Never mind King Canute [to whom history has given the wrong footnote] or Don Quixote, Bill D. Other countries can control their citizens, more or less, by legislation. You would obviously start by criminalising the carrying of unauthorised weapons [making authorisation difficult to get, not near-automatic] & work on from there with some determined law-enforcement. It would take time & effort to take effect; but you all over there, even those who are opposed to the automatic right to bear arms, seem to be too scared or too reluctant to try ~~ the point of my previous post. All you are doing at the moment, every time an incident like this demonstrates the absolute necessity of doing something of the sort, is flapping your hands helplessly and saying "Oh dear!" Just look back, Bill, at the helpless tone of that first post of yours to which I replied, to see what I mean.

Other countries can do it. So what is wrong with you guys? Thought you were supposed to be the leaders of the world or something.

~M~