User blog comment:Catfishperson/American Politics Polls./@comment-26339514-20160302004339/@comment-26073467-20160302034813

You don't hear about guns saving people because it isn't newsworthy, school shootings however, are very controversial and shocking. From what I could find, most cases of guns preventing crimes the gun was never even fired, which might be one reason why you never see it on televisio. Also, it's nearly impossible to reliably calculate lives save/crimes prevented by guns, but counting shootings and deaths is easy.

When it comes to shootings, places targeted include gun free places like movie theatres and schools, some of them being in states which are heavy on gun control like California or Massachussets. Also, may I not remind you, these acts were done by unstable people, who wanted to get attention or create fear. Many of these issues do indeed involve mental health, not weapons used. For example, a man was able to illegally obtain a sub machine gun in canada and attack a parliamentary ceremony. The gun control failed.

I am not one of those total anti gun control people who believe anyone should get any kind of gun, I do believe background checks and mental health evaluations should be taken into consideration. In fact, I think mental health should be taken into consideration more in these scenarios. But, I do not think us compitent, law abiding citizens should have to pay.