Banning one weapon over another, banning them all or creating new laws won't solve a thing, but that's the simple approach that seems easy to do and is easily understood. Government can't solve this, I doubt anyone can, except perhaps families. History shows us this.
A list of 'notable' school shootings in the USA. Goes back to the 1920's. The list is very long. The deadliest used no firearms at all.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_o...ed_States#List_of_notable_U.S._school_attacks
Taken from Wikipedia on the Columbine shooting, 13 years ago.
"In the months prior to the attacks, Harris and Klebold acquired two
9 mm firearms and two
12-gauge shotguns. Their friend Robyn Anderson bought a rifle and the two shotguns at the Tanner Gun Show in December 1998.
[18] Through Robert Duran, another friend, Harris and Klebold later bought a handgun from Mark Manes for $500.
Using instructions acquired upon the Internet, Harris and Klebold constructed a total of 99
improvised explosive devices of various designs and sizes. They sawed the barrels and butts off their shotguns to make them easier to conceal.
[4] They committed numerous felony violations of state and federal law, including the
National Firearms Act and the
Gun Control Act of 1968, before they began the massacre.
On April 20, Harris was equipped with a 12-gauge Savage-Springfield 67H
pump-action shotgun, (which he discharged a total of 25 times) and a
Hi-Point 995 Carbine 9 mm carbine with thirteen 10-round magazines, which he fired a total of 96 times.
Klebold was equipped with a
9 mm Intratec TEC-9 semi-automatic handgun with one 52-, one 32-, and one 28-round magazine and a 12-gauge
Stevens 311D double-barreled
sawed-off shotgun. Klebold primarily fired the TEC-9 handgun, for a total of 55 times."
I'm going Christmas shopping.