Schoolkids getting gunned down is one thing...
I saw one discussion yesterday - I know a lot of "you'll take my guns over my cold, dead body" folks in the US through work - where someone said (slight paraphrasing but the bulk is verbatim):
"It's really not that bad. Only 586 children have been killed in school shootings since the
formation of the country!"
.. I desperately wanted to say "And over here in the civilised world, only 18 since the invention of the gun." but decided not to (Dunblane being our only school massacre AFAIK?).
I should add - these gun types come from all walks of life and all political persuasions from anarchist to libertarian to conservative, from left to right.. and they all seem in total agreement: They need their guns.