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Originally Posted by Mancie
Another tragic mass murder by someone who legally held guns, same as Dunblane and Hungerford....no law against holding guns will stop anyone intent on mass murder, but a total ban on firearms would at least lessen the chances of this happening.
The Dunblane and Hungerford mass murders were both carried out by men who had legally owned guns... I've never heard any compelling argument to give anyone a licence to kill by allowing them to own guns, this bloke was a taxi driver.. why was he allowed to own a shootgun and rifle?
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Apparently the guns were handed down from his father and are standard weapons for hunting, shotgun for rabbits and the .22 rifle used for deer stalking.
Thing is what was this guy doing with them did he use them. What they should do is change the law so that licences only last a year by which time the owner has to account to Police or similar organisation as what they are doing with the guns and when they last used them. If they no longer use them then why have them?