse when we no longer rise to the bait they cast.

Write your Congressman, call you local legislature - take down the NRA.
Justice is overdue in America.

http://www.demandaplan.org/

In the tragic massacres in Newtown, Columbine, Aurora, Tuscon, and Virgina Tech, what was the common denominator? Answer-all the guns used to kill the innocent victims were purchased LEGALLY.

There is something seriously wrong with the gun laws in this country when it's more difficult to buy a pack of cigarettes or bottle of whiskey than it is to buy a high powered military style assault rifle.

Time to send the NRA back to the stone ages where they belong.

You people need to get your facts straight. Joe's weapons of choice are large boulders not the assault rifle!!

Among others.