First the event:
The shooter´s mother was psicologicaly unstabel to a point her aunt had to adopt the boy and raise him.
He was also troubled and after 911 (seen it on TV) he started his path to this faithfull day. Became stranger and the family took him to the doctors . . .we all know what they do . . .
For been strange, he was bullied at school, more than anyone you guys know what it is, you have them in every youth movie.
He contracted HIV, don´t know yet but some homo was involved, may be wrong.
Then he posted on the Net seven days prior to the mess: Soon Brazil will have its own documentary a la Columbine, for I will go back to the school I was bullied (bulinado is the term created for it happens so often) and kill everyone (or something of that nature)
Good recipe isn´t it? What if he had access to the cache of weapons your kids have?
Now for the gun control part.
Tugs here know the regular citizen is not armed, but they come shooting, not knocking!
People don´t have the resources to buy, register and keep a weapon, not even barely, much less with proper training and ammo.
Brazilians are emotional people, the best effect the ban law has so far is on crime or passion, went down sharply.
I am middle class and once was upper middle class, used to have, train, compete and be around weapons of all sorts . . .the lower classes don´t have them, if they do, something is wrong.
We brazilians are not used constantly by midia and politicians to support wars and very little ex-combatents are on the streets, the last ones from WWII, and we don´t have generals quotations to go by and feel strong.
The ex military are good citizens, some still have weapons and they are very well educated, become role models were they live a civil life, I never seen any doing gun apology.
We never had regular wars just small regional problems of people against rulers and supported by a central power called government. Plenty of graves around for that.
People hunt with different devices, bullets are not easy to come buy, back then they came from America, now it is Paraguay and 99% are for bad use.
We don´t have alien invasions, all are welcome and they come, believe me . . .
NO minutemen, no arizona law, no maids hunt, no paranoia about power, constitutional rights, we are still a colony, now from US and soon to have our own landlord living here.
People feel, people shrug and go to party, there is no bigger party going on . . .
So as I said: if its legal and you like, own as many guns as you can afford. don´t bullyshot me with this crap you are Capitain America and will fix it with the Colt, you never done it right, live on fantasy island for croocked old histories from the West and the number of wrong shots in your country is probably the same as other, percentually speaking.
Put a price on those lives and see how shallow your argument is!
I love guns, have them, legally, dont carry them and don´t think civilians should take care of this matter, it must be dealt by experts and pros. I just pray they are not sold out, but unlikely . . .they are all for hire . . .USA is buying.
I can´t change your state of mind, that has been ingrained in your soul, it is who you are, part of been Core American, very white, very christian and very republican.
Its ok because it is mostly hot air, the statistics are the same with you or without . . .
Just don´t feel ofended, I do like you guys a lot, we diverge on small points . .
Heron