The biggest crock of crap that keeps getting repeated is that the killer would have just used something else if not for guns. The slaughter at SH was not premeditated. It stemmed from an argument he had with his mother. If not for legal guns in the household he may beaten or stabbed her death. He goes to school with a knife and at most kills one or two people, good chance none. Because of gun availability, A spur of the moment rage was turned into a mass slaughter where 26 innocents died at an elementary school, 20 of which were small children. And you can take that to the bank.