Shooting of reporter again brings up talk for the need for gun control.

     Taking guns away from American citizens is not a good idea.  During WWI and WWII the American soldier was the most feared soldier in the war.  There are two reasons why.  The first is the Americans grew up handling weapons and were much better shots than people from other countries, including the professional soldiers of Germany.  The second reason is the fierce independence of Americans.  The American soldier did not always react the way enemy soldiers expected and that unpredictability made us fiercesome.   
    What is happening is that there are too many guns in the hands of the mentally unstable and the criminal element.  Where the problem lies is in second hand sales between private citizens and lose of weapons because of theft.  If we could solve those two problems then we can let private, law abiding citizens have their weapons in peace.