Guns may not be the problem, but they are part of the big problem.

Mental illness + ease of access to "assault weapons" = death of several innocent people

People will remain "people" and they will have assault weapons lying around in the house for some mentally ill kid to grab. That will never change as long as weapons are easily available.

Why do we need "actual assault weapons" to satiate our desire for shooting, etc.? In this computer age, aren't the computer games enough? There are more gun shooting places in Newtown, CT than restaurants.