I am more and more amazed by the lunacy of several (most?) comments here. Since I happily live much farther from the United States than any ballistic range, I strongly endorse the free sale of firearms to every American, without any restraint whatsoever - nay, the obligation to bear them.

Maybe when the carnage will be over, real grownups without boom/bang fetishes will be able to repopulate your otherwise interesting piece of land.

When a whole nation allows for items designed exclusively to kill people to be in the hands of virtually anyone and everyone, the Darwin Award should go collectively to the nation itself.

As seen from this side of the Ocean, it is very sad to see the decline of what once was the most powerful and respected country in the world - but it is sadder still to see how enthusiastically its people is raving about their own derangement.