With all of the unnecessary killings around the world, we need to look at the value of human life and educate that value to all....BUT its not always the firearm.....Its the Human and the tools he/she will use to commit those killings.
Lets look at two factors.
1. Mass grave reveals prehistoric warfare in ancient European farming community.
2. FBI Stats for 2014 on Murder rates in the U.S.
1. - 7,000 year old mass grave in Germany reviled 25 adults & Children.
"In the seven metre-long, V-shaped pit, researchers found the skeletons of 26 adults and children, who were killed by devastating strikes to the head or arrow wounds. The skull fractures are classic signs of blunt force injuries caused by basic stone age weapons".
They used blunt objects to kill other humans, "GUNS" didn't exists back then, which is one proof that we as humans do have the ability to kill others, WAY before guns were invented.
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2015/aug/17/mass-grave-prehistoric-warfare-ancient-european-farming-community-neolithic
2. - Firearms are just 3 sets of tools out of many tools to commit murder. (Handgun, Rifle and Shotgun).
In 2014 the FBI Statics came out and here are the numbers (https://www.fbi.gov/about-us/cjis/ucr/crime-in-the-u.s/2014/crime-in-the-u.s.-2014/tables/table-20).
Total murders in the 50 states & 2 territories
Total Murders: 11,961
Total Firearms: 8,124
Handguns: 5,562
Rifles: 248
Shotguns: 262
Unknown: 2,052
*Lets look at some of the other tools that can cause a Murder/Homicide, thats in the same report.
Knives or other cutting devices: 1,567
Other Weapons: 1,610
Hand/Fists/Feet: 660
If we take the stance of more gun control, with the Liberal and Media press making the "assault rifle" to be the ultimate killing machine, lets look at how many people died by this so called "assault rifle" - 248 people in 2014.
Lets look at some of the other tools that can cause a Murder/Homicide.
Hands, Fists and Feet killed 660 people, about 3 times more than Rifles...So, lets "BAN" All of these martial arts studios, and MMA training studios in the U.S.! Makes since, go after the source of what provides the person to kill.
If we use the logic that the liberal left uses with gun control and apply that to "Pressure Cooker" then we could have prevented the Boston Marathon Booming.
Just think, if we had to go through background checks, serial numbers for pressure cookers, a licensed dealer to purchase the pressure cooker, the same with firearms, it would have prevented the booming, right!!!!!
Lets not stop there, lets extend this out to Knives and other cutting instruments, its gonna stop stabbings all over the U.S. just by having background checks and serial numbers on knives..
It's the Human being, NOT the tools that the human uses to carry out the murders. We need to educate, educate, educate.....