Reporter/camera man murdered.

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It seems to me that the average American only "needs" a gun because every other fucker has one too.

I don't get what's different about the US, plenty of other countries get by without guns being available to everyone. At the very least, you should have to go through serious background and competence checks every time you want a gun, in my opinion. And you should need an actual reason too. That's how it seems to be in England; some people do have guns, but they have a reason for it. The fact that "self defence against everyone else who has guns" is considered a reason is the problem. I don't consider "I like guns and I want one" a good enough reason either.

But that's just me. This isn't about oppressing people, it's about keeping needlessly dangerous items out of general circulation.