It'l never happen! Gun ownership is to much a part of the American Psyche. The NRA has to much power with lobbyists in congress and the senate, and the right to bear arms is enshrined in the constitution.

This is the price America will keep on having to pay!

Flak999

Totally agree.

I think only a Democrat president, on his second term, is ever going to try to do anything about guns in the States. I also agree that the lunatics, sorry Republican gun lobby, will do all they can to stop it and, if anything does get done, repeal any new laws as soon as they get back in.

While it is inevitable that eventually someone will have to take on the gun lobby, we will see a United Ireland before we see gun control accepted (note, accepted, not enacted) in the US, and that certainly won't be in my lifetime.

Fortunately the 'Herring Pond' provides an adequate separator for us in the UK otherwise we may have similar problems to those both in Dunblane and described here on a more regular basis.

As for the gun lobby being brought to heel, I think that would be a tall order for any administration. The national mindset in the USA appears resolute on the subject as a majority regardless of the number of similar incidents. Maybe it will take the prising of the weapon from cold, dead hands for the gun laws to be tightened; even then such problems will still occur I feel certain.