Pete Williams - As any REAL and HONEST journalist would do, report the other side of the story too. Now do a report on how many would be shooters/criminals have been stopped before or during the act thanks to legal gun owners that took it upon themselves to engage the criminal and stop or interrupt a crime or death. The media never reports those stories....and yes...there are many stories of shooters and criminials being stopped by civilian gun owners.

Next time I am in New York and about to get mugged at gun point, I will simply show a copy of Obama's gun law mandates to the criminal. Surely the criminal will realize the err of his ways and keep from robbing me....

In my opinion the second amendment was designed to provide for an armed militia and to give the citizens who made up this militia - in order to fight against the British soldiers - the right to arm themselves.

The second amendment says "A well regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed."

However, we now have a well regulated militia or military (police, sheriff, navy, marines, coast guard, etc) and we don't need or require the citizens to be armed.

This article was nothing but, might have, could have, maybe could have. It is the people,,, yes the people is where we need to focus. The gun that Adam's mom bought didn't jump off the shelf and into her home by itself, it didn't go the Sandy Hook by its's self, it's the people.

Chris Rock has the best solution. Each bullet costs $5000 and only those with a mortgage gets a gun. Going through a mortgage process is a background check of sorts for one's stability. Plus, a lot of the mass murder nut jobs seem to live with their Mommies.

"A tough assault weapons ban might have blocked the sale of the Bushmaster XM-15 that Adam Lanza's mother bought legally and which police say he used to kill all his victims in the school."

Complete and utter bologna!

First of all, had his mom really wanted one, she could have easily found someone willing to sell her one of the million AR-15s already in law-abiding hands in the US. Only CONFISCATION of every AR-15 already owned could have prevented that.

Second, the 1994 assault weapons band had absolutely no positive effect five years later at Columbine. Look it up.

"A ban on high-capacity magazines might also have reduced the killing power of the weapons he brought to the school."

Once again, see Columbine. And, once again, anything less than the CONFISCATION of the hundreds of millions of magazines already in circulation will accomplish nothing.

THE PROBLEM in the Lanza home and in many, many other such incidents that I can document was that her weapons were not securely LOCKED AWAY in a home where someone with known MENTAL PROBLEMS lived and who was on psychoactive medications for it.

Of the recent mass shooters, 3 of 4 are known from media reports to have taken antidepressant meds and I've got a list of others that would fill multiple pages here. Here's some facts on those particular prescription drugs. If someone is taking these meds who has these genes, they should not be allowed to buy or possess firearms. Anyone living with them must be legally required to securely lock away all firearms.

If You Have These Genes, This Popular (Antidepressant) Drug Can Trigger Impulsive Violence
January 07, 2012

More than a decade ago, Dr. Yolande Lucire started noticing high rates of hospital admission and suicide among patients treated with antidepressant medications and antipsychotics.

Since then, she has gathered evidence that makes it clear that many people being treated with antidepressants can't metabolize them due to common genetic mutations.

According to Prevent Disease:

"[The enzyme] CYP2D6 (cytochrome P450 2D6) acts on one-fourth of all prescription drugs, including the selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRI), tricyclic antidepressants (TCA), beta blockers, opiates, neuroleptics, antiarrhythmics and a variety of toxic plant substances. Up to 15 percent of the population has a slow acting form of this enzyme and many of these a fast acting form. Thirty-five percent are carriers of a non-functional CYP2D6 allele, especially elevating the risk of adverse drug reactions when these individuals are taking multiple drugs... This means that potentially up to 1 billion people on the planet cannot metabolize and eliminate the commonly prescribed drugs from their bodies".

Antidepressants Among the Most Dangerous Drugs Available

The past few decades have been marked by a massive con job by the pharmaceutical industry. This deception has not only targeted you, the consumer, but also government agencies like the FDA and unsuspecting physicians who really believe they are helping their patients by prescribing antidepressants and other drugs. These treatments have been marketed as safe and effective, when in reality, they are neither.

It appears that antidepressants and antipsychotic drugs (also called neuroleptics) may be among the MOST dangerous drugs of all. Antidepressant drugs cause 40,000 deaths per year, yet they're handed out like candy to adults and children alike.

There is an entire web site database filled with stories of Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitor (SSRI) induced violence:

SSRI Stories
Antidepressant Nightmares

This website is a collection of 4,800+ news stories with the full media article available, mainly criminal in nature, that have appeared in the media (newspapers, TV, scientific journals) or that were part of FDA testimony in either 1991, 2004 or 2006, in which antidepressants are mentioned.

This web site focuses on the Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors (SSRIs), of which Prozac (fluoxetine) was the first. Other SSRIs are Zoloft (sertraline), Paxil (paroxetine) (known in the UK as Seroxat), Celexa (citalopam), Lexapro (escitalopram), and Luvox (fluvoxamine). Other newer antidepressants included in this list are Remeron (mirtazapine), Anafranil (clomipramine) and the SNRIs Effexor (venlafaxine), Cymbalta (duloxetine) and Pristiq (desvenlafaxine) as well as the dopamine reuptake inhibitor antidepressant Wellbutrin (bupropion) (also marketed as Zyban).

Although SSRI Stories only features cases which have appeared in the media, starting March 2012 there will be a Website which will allow personal stories to appear in a different Website from SSRI Stories. This is the work of Dr. David Healy.

Petey Boy Williams would have been a man if he had a penis .... and a gun ....so whats his point?

Is this true NBC? Why hasnt this been more broadly reported?

NBC News reported that no assault rifle was used in Newtown shooting!! NBC, is that true?

Journalists like this one prove that writing a stupid article is only a justification for their job. This whole premise is ignorant. These murderers would still have killed even if any of Obama's ideas, or for that matter, even if any of the the laws on the books currently, would have been strictly enforced. You cannot legislate to freaks, crazies, or pshycos.

This is what passes for journalism? What MIGHT have happened? Geez, NBC, why don't you just takes the title "News" right out of your programs and call it "complete speculation with no facts."

But since we're talking about what MIGHT have happened, maybe if this administration had been forthcoming about the Fast and Furious and Benghazi, Obama might have lost his bid for re-election. See how that works? Pure speculation.

From a U.S. citizen living in S. Korea.....Here their law keeps weapons out of the hands of everyone. It is ok to own a rifle/shotgun. But, a person must keep it locked up at the local Police Office armory. He gets it out when he has some reason to shoot....i.e., wild pigs, deer destroying his crops; target practicing; etc. Some of the criminals who are caught do have small homemade handguns, or beefed-up airguns, that can do a person some damage. But, since living here, on and off, for some 30+ years, I have yet to hear of one person killed by a gun. They do kill with knives, or other ways. But, there have been no mass murders such as we have witnessed in the U.S. The police carry guns. But, I've seldom heard of them having to use them. What it would take for the U.S. to get to this point, I don't know. I really don't think it is possible, given the numbers that the criminals have, plus the fear that so many have about an unarmed citizenry. House-to-house searches by our police officers/military to confiscate as many weapons out of the hands of the criminals.......100% reporting of all weapons sales.......weapons training of anyone who purchases/owns a weapon...verified every year or two........and registering all who are criminals, those with mental problems, and others who (we, the people) would decide needed to be registered........really a difficult difficult, if not impossible, task. BUT......not doing anything is not acceptable to me, also. Please, don't think that I am trying to offer what I think must be done. I'm just sharing with all readers about what one country that we are associated with, and consider free, has done. I'm not saying that it would work. But, we have got to get cooler, non-political heads together, to try to protect - especially the kids - from this unacceptable result. We can't let politicians and the NRA make political hay out of our dead children. That, too, is unacceptable.

Need to go back.....make an amendment......about hearing about someone killed by guns. The South Koreans have had - a couple of times - a soldier who, for whatever reason, got ahold of one of the military weapons, and began shooting. And, there have been several North Korean spies who have been killed by the military, in shootouts. And.....in 1974, the S. Korean President's wife was killed by a N.Korean spy with a handgun. And, about 6 years later, that same President was killed by a handgun fired by a person whom he knew. When I said that I knew of no one being killed by a gun, I meant, in a shooting such as the ones being talked about. (Here the weapon of choice is the knife......usually a kitchen knife.)

Here are some real solutions that should be considered:

1. Stop making rock stars out of the Adam Lanza's of the world. A lot of these shooters are seeking fame and know they will get it once their name and face is all over the news. Stop reporting their names or showing their faces. Once they realize that a mass shooting isn't their ticket to fame, they will try something else to get the recognition they seek.

2. Get rid of "Gun Free" zones. This concept obviously isn't working, and may only attract a shooter if they know that there isn't any chance that they might be taken out by another armed person.

3. Have armed and trained security guards at schools. About the only thing that will take out a shooter is another shooter. The guards will also serve as a deterrent, as schools will not be thought of as an easy target.

4. Identify mentally unstable and dangerous people and make sure that they get the help that they need.

I know these things won't stop every tragedy from happening, but they will go a lot further than putting useless restrictions on law abiding people who aren't the problem.

Anyone who believes that a bad guy is not going to obtain an assault rifle because Obama said not to needs the mental health care. I live in a gun control area and just the other day they shot the police captain with an AK47. He is a tough guy though and he lived even though he was hit in 3 spots. Point is I don't care what Obama does on gun control, the only thing he will achieve is the bad guys will have guns while law abiding citizens are disarmed.

This entire issuehas, "Fractured American Society" as a catalyst more than anything
else that could happen. Our children are constantly subjected to the chronic,
"Brain-Washing" through their formative years by Non-Responsive
Parent's who simply use Television, music, video Games, peer's, external
environmental conditions, their own un-reliable decision making capabilities as
well as the, "Belief Systems and emotions" of the adult who has grown
up in a sheltered society completely withdrawn from the Freedom of personal
responsibility for the consequences and rewards of their own dys-functional
choices!
These are the same people who have determined that something outside of
themselves must be responsible for their choices and personal safety. [I.E.
"The Government!"]
The true choices of American Freedom are the, Constitution and Bill of Right's
which remain as the foundation of this freedom. No where in it does it state
the politicians who have deceived the vast majority that the politicians are
the true government [falsely] who have the responsibility to protect the
individual from physical harm or injury [falsely] is not written anywhere
within these Sacred Documents.

I hope you noticed that all but one of the perps listed were white and the lone one probably thought he was white. You can draw several conclusions from this article. I have my conclusion but I will let you draw your own.

Most of the post's herein are simply blame-shifting to whatever boogieman the prejudice beliefs
are of the writer. The fact of the matter is politicians and the special interest groups of "H [B]ollywood" want firearms restrictions so they only have access to all of these weapons. We did watch both the N.R.A.s and the Dave Attack show on meet the [un-biased???] press.
Actors for a plan [mis-representation of plan as gun control and not Hollywood
movies, video games, dys-functional parenting, Chicago example]] instead of the
monster's society creates with total abandon.
The answer is totally clear to us which is, "Pay attention while in
"Jeff Coopers" yellow at least all of the time, carry the power you
need equal and surpass the bad guy's, to stop the fight when and where it
erupts [as every one of us will be the victim of a violent crime at least once
in our lives' according to F.B.I.Stats] and simply accept responsibility for
the choices we make to protect ourselves and ours! Don't screw with my rifles
as the bad guys have as much if not more. I am not a victim if I choose this
route as I pretended to be when I didn't know any better and relied upon
other's for my safety!

And not one mention of pernicious gun manufacturers and traffickers that have our politicians in their back pocket. Get a clue.

Oh Come on...no one wants to take your guns...period. The sky is not falling. It must be terrable to be so parinoid and so subject to manipulation by fear mongering. I feel so sorry for the scared masses, it must suck to go through life like that. And for the ones who disagree just because President Obama is trying to do something about gun violence, who disagree about anything he tries to do, regardless if he is right or wrong...you suck, you are obsticles to fixing real problems... I would go around obstructions too... obstructions for the sake of being obstructive....also suck a big one...

Let's consider this article from an entirley different perspective. What if, in these mass murders, there had been citizens with firearms and a permit to carry a concealed firearm? What would have happened then?

In the classrooms of Va Tech (Im an alumnus), Cho wouldn't have had ability to walk unchallenged leaving carnage. If he hadn't been stopped, he would have at least had to face his challenger(s) rather than murdering at will. Admittedly, in VA college students aren't likely to be armed because the legal age to carry a pistol is 21. However, It is likely someone in those buildings would have been. Professors? Upperclassmen?

Aurora? Likely to have had more armed citizens. Again, if they ddn't kill, they would have distracted and stopped him. Even in his armor, a couple of rounds to the torso would certainly knock him down and put him in pain. A shot to the unprotected groin area would have killed him as he bled out.

Newtown? A teacher? a secretary? ANYONE closeby? A resource officer? One gun would have saved lives. Provided more time for children to escape? Stopped the murderer?

You would probably be surprised at how many people actually carry a gun. I've taught gun safety classes. Men. women. Good ole Boys to corporate executives to youth to great grandmothers o teachers to pastors to secretaries to.... I taught a great grandmother how to shoot her Taurus .357 Magnum safely. Don't mess with great granny! The point is that people like ME are the NRA and are the 2nd Amendment supporters and are the ones many of you have erroneously categorized. I'm not a doomsday survivalist hoarder holed up in a cabin.

I am the NRA. I'm well educated. I'm a corporate executive. I'm the father of 3 boys. I'm a community leader. I volunteer in numerous youth organizations. I've travelled the world. I vote in every election. I pay my taxes. I've never taken a handout. I work every day. I've never been arrested or even close. I am a law abiding citizen. I hunt and I fish. I'm an environmentalist. I'm a Bible believing Christian. I love my wife, my only wife, and have been married over 25 years. I've worked hard to instill integrity into my sons, my staff, and my business. I strive daily to serve others. I believe in the Constitution as the supreme law of the United States of America and would defend it with my life if needed. I am the NRA.

After reading the un-leashed liberal hatred on these post's
demanding the, "Head of the prisoner" to be exhibited in public so to
speak, we are quite alarmed by them in their entirety! After being involved
with training Law-Enforcement from Federal, State [4 States] and local
including "Ranger's" for over 40 years and supporting the American
Constitution and Bill of Rights's with our lives's it becomes apparent many
herein do not accept the American freedom of responsibility to utilize the
first amendment guarantee's in any responsible manner! How is any meaningful dialog
possible with this type of expression of false raging superiority who simply
want to attack those whom you have no experience with? We have worked with
certain militias who were incredibly service oriented people while at the same
time keeping their military and law-enforcement skills current. Some herein
have called, "Randy Weaver" at Ruby Ridge a militia member when in fact
we knew him and he just wanted to be left alone. He was coerced into modifying
a shot-gun by federal agent's and after federal agent's snipers killed his son,
wife and dog while permanently crippling his Friend without cause except for
not showing up at a court date. Were his liberties taken from him as in the
pursuit of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness? Most viperous liberal poster's
herein would recognize that, but it appears only for themselves! He finally did
receive a multi-million dollar settlement from the F.B.I. in the form of your
tax-payer dollars for their, "Mistake[???]" Stop the hatred or your
group may be targeted next for investigation as a, "Hate-Group!"

The shooter in Newton never got the Bushmaster out of the trunk of his car. But anything for sensationalism, right?

I was issued an M-14 when I went in the Marine Corps in 1969
as these were being phased out and replaced by the M-16. It was the rifle I was
trained on to protect my country and I have felt comfortable enough to use it
for hunting in the last 40 years. I also
feel as comfortable as I can be; if un-foreseen circumstances occur [which they
have on occasion because of law-enforcement experiences'] to protect my family
and other's from the idiocy that develops in our society now! The fact is, our
society is different now than it was in, "The Good Ol'e Days" before. What has primarily changed is; The Media
coverage of every sick act of violence in giving the perpetrator all of the
attention they feel they lack because of parental neglect in up-bringing,
vicious brainwashing video games demanded as societal baby-sitter's [during behaviorally
formative years of children’s lives’], total lack of, Values of respect,
courage, honor, empathy, trust, appreciation, as well as other's. The drugs in our society whether medically
prescribed or illicit are epidemic and makes no difference if they are given to
the wrong mind's of anyone! Our
politicians who, "Never let a ["Good Crisis???"] go to waste to support their own personal
agendas emanating from their own fear and greed are creating a fractured
America, while mis-directing from the real issues which would preclude
themselves from any responsibility! Our current Golfer -in chief, commediane in
chief, apologist in chief is an excellent example. Neither he nor Rahm is able
to stop the criminal, drugged elements in Chicago much less anywhere else! An
armed guard in every school should have been allowed all along as these are
partly the reasons our kids are in trouble. This is the environment that has
been, "Caused" by these and some other reasons none of which has
anything to do with the in-animate object of the fire-arm. The questions those
irresponsible people who demand an end of fire-arms [Slippery Slope] need to
ask; 1. Will any of Feinsteins dillusions solve the criminal and mentally ill
problem[?] 2. How many rifles are out there with magizine's [not clips
ignoramous] already and is this also indicating the slippery slope, 3.Do you
trust your politicians [either party] to decide for you as an individual what
is right, true and correct for you uniquely? 4. If the second amendment of,
"The Constitution and Bill of Rights" is tampered with; then what do
you think would be next on the list to be tampered within, "First
Amendment of the Constitution and Bill of Right's? After watching both the
N.R.A.s presentation on Friday as well as the "Meet the Press" today
it becomes quite obvious that we will be re-joining the N.R.A. to speack on our
behalf because the moderator [David something] on Meet the Press was totally
biased {Un-Biased Journalism is a lie told to us by the journalist's} and was
totally in a supreme attack mode when he began while not letting Wayne LaPerrie
even answer the questions! This, "Meet the Press" would have been
more accurately advertized as the David Attack Show!" David you were
totally un-professional in our opinion! We will hang onto our ar-15s and
magizines [not clips ignoramous] as well as others and since the fracturing has
begun only we as American Citizens who Value all of our freedoms will bring
America baxck together without being, "Rescued by the likes of Schummer,
Feinstein, and the Whack-Job Blumberg from N.Y.C. who has not solved crime in
his myopic wet dream of a, "GUN-FREE-ZONE!!! The fact is, The N.R.A. is
the supreme firearms safety training organization in America today offering
training to children [no cost], Home firearm safety, pistol safety, rifle
safety, shotgun safety, personal protection, muzzle loading rifle, pistol,
shotgun safety, as well as advanced trainings' for law enforcement instructor's
such as we were before retirement. We trained Law-forcement from Federal, State
as well as local agencies for over forty years and none of them ever engaged in
criminal activity with a fire-arm of any kind! Israel has the answer and all
who know enforcement, know this!

So if we extrapolate on Pete Williams supposition, and all guns cease to exist, are we to believe crazy people will no longer commit mass murder? Our muslem brothers kicked off their massacre of 3000 some with a box cutter.