Another cop killed…..time for the police country wide to follow Mayor Bloombergs request for them to make a stand about gun regulations…they are realistically the only organisation that could force some change as the spineless politicians run a mile when another tragic shooting happens.
For those on here suggesting nothing should change .. USA is heading for 10000 gun deaths in 2012 (compared to 50 in UK)…. That’s 10000 lives….10000 people dead…. 10000 families lives ruined.

What an ignorant comment. Guns actually prevent even more violent crime. If we had guns for everyone here, you would find that the crime would go waaaay down.

So Kent, then please explain why in other western countries where the guns are restricted by law violent crimes are way lower then the US? And that is backed up by real facts and figures.

Kent, that makes no sense whatsoever.

@kent You’re an IDIOT!!! You think it’s ok if some crazy person has a bad day and they shoot you or your family for no reason in broad daylight. What good is your gun then? Locking up the crazy guy won’t bring your family back.

Yes, it’s obvious that the guns are responsible for all these shootings. Nothing to do with the people firing them. Handguns are illegal in Ireland but you still have people getting shot. It’s time for people to start thinking for themselves and stop the sheep mentality.

Kent you havent a clue.

And create an arms race?
Don’t forget that next to the exceptions most crimes here are knife crimes. If you as a citizen sleep with a gun underneath your pillow, the criminal who burgles your home will also make sure he/she has one.
You might hesitate to fire, but will they?

Actually, Kent does have a clue and it’s backed up, quite factually, in a book called More Guns, Less Crime by John Lott. Buy your own copy off Amazon and have a read. People who have never owned guns, or lived in a gun culture, have no basis for opinion on this subject. If you grow up with guns and are taught how to use them lawfully, they are the equivalent of having forks and knives around. I could kill you just as well with a steak knife. If we could eradicate idiots from a population, which is what is needed more so than gun control, there would be a lot less traffic going into Dublin in the morning.

Please don’t feed the trolls

@Jackass, and we should take you serious how???

Again contradicting themselves. A few days ago there was an article about a man mistakingly receiving a rifle instead of a TV in the post. The vast majority, over 90% of commenters thought that instead of handing it over to the police he should of kept it, yet it looks like the vast majority on this article are against the 2nd amendment of the US constitution -the right to keep and bare arms. A lot of people on the journal seem to have very short memories

Finland have one of the highest guns per capita in the world and look at the amount of gun crime

I’m just gonna come right out and say what’s on my mind and get plenty of red thumbs for the trouble.

People on The Journal hate America for dictating their ways to other people. They hate Syria, Iran and Israel to boot.

Yet they have no problem telling the world that America should start restricting guns despite the majority of people in the US wanting to keep that right.

Hypocrites with voting rights.

Aidan gerathy- theres been a few shooting sprees in Finland in recent years.

we can’t even run ourselves without guns,throw guns into the mix will make our world a better place! sure young lads in cars killing themselves driving mad,sure a gun will fix that!

It’s guns + gun culture. Finland has a healthy relationship with firearms as they use them up there for hunting and protecting from animals. In the States they can all stock the house full with them and carry them. Terrified some one will use theirs on them so they need one too.
Gun’s don’t kill people, people kill people, guns simply make it easier and why would we be encouraging and protect the very “right” they cling to which results in that?

Think would police need to be fearful with their hand on their holster if they knew 98% of the people they pull over aren’t armed? No. But mix that with crazy, which to be fair the US has in spades and the situation is very real.
They are protecting the rights of themselves and the nut-jobs to be armed.
Now they see the results, ie. armed nut-jobs.
What do they want? Yeah, more guns! Will that prevent these horrific situations from occurring or stop them? No but at least they are enjoying their god given right to bare arms. Nothing changes.

Kent has never been shot.

@Jackass and @Kent, you have to be brain dead altogether to believe that. It’s such a cop out to just refer to a book, which I would venture a guess and say is written by a gun owning American? The fact is, if you remove guns, you remove the ease at which people can be killed. A psychopathic nut job is far less likely to go into a cinema and butcher everyone, cause chances are, the first big lad he comes across is gonna take his knife and stab him. I’d love to see a study done that equates pro guns with IQ. And I’d be willing to bet that low IQ, inarticulate, ignorant morans would be the majority in favour. And another thing, I remember reading that male obsession with guns is linked to size insecurity, food for thought lads!

Anthony – Please don’t embarrass yourself any further. We know you mean well, but you don’t sound like you speak from experience, or at least the type of experience that matters. Lead against lead. Don’t forget!

Anthony, actually it is the other way around. Just look at all the stupid patronising comments made by the anti-gun ownership lobby, examples above including your own comment in which you made a pathetic attempt to draw a link between gun ownership and (lack of) masculinity.

I’m not even surprised by the responses. Id have a shot in the dark and suggest that you two didn’t finish school, and hate all Gardai, and hate Enda Kenny, and hate minorities, and believe you’ve been unlucky in life. Hahaha, idiots! I should have known there’d be no talking to people of your calibre.

@Jason Culligan
America called and said they miss you and want you back.
As they claim to be the most powerful country on Earth, I don’t see how you need to stand up for them over every little gripe people have with it. I’ve gripes with many people and many countries how they treat their own citizens and how they deal with other countries. Everyone is entitled to their opinion but your not winning favour or getting a card for Christmas for another Pat my Head Enda,
The US is a great country but it has its mighty fair share of problems like all the rest. A little criticism wont hurt it either way.

Kent are you actually being serious, granted guns don’t kill, it’s the person holding the gun that does but with the amount of seemingly crazy people there are in the world tighter gun control is needed especially in the states.

Is that the library where they store all the pictures only book? ;-)

And all the books are read upside down! :)

2 killed??

People kill people, not guns. A survey has found that the most popular murder weapons are clubs and knives. Guns kill relatively few. Without guns the people will be sitting ducks for any fascist dictatorship that might arise in the future – and it’s not that far away in the US.

On average 10000 gun related homicides in the US yearly. So let’s arm up and try and beat them.
But seriously advocating a relaxing of gun laws in an attempt to counter gun violence is frankly idiotic.

They should ban cars as well. Cars killed 32,885 in the USA in 2010 versus 8775 people killed by guns. Clearly cars are the greater menace and should be banned altogether.

Also inconvenient but interesting – states with high levels of gun ownership have low levels of gun crime:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/news/datablog/2011/jan/10/gun-crime-us-state

the right to bear arms is from colonial times , it was written in to allow the use of pose or mob to repel attack from their ememy of the time The English. Now if im not mistaken that threat is gone, so the right to bear arms is void.
The use and sale of fire arms within most european states is well regulated and for each additional fire arm it MUST be justified and fit for purpose , same dosnt apply with the states, ie 50cal rifles is not a recreational weapon and fully or semi automatic rifles are not for hunting . If they are to stem the use of future killings with fire arms well in my opinion they have to overhaul and BAN all sales of semi or full automatic fire arms and restrict the caliber of the weapons being sold. And i know people kill people and not guns , but if we restrict the potential fire power and limit the rate of fire it will save lifes. Im not anti guns by any means ,iv fired more than most but to restrict will make it safer.

military training gives the disciplin to use a fire arm in a correct and safe manner, to respect the weapon but to acknowldge the weapon is but a tool and not a toy.

Switzerland has literally double the gun crime rate per capita compared to Ireland

Yeah James that’s horse cr#p! Every Swiss person is drafted when they leave school so they get proper training and discipline with regards to guns. Their culture is that the gun is used as protection and not for exacting vengeance! That nut job in the US thought he was the Joker and believed he had a right to kill people. And let’s not forget, it is possible to get a gun in Ireland through legal channels, but it’s heavily restricted, and rightly so because it prevents people with extremist personalities, like yourself, Kent and jackass from being able to access such power!

You seem very sure of yourself Anthony, yet it’s other people who you’re calling “extremist”. The guy who attacked the Sikh temple in Wisconsin was a former soldier, well trained in the use of firearms.

Yes censored I am very sure of myself, because my thoughts are the correct thoughts, not maybe, not if only, 100% right. 3 weeks and 3 massacres. And army training isn’t a garauntee that there aren’t still going to be nut jobs, but removing guns limits their ability to take other peoples lives cause they are unhappy with their own. We aren’t at war, we don’t need guns! Guns are the tools of criminals (with a few decent people using them for sport). Anyway I don’t expect you to ever change your opinion but you should be aware that it’s wrong and probably not well thought out

The Euros!

I stand corrected!!

Try condoms

In a gun controlled society it is only the criminals who have access to them. Now, whether that is your common or garden criminal or the government is up to your own judgement.