This is yet another instance of Mass shooting in a public place.
http://gma.yahoo.com/mall-gunman-wanted-kill-many-police-124216378–abc-news-topstories.html
It really bothers me and has left a scare in me when we are at any public place.
May sound little paranoid but a series of mass shooting over past few months is something to worry about.
Its surprising that inspite of series of these events White House is not talking about Gun control.
In my first month in USA I watched Bowling for Columbine by Michael Moore and was terrified.
But from 2004 till recently, the concerns put forth by Michael Moore on gun industry were not perceived to be as real as they are today.
History of Mass shootings in USA
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/9414540/A-history-of-mass-shootings-in-the-US-since-Columbine.html
Consider what happened in Australia after a crazed gunman killed 35 people in Port Arthur, Tasmania, in 1996.
The Australian federal government persuaded all states and territories to implement tough new gun control laws. Under the National Firearms Agreement (NFA), firearms legislation was tightened throughout the country. National registration of guns was imposed and it became illegal to hold certain long guns that might be used in mass shootings.
The gun ban was backed up by a mandatory buy-back program that substantially reduced gun possession in Australia.
The effect was that both gun suicides and homicides (as well as total suicides and homicides) fell. Importantly, while there were 13 mass shootings in Australia during the period of 1979–96, there have been none in the sixteen years since.
In 1996, then-Prime Minister John Howard stated that the “whole scheme is designed to reduce the number of guns in the community and make Australia a safer place to live.” The Australian attorney general praised the cooperation and responsibility of Australian firearms owners with the gun controls and buy-back, saying, “they have been paid cash for their firearms – giving our nation a welcome Christmas gift by removing unnecessary high-powered firearms from the community. It offers all of us the real chance of a safer festive season and New Year.” (Full article can be read at http://www.cnn.com/2012/07/20/opinion/donohue-gun-control/index.html)
Aren’t we in America pleading for a safe and happy festive Holiday season? Will people of America ever rise up as one against gun violence?
And here is one more
http://gma.yahoo.com/breaking-conn-school-district-locked-down-shooting-report-151955384–abc-news-topstories.html