Dave Balderstone wrote:

All well and true (maybe). But what to do to prevent another
Timothy McVeigh or James von Brunn from murdering innocent people.

What does that have to do with it? Anyone who thinks that morality
can be legislated is part of the problem.

Here in Canada hand guns are very tightly controlled and legislated.
Doesn't stop the gang-bangers from having shootouts in downtone
Toronto and killing innocent bystanders.

The mayor of Toronto decided that banning shooting clubs within the
city limits would somehow stop this behaviour. What a putz.

Interestingly, here in the U.S., the trend has been toward loosening
restrictions on guns.

Your mayor makes a fundamental error in his calculus. How many of those who
suffered a gunshot actually needed killing?