On Sun, 14 Apr 2013 21:06:10 -0700, Doug Winterburn
wrote:

The problem with guns is that you can't outrun a bullet and it's
pretty hard to fight off someone if they're aiming a gun at you. With
someone holding a knife, you might be able to stay out of their reach
or at the very least, have a much better chance of fighting them off.

I knife will never be used for mass killings like a gun. Take away the
gun and the guy then uses a pipe bomb.

Fertilizer and diesel fuel is much more effective - as witnessed in
Oklahoma City. Mass murderers find the most effective means for their
ugly twisted deeds. Unfortunately, they are very adaptable.

Come on. You're really going to compare home made bombs to gun
shootings? Pipe bombs, fertilizer bombs might be effective, but still
they're still another animal and not really in the same ball park. The
terror of someone walking along shooting people isn't matched by your
home made bombs.

It's easier to obtain guns (and use them) than your home made bombs,
otherwise you'd be hearing of many more domestic bombings in the news.

In the end, the knowledge needed to obtain and shoot a firearm is much
less than that needed for bomb making.