The gunman was a White Supremacist having served in the USA military. He was not just a White Supremacist, is was a leader of an entire group of White Supremists. He was also a populous figure. He was a singer in a White Supremacist Band.
The gunman should have been a leader among others and an inspiration to us all after having served for our country, but, he turned against us. He was a Fort Bragg soldier. He left the military and became engaged in hatred rather than patriotic participation in our nation. Heck, for all anyone knows he entered the military to kill Muslims. He displayed a tattoo stating 9.11.2001.
The gunman at the Sikh Temple was an extremist by every definition of the word. The laws of the USA provided him with a weapon to carry out his own personal war after leaving the military.
We have recently witnessed a man stating it is time to take up arms against the very citizens advocating better laws and regulations for the USA. He is an extremist by every measure of the word. He is 'powered' by the USA laws allowing guns within our society.
There are many extremists in the USA. I believe many are good people that simply don't or won't understand the real world for whatever reason they don't. Not all extremists have mental illness problems. Mental illness has SPECIFIC definitions. The Colorado gunman, in all honesty, doesn't fall into that category. The viciousness and sophistication of his plans within the theater and creating a bomb of his apartment is not the work of a madman. It just isn't.
I sincerely believe the reason the Colorado gunman sat in a parking lot and allowed the police to arrest him is because he had no place to run to barricade himself away from them. Not only that, but, he didn't want to die. He absolutely didn't want to die. He was wearing body armor and used tear gas in a closed space to disable anyone with a gun in the closed space he was killing. That is not a madman. Could he benefit from medication. You betcha, but, not because of a psychosis of some kind of organic condition, but, because he participated in a culture of violence. A culture of violence that uses fantasy as a method to remove the participant from the killing.
There are many reasons why the culture of violence is 'available' in the USA and there are professionals that will state it is necessary for a 'ready at will' military. That is nonsense. A culture of violence did not provide impulsion of a nation having Pearl Harbor attacked. When the time came, Americans rose to the need of the nation. Having a prepared military is not about having a nation of people full of fear and prepared to protect their Homeland 'no matter what.'
If the USA were ever 'invaded' and their 'military defeated,' then believe me, it is too late to look for the machine gun in the basement. It won't stop aircraft and tanks. Okay? At that point if the fellows outside the house are speaking in a strange tone and language while having marshaled their expertise in stating, "Put down your weapons," hell you better do it. And do it with a white flag, asap.
If the electrical grid breaks down and there is some kind of atmospheric magnetic attack on civilization, then find the candles and find some way into town and do what everyone else is doing, namely getting their food and provides. It is the only answer. Looking for zombies isn't where it is going to be at. I am absolutely sure the USA is prepared for such instances and it isn't going to turn weapons on it's citizens. That is not the way it is going to come down and the fantasy surrounding that aspect allows citizens to disconnect from being involved in their society and become isolationists while building arsenals.
I would think all these scenarios need to be addressed by the legislature of the USA. I fully expect these issues will be addressed.
The Second Amendment does not legislate extremists to carry out their personal agendas. Absolutely it doesn't. The Second Amendment was written at a time when the colonies were of 'one purpose / one mind.' The Second Amendment was not about killing each other. It is time the nation dealt with it.
