I guess that's the mess that now, will never be able to be cleaned up JG.
Because there are too many guns out there, all across the US.

We had a buy back amnesty in the mid 90's here in Australia which really cleaned the gun scene up to a certain extent
but as both you and I have already mentioned, it won't and hasn't stopped the killings, However, records have shown that
it has helped - maybe even in just a small part but it has helped.

And yes I understand, Australia, New Zealand, Japan, Thailand and other smaller countries in the Pacific region are minuscule in size
and population compared to the US but countries like India, China and Russia dwarf the US population and that shit don't happen there.
Why? Well, one reason is the guns aren't accessible in the first place and although those guys have a fucked human rights record
the public in general don't walk into cinemas, schools, playgrounds, parades or sports events and start spraying everyone with bullets
or home made bombs. But yes, they have a lot of other questions to answer - just sayin'......

And I respect totally your point Kim, about having a flawed judicial system as no system is "perfect" that's for sure.
Unless it actually happened in the US, you will never be able to experience the positive results of
increased gun control laws. Therefore you are quite comfortable with what you have in place now - and yes, I get it :-)

Australia removed capital punishment in the 1950's because it had been proven "after the fact" that innocent
people had been put to the gallows on numerous occasions.
But let me assure you, that we have certain human beings - who should not even classed as human or even animal
that are now getting bed and breakfast for the rest of their existence when in fact they should of been tortured themselves
before being put to death. So yep, it ain't perfect down here either :-)

And by the way JG, Reynolds is not my my real surname so neither Burt or your cousin have anything to worry about :-)