Mikes right, we do understand, Ebbie, and we understand it won't - can't - happen overnight. But change has to start somewhere, and a good start would be simply to outlaw automatics and other high-power weapons. Give those who have them an amnesty in which to surrender them, pay them compo for the monetary value of the weapons they've surrendered, then throw the book at the ones who don't comply with the ban. Once that's in place, and given time for the dust to settle, other measures could be put in place to further tighten up on who can possess guns and who can't.

Currently, all your governments are doing is weeping crocodile tears and wringing their hands every time something bad happens.

We had a school shooting-spree here - remember Dunblane where the guy used legally-owned firearms to shoot a large number of children and teachers in their local school. Within a very short time, and despite the protestations of the gun-loonies, the government banned the types of weapons used in that shooting. Anyone caught with those types of weapons now will get jail-time, and they've disappeared almost completely.

It's called 'Growing Some Balls'. Maybe its what your leaders need to do? They have to start somewhere.