there is definitely a need for gun control all you need do is take a look at any state obit. columns and the content is the argument for. unfortunately the right wing and some Dems have allowed through the years the influence of the "i just gotta kill something" crowd to have more a voice then those of compassion.
the country was built on war and continues "THEIR" proud inheritance of war mongering and willingness to pay for it no matter how much they try and complain about our on going efforts they arbitrarily put in our budget.
MIC pentagon says they don't need warships and WMD's but the republican interest has too much money tied up in war and rumors of war so the 98% get peeled back and the unwanted instruments of war get the front burner over healthcare jobs and real freedom, not the freedom they spew theirs is freedom of business to shortcut and put our existence at risk it translates in English to "deregulation" business license to kill.