I know this is going to be a long-standing issue, both in the US and abroad, so I thought I'd put my thoughts on guns and gun control down. Note that these experiences may differ from yours. Like many in parts of the US, I didn't grow up with guns in the house. My parents weren't cops, but neither were they drug dealers. Growing up in the NYC metro area, there was no need to have a gun. I guess that has colored my position on guns, as my only exposure to guns was hearing them outside my window every night growing up in the ghetto. I always feared that a stray bullet would fly through a wall or window and kill me or one of my loved ones, so I thought, "Why would I ever buy one of those things if all they can do is kill?" So I was very anti-gun. I mean, I wanted to get rid of them altogether. But over time, I came to realize through conversations with people across the country that a gun has no moral alignment. To use D&D terms, a gun is true neutral, neither lawful nor chaotic, neither good nor evil. Just as a sword is only as good or evil as the wielder, so too is a gun. If you want to prevent gun violence, you teach the person behind the gun about gun safety. You want a gun? Great, but prove that you know how to properly care for, load, unload, and store a gun to minimize injury to innocents. Of the many gun-related deaths I've read about, those involving an accident with the gun involved improper storage, as do some of the shootings like Sandy Hook. For example, why would you keep a gun loaded under the bed if there are children in the house? Why would you keep the gun safe unlocked if you know your son has mental-health problems and has been proven to be a violent risk to others? A lot of this country's problems can be solved or prevented with good old-fashioned common sense, and gun violence is no exception.