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“I think if we’re going to control guns, we really have to do it massive”

Later in his appearance, Brooks added that, although Friday’s shooting likely won’t change public opinion on gun control in the long run, he favors strict gun control measures.

“These kinds of shootings historically have had no effect on public opinion in the gun debate,” Brooks said. “I think if we’re going to control guns, we really have to do it massive. I think I’m all for getting rid of the assault weapons and machine guns and all that … but if we want to prevent something like this, we have to really think seriously about drastically reducing the number of guns in our society, and particularly — this is an old Patrick Daniel Moynihan idea — the number of bullets. It is very hard to control 300 million guns. The bullets are a little easier to control.”

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That is not correct. The first 10 amendments, which today we refer to as the bill of rights, but when they were adopted were simply known as the first 10 amendments, are not a charter of rights.

The second amendment does not guarantee you the right to own a gun. It simply prohibits the Federal government from preventing you to. That is because the second amendment only applies to the federal government.

I live in CT and my rights to own a gun (which I do not) are guaranteed by the CT state constitution. It is called federalism.

And in CT we have some of the toughest gun laws. The shooter tried to buy a gun just 1 week ago and was denied. Unfortunately his mother did not secure her guns. Had she lived she would most certainly stand trial.

ReformedDeceptiCon on December 15, 2012 at 9:29 PM

Absolutely. Connecticut was well within its right as a sovereign state to try to prevent Mr. Lanza from buying a gun. That’s not what I’m arguing here. What I’m saying can be summed up in two parts:

A) There was little CT could have done to make it more difficult for Lanza to get a gun than it already was, and…

B) it would not have changed a thing about the carnage anyway.

Anyone who really believes that restricting gun ownership would have somehow eliminated or lessened this tragedy is some combination of stupid and dishonest…Ern.

gryphon202 on December 15, 2012 at 9:34 PM

People just keep seeing Japan, where 70 gun deaths creates a national uproar and as recent as 2006 only 2 people died from guns. I’ve not heard a conservative explanation for why we can’t strive to at least come close to that, but so long as the examples exist certain people will ask why we can’t manage to shoot each other at a rate closer to the rest of the big, large, stable democracies.

ernesto on December 15, 2012 at 9:07 PM

Yes, let’s become Japan.

First, we need to popularize racist depictions of blacks in our media.

Next, we need to at least double our suicide rate.

Then, we need to lower our birth rate drastically.

Oh, and we need a plague of feminized shut-ins who add nothing to society.

Good Solid B-Plus on December 15, 2012 at 9:34 PM

ReformedDeceptiCon on December 15, 2012 at 9:29 PM

Everyone should also know that the 2nd amendment only affirms a preexisting right of the people to keep and bear arms.

BTW, it bloody well says PEOPLE not militia, etc.

Amendment 2
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.

Galt2009 on December 15, 2012 at 9:35 PM

Yes, let’s become Japan.

First, we need to popularize racist depictions of blacks in our media.

Next, we need to at least double our suicide rate.

Then, we need to lower our birth rate drastically.

Oh, and we need a plague of feminized shut-ins who add nothing to society.

Good Solid B-Plus on December 15, 2012 at 9:34 PM

The original Japanese version of “Shall we Dance” makes a pretty good case for why we most certainly do NOT want to become anything like Japan. Great movie, but paints a painfully bleak portrait of Japanese culture.

gryphon202 on December 15, 2012 at 9:36 PM

And that really means that we all have to live with mentally unstable people getting a hold of force multiplying firepower? There’s zero action that would be acceptable to try and make spree shooting a less common occurrence? Not even only on the mental health side?

ernesto on December 15, 2012 at 9:16 PM

“Action on the mental health side” means profiling. Now, to be fair, you’ll probably love it because it’s profiling of white people,.

Good Solid B-Plus on December 15, 2012 at 9:36 PM

Ernesto, perhaps you should start examining the anti-God, over sexualized, drug addicted, culture of death(abortion), media sensationalization of mass murders and dignity stealing government dependancy you leftists have wrought on us. I blame you leftists and your lack of respect for life and authority(unless its a socialist government of course) for the destruction of our culture that breeds maniacs and massacres such as the one we witnessed yesterday. From you all the up to your boy Obama there is nothing but devisivness, slander, covetousness and hatred toward traditional Americanism. It’s YOU and your ilk whom I’m going to hold responsible from now on.

jawkneemusic on December 15, 2012 at 9:37 PM

the country spends more on mental health access…
 
ernesto on December 15, 2012 at 9:01 PM

 

And that really means that we all have to live with mentally unstable people getting a hold of force multiplying firepower?
 
ernesto on December 15, 2012 at 9:16 PM

 
From the same ernesto who clearly indicated it’s black people who are the “inherently murderous” crime element in our nation?
 
Why do you want to now blame “mentally unstable people”?
 
Or are you proposing a new race-based hypothesis?

rogerb on December 15, 2012 at 9:37 PM

We’re thinking the UK, but these things take time.
ernesto on December 15, 2012 at 9:13 PM

So you’re moving from a broke country with a higher crime rate to a broker country with a higher violent crime rate?

Big fan of fish and chips, I’m guessing?

Good Solid B-Plus on December 15, 2012 at 9:38 PM

Well, okay. But fwance is vewy, vewy safe!
*nesto

VegasRick on December 15, 2012 at 9:32 PM

Which is why the muslim-dominated ring suburbs of Paris are such garden spots.

Firefighters and paramedics don’t enter those hoods after dark without large numbers of heavily-armed cops accompanying them, and rape is so prevalent there that the French government no longer keeps statistics for those areas.

Bishop on December 15, 2012 at 9:39 PM

Point taken. I was merely stating that two deranged men went after twenty or so schoolchildren on the same day, and one anihilated all of his targets.

Ladysmith CulchaVulcha on December 15, 2012 at 9:33 PM

And I was merely stating that armed governments kill millions of more people (including many children) than armed individuals do, yet here you are arguing that our government should have all the weapons and we the common folk should have none.

William Eaton on December 15, 2012 at 9:41 PM

The second amendment does not guarantee you the right to own a gun. It simply prohibits the Federal government from preventing you to. That is because the second amendment only applies to the federal government.
ReformedDeceptiCon on December 15, 2012 at 9:29 PM

Asinine.

jawkneemusic on December 15, 2012 at 9:41 PM

rogerb on December 15, 2012 at 9:37 PM

Search engines are a wonderful thing, no?

All I can say is that if the feral government tries to round up firearms, there’s going to be a heckuva lot of cold dead fingers being pried.

platypus on December 15, 2012 at 9:43 PM

yet here you are arguing that our government should have all the weapons and we the common folk should have none.

William Eaton on December 15, 2012 at 9:41 PM

Is that what I was “arguing”? Have a good evening, Mr. Eaton.

Ladysmith CulchaVulcha on December 15, 2012 at 9:44 PM

First, we need to popularize racist depictions of blacks in our media.

Next, we need to at least double our suicide rate.

Then, we need to lower our birth rate drastically.

Oh, and we need a plague of feminized shut-ins who add nothing to society.

Good Solid B-Plus

Demographically Japan is 98.5% Japanese. Ernesto is advocating genocide.

Congrats, Ernesto, for revealing your true thoughts.

chimney sweep on December 15, 2012 at 9:50 PM

All I can say is that if the feral government tries to round up firearms, there’s going to be a heckuva lot of cold dead fingers being pried.platypus on December 15, 2012 at 9:43 PM

Yep. And I plan on taking every weapon off those folks to add to my inventory.

VegasRick on December 15, 2012 at 9:51 PM

Ernesto, perhaps you should start examining the anti-God, over sexualized, drug addicted, culture of death(abortion), media sensationalization of mass murders and dignity stealing government dependency you leftists have wrought on us.

I blame you leftists and your lack of respect for life and authority(unless its a socialist government of course) for the destruction of our culture that breeds maniacs and massacres such as the one we witnessed yesterday.

From you all the up to your boy Obama there is nothing but divisiveness, slander, covetousness and hatred toward traditional Americanism. It’s YOU and your ilk whom I’m going to hold responsible from now on.

jawkneemusic on December 15, 2012 at 9:37 PM

Yes – responding just to slightly reformat your comments to make them a bit more readable – hope you don’t mind.

Galt2009 on December 15, 2012 at 9:51 PM

Looks like I’ll have to dust this one off for ernesto…

Tokyo – 13 people killed in sarin gas attack. (1995)

Osaka – 8 children stabbed to death by a single man with a kitchen knife. (2001)

Tokyo – 7 people died when a man drove into a crowd with his truck killing 3, then got out of his truck stabbing 12 people, killing 4 more. (2008)

This is where I live. Japan has some of the strictest gun laws anywhere. Banned in most cases.

Dongemaharu on December 14, 2012 at 2:07 PM

Dongemaharu on December 15, 2012 at 9:52 PM

Yes – responding just to slightly reformat your comments to make them a bit more readable – hope you don’t mind.
Galt2009 on December 15, 2012 at 9:51 PM

No problem. :)

jawkneemusic on December 15, 2012 at 9:53 PM

Demographically Japan is 98.5% Japanese. Ernesto is advocating genocide.

Congrats, Ernesto, for revealing your true thoughts.

chimney sweep on December 15, 2012 at 9:50 PM

Ernesto being a troll is no excuse for that level of cowardice and stupidity.

Tell me America wouldn’t benefit if we were 98.5% American, ‘conservative’, instead of having millions of illegals.

MelonCollie on December 15, 2012 at 9:54 PM

Shots fired at Fashion Island; lockdown in effect
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2012/12/shots-fired-at-fashion-island-mall-lockdown-in-place.html

Maybe in addition to fixing the culture wrought by our friends on the Left, we should also do something about the Bull Stream Media glorifying these mass shooters to further their gun grabbing agenda.

Has anyone noticed that it always seems like we end of having a series of copycat incidents after the BSM goes all hog wild on the murderer mania?

Galt2009 on December 15, 2012 at 9:58 PM

Brooks is a psycho.

Robert_Paulson on December 15, 2012 at 9:59 PM

ernesto on December 15, 2012 at 9:01 PM

Why don’t you just move there, already, and get out of our hair. We like America being America. You prefer Japan and France, so go.

And don’t call us. We’ll call you …

ThePrimordialOrderedPair on December 15, 2012 at 9:14 PM

“If the phone don’t ring it’s me.”

arnold ziffel on December 15, 2012 at 10:02 PM

Is that what I was “arguing”? Have a good evening, Mr. Eaton.

Ladysmith CulchaVulcha on December 15, 2012 at 9:44 PM

I am sorry maybe I misunderstand you..

When you said:

Surprisingly reasonable, this Mr. Goldberg. Still, there is no sensible law that could have saved those children from a woman who kept a small arsenal in her home, if indeed her son was so seriously disturbed that she quit her job to stay home with him.

Ladysmith CulchaVulcha on December 15, 2012 at 9:25 PM

Yes there could have been. If there had been two armed policemen at that school the individual would have probably been stopped. One or two might have been killed, but that would be it. When you use the term “small arsenal” along with other statements in this tread about knife wielding Chinese I sensed your contempt for individual gun ownership.

The fact that so “no sensible law” could have saved those children is in fact an obviously falsehood and I assumed you were simply making an another argument…However if I was wrong, I am sorry….

William Eaton on December 15, 2012 at 10:02 PM

Galt2009 on December 15, 2012 at 9:51 PM

No problem. :)

jawkneemusic on December 15, 2012 at 9:53 PM

I agreed with most of what you said, and if figured that it’s easier to reformat than to write essentially the same thing.

ernesto

Do you have anything to say about those comments?

I know it’s much easier to trash other people’s fundamental human rights than to admit guilt in what has happened in the past few years….

But as they say, confession is good for the soul

Galt2009 on December 15, 2012 at 10:04 PM

ernesto on December 15, 2012 at 9:07 PM

Yes, let’s become Japan.

Good Solid B-Plus on December 15, 2012 at 9:34 PM

They make nice cars, food and womenz—-though apparently the Japanese men no appreciate what they have.

arnold ziffel on December 15, 2012 at 10:06 PM

The second amendment does not guarantee you the right to own a gun. It simply prohibits the Federal government from preventing you to. That is because the second amendment only applies to the federal government.

Idiot. The 14th Amendment was passed, as well as for other reasons, to apply the bill of rights to the states.

MoreLiberty on December 15, 2012 at 10:17 PM

I don’t think these federal gun laws would be constitutional even if there was no 2nd Amendment. It’s ironic that without a working 10th Amendment there is no way we could ever budge on the 2nd. If you had a working 10th Amendment and repealed the 2nd with a repeal amendment, no state would have quite as generous gun rights as the 2nd allows.

Pass a modifying amendment for the 10th that bolsters states rights and spells out precisely what the federal government cannot interfere with, even if it’s a thousand page amendment, and then you can repeal the 2nd. Any Democrats want to make a deal?

Buddahpundit on December 15, 2012 at 10:22 PM

And in CT we have some of the toughest gun laws. The shooter tried to buy a gun just 1 week ago and was denied. Unfortunately his mother did not secure her guns. Had she lived she would most certainly stand trial.

ReformedDeceptiCon on December 15, 2012 at 9:29 PM

You really don’t see it do you? Your state has some of the toughest gun control laws and at the end of the day they did nothing to prevent this you freaking idiot because evil insane people could give two freaking figs about laws and gun control. They don’t care about any law. All your states “tough gun control laws” did was insure that when that shooter entered the school those that could have defended those children were unarmed in your “gun free zone” and the insane evil shooter had a free zone to fire at will and slay at will. passing more gun control laws will simply mean next time the body count will be higher as people are less able to defedn themselves.

unseen on December 15, 2012 at 10:31 PM

The fact that so “no sensible law” could have saved those children is in fact an obviously falsehood and I assumed you were simply making an another argument…However if I was wrong, I am sorry….

William Eaton on December 15, 2012 at 10:02 PM

We did indeed misunderstand each other. Someone linked an article, I read it, and tailored my response to that article. We have many laws against crimes and criminals. I can’t see anything new proposed, however sensible, that would have helped if a woman chooses to keep a small arsenal in the home while knowing that her child is so disturbed that she felt need to quit her job in order to watch him round the clock.

Better? I apologize too for my lack of clarity.

Ladysmith CulchaVulcha on December 15, 2012 at 10:32 PM

Yes there could have been. If there had been two armed policemen at that school the individual would have probably been stopped. One or two might have been killed, but that would be it. When you use the term “small arsenal” along with other statements in this tread about knife wielding Chinese I sensed your contempt for individual gun ownership.

The fact that so “no sensible law” could have saved those children is in fact an obviously falsehood and I assumed you were simply making an another argument…However if I was wrong, I am sorry….

William Eaton on December 15, 2012 at 10:02 PM

what if there were 30 armed teachers in the school instead of 2 armed police men? the shooter killed 8 adults what makes you think 2 armed policeman could have stopped it? He could have easily killed 2 armed policeman. 30 armed teachers? now the law of averages are working in your favor. The better armed the citizens are the better thay are to defend themselves their children and their property from evil insane people.

In fact the sensible law that made schools “gun free zones” most likely lead to a higher body count then a smaller body count.

It is no small coincidence that these insane evil people pick “gun free zones” to kill in. when was the last time this evil tried to do a mass shooting in a police station? Then ask yourselve why. Just like the guy who said when asked why did he rob banks responded because that is where the money is. Why do shooters pick schools and other places like malls and theaters? Because that is where the most defensless people gather. You want to stop these killings arm the citizens and teach them to protect themsleves. Freedom solves these acts of evil in thier tracks the freedom to defend yourself stops these people.

You can pass all the laws you want but any laws that disarm the citzens will simple increase the body count next time.

unseen on December 15, 2012 at 10:39 PM

I can’t see anything new proposed, however sensible, that would have helped if a woman chooses to keep a small arsenal in the home while knowing that her child is so disturbed that she felt need to quit her job in order to watch him round the clock.

Better? I apologize too for my lack of clarity.

Ladysmith CulchaVulcha on December 15, 2012 at 10:32 PM

how about reintroducing laws to place distrubed people into mental instutions. If he was a danger that the mother felt the need to protect herself with guns from her child wouldn’t it have been better if the mother had a pathway to admit her son into a mental facility?

unseen on December 15, 2012 at 10:44 PM

Yeesh,
It isn’t the frackin’ guns that is the problem. It is the Gun Free Zones that is the problem.

Where do these things occur? Gun Free Zones.

I mean, when two young thugs storm into a gaming parlor in Florida, brandishing a bat and a gun, an old geezer shoots one and the other can’t trip over his own pants fast enough.

And in Clackamas, the body count was 2 + shooter….much lower than the shooter planned, since he was confronted by a citizen with a firearm. http://www.thetruthaboutguns.com/2012/12/daniel-zimmerman/clackamas-shooter-confronted-by-ccw-holder/

SO if we look at things rationally, we need to end the experiment of “Gun Free Zones” and get some sanity back about good people and firearms.

Criminals are opportunists. If there is a chance to get shot back at, they won’t go there. Crazies, like the one in CT, are frackin’ crazy. But an armed principal, instead of having to chase down the gunman and get killed would be alive today, perhaps. And definitely more children would be alive as well.

In Israel, when they were seeing such crimes, they trained and armed their teachers. And that kind of violence in schools.

Why is it so hard to see the facts and rationally figure out (OH WAIT..I just answered my own question, didn’t I?) what is going on.

Firearms are equalizers of power. The 21 yr old girl has as much “authority” as the 28 yr old thug. And she probably practices more with her firearm as well.

The statistics CLEARLY show that firearms are used to save lives much more often than take them. Sure, I wish “not one life” was taken, but given a choice between me and someone trying to harm/kill me, let me quote Cap’n Mal: Someone ever tries to kill you, you try to kill ‘em right back.

For more vetted studies and stats: http://www.gunfacts.info

ProfShadow on December 15, 2012 at 10:48 PM

it wasnt guns that killed these people, it was lack of guns that did.

Lifeisdeath on December 15, 2012 at 10:57 PM

It’s like blaming cars for drunk drivers.

Moesart on December 15, 2012 at 10:57 PM

Guy in China stabbed 22 kids (aged 6-12) and an old lady yesterday. No fatalities.

Just sayin’.

Ladysmith CulchaVulcha on December 15, 2012 at 9:11 PM

you are an idiot.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shiguan_kindergarten_attack

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yan_Yanming

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nanping_school_stabbings

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/School_attacks_in_China_%282010%E2%80%932011%29

Lifeisdeath on December 15, 2012 at 10:59 PM

Guy in China stabbed 22 kids (aged 6-12) and an old lady yesterday. No fatalities.

Just sayin’.

Ladysmith CulchaVulcha on December 15, 2012 at 9:11 PM

you are an idiot.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shiguan_kindergarten_attack

Lifeisdeath on December 15, 2012 at 11:00 PM

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yan_Yanming

Lifeisdeath on December 15, 2012 at 11:00 PM

how about reintroducing laws to place distrubed people into mental instutions. If he was a danger that the mother felt the need to protect herself with guns from her child wouldn’t it have been better if the mother had a pathway to admit her son into a mental facility?

unseen on December 15, 2012 at 10:44 PM

So many things have come up wrong on this story, but here’s the latest: Mom loved guns–collecting ‘em, shooting ‘em. As an ex Army machine-gun gal, I get her. But it seems reality would’ve set in once her kid was bad off enough she felt she couldn’t leave him alone. Instead she seems to have fallen into his reclusive lifestyle, and $250,000/year alimony wasn’t going to dig them out of the pit.

As to your question: Yes, there should be an easier path to get a loved one committed to a psychiatric facility than there is currently if they are a danger to themselves or others. It’s a frustrating mess. We just don’t know whether this mother even tried.

Ladysmith CulchaVulcha on December 15, 2012 at 11:00 PM

thats just in china, recently…

Lifeisdeath on December 15, 2012 at 11:02 PM

There’s zero action that would be acceptable to try and make spree shooting a less common occurrence?

ernesto on December 15, 2012 at 9:16 PM

Thing is, shooting sprees at schools are not a common occurrence, despite the distortion nationwide 24-7 reporting creates in the national psyche. Such tragedies are statistical noise compared to the things that most endanger the lives of children. That is why the people who call for stricter gun control are wrong, and that is also why those who call for arming the teachers are wrong.

shuzilla on December 15, 2012 at 11:09 PM

There’s zero action that would be acceptable to try and make spree shooting a less common occurrence?

ernesto on December 15, 2012 at 9:16 PM

sure there is I would bet 80% of the population will get behind and law that would make it easier to lock up these insane evil people before they can go on hunting trips and make it harder to ge tthem released once they are committed. I would also bet that 80% of the population would be excited to back a law to increase the number of courts and toughen the penalites for all criminals and make jail a punishment instead of trying to rehab these people.

I would also bet 80% of the people would support increased jail sentences for those that use guns in crimes.

I would also bet a large majority would be for increased funding to train teachers and school officals the basics of self defenss be it gun training or karate or judo or even boxing.

further Im sure most people would support increased funding for security measures at schools

And if while it might not be a majarity im sure laws pushing school at home, vouchers and private schoools so that parents can increase their child’s safety on thier own without the need of government would be wieldly supported.

unseen on December 15, 2012 at 11:27 PM

why those who call for arming the teachers are wrong.

shuzilla on December 15, 2012 at 11:09 PM

why are you afraid of an armed citizenry?

unseen on December 15, 2012 at 11:29 PM

why are you afraid of an armed citizenry?

unseen on December 15, 2012 at 11:29 PM

We have an armed citizenry. The question is, with any particular school having about a one-in-a-million chance of facing a mass-murder situation in any given year, will faculty bringing arms to work in every school/university/daycare/prescool make it any safer? Most likely not.

Like I said in another thread, if one could reasonably expect one innocent casualty at one particular school in 1000 years of its faculty members carrying a gun, then each year among 200,000 or so schools, univerisites, preschools and daycares, one should expect several hundred deaths to occur if there were guns in every school. Yet the combination of the VT shootings, Columbine and now Sandy Hook, the big massacres, don’t total 100 fatalities. It should be easy to see that even with the thinnest of chances for a weapon carried by faculty or security to do harm at any one school, the totality of that small chance multiplied several hundreds of thousands of times would result in a death count that eclipses the murders we try to prevent. And that’s if the murders were entirely prevented should another shooting spree occur, which is unlikeley.

shuzilla on December 15, 2012 at 11:52 PM

Ladysmith…. I am really tired of the lame posts from people like yourself about the stabbings that killed none in China. Do YOU EFFING Believe that criminal would not have KILLED ONE if that was his goal? He was 0 for 20 plus…you’d have to be friggin stupid to think so…

and in other news ……
(es)

DEADLY SCHOOL ATTACKS IN CHINA

China has witnessed a series of assaults by knife-wielding attackers on schools in recent years. Many have been blamed on personal grudges or people with psychiatric problems:

April 30, 2010: A farmer attacked and injured five kindergarten students with a hammer in Shandong province’s Weifang city before burning himself to death. The man struck a teacher who tried to block him and then used the hammer to attack the children. None of the children had life-threatening injuries.

April 29, 2010: A 47-year-old unemployed man attacked a classroom of 4-year-olds at a kindergarten in Jiangsu province, wounding 28 of them. Two teachers and a security guard were also hurt.

April 28, 2010: A man wielding a knife broke into a primary school in Leizhou city in Guangdong province in southern China and stabbed 18 students and a teacher.

April 12, 2010: Yang Jiaqin, 40, hacked to death a second grader and an elderly woman near an elementary school in Xizhen village of the southern Guangxi region. The attack came one day before Yang’s family was scheduled to send him to a hospital for psychological treatment. He had been diagnosed with a mood disorder.

March 23, 2010: Zheng Minsheng, 42, killed eight children in a knife attack at the Nanping Experimental Elementary School in south China’s Fujian province. Zheng was executed April 28.

March 2, 2009: Xu Ximei, 40, hacked two preschoolers, aged 4 and 6, to death with a kitchen knife and injured three other children and a grandmother at a primary school in Mazhan, a village in Guangdong province, and at a yard in the village. Xu was believed to be mentally disabled.

Feb. 24, 2008: Chen Wenzhen, a former student at the Leizhou No. 2 Middle School in Guangdong province, stabbed to death a boy and a girl, then killed himself. Chen had dropped out half a year earlier because he suffered from headaches and could not concentrate on his studies, state media said.

June, 2007: A man state media identified only by his surname, Su, broke into the Chiling Primary School in Longtang township in Guangdong and killed a 9-year-old boy with a kitchen knife. Three other students were seriously wounded. The attacker had been seen quarreling with the boy’s parents in the past.

May 24, 2006: Yang Xinlong hacked a neighbor to death in the village of Luoying in central China’s Henan province, then took 19 elementary school students hostage and killed one before police subdued him. Yang was hospitalized after police shot him when he refused to surrender.

Nov. 25, 2004: Yan Yiming, 21, broke into a Chinese high school dormitory and stabbed nine boys to death in Ruzhou, Henan province. Yan’s mother turned him in to police after he attempted suicide on the day following the attack. He was executed two months later.

Aug. 4, 2004: Xu Heping, 51, a part-time gatekeeper at a Beijing kindergarten killed one student and slashed 14 others and three teachers. State media said at the time Xu had a history of schizophrenia. The attack, near the compound where President Hu Jintao and other Chinese leaders live and work, prompted the government to order stepped up security at schools nationwide.

– The Associated Press

CW on December 15, 2012 at 11:57 PM

The coroner said the maniac pumped three to eleven rounds from his Bushmaster into each child. That’s why he didn’t move on to other classrooms–he was too focused on the gruesome overkill. In case someone misunderstands, I’m not being anti-gun. Tonight, I’m anti-that punk bitch Adam Lanza and his mother Nancy.

Ladysmith CulchaVulcha on December 16, 2012 at 12:02 AM

If the government can’t keep drugs and millions of people from coming across our southern border, what makes these fools in the media think they will stop illegal guns, er, undocumented guns from coming across the border?

Punchenko on December 16, 2012 at 12:02 AM

But perhaps you can explain why these kinds of mass shootings are a recent phenomena?

And perhaps you can explain why they are prevalent in places that effectively have strict gun control?

Galt2009 on December 15, 2012 at 9:24 PM

C’mon, ernie. Answer this.

BallisticBob on December 16, 2012 at 12:07 AM

Guy in China stabbed 22 kids (aged 6-12) and an old lady yesterday. No fatalities.

Just sayin’.

Ladysmith CulchaVulcha

Was he TRYING to kill anyone? I can shoot a bunch of people without killing them too. Just sayin’.

xblade on December 16, 2012 at 12:07 AM

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