Quote Originally Posted by Wullie View Post
As terrible as the shooting at the movie was, it pales in comparison to this incident.

Rather than quote the article, I'll link it.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011_Norway_attacks

That particular nut job, followed all the rules, Norway's firearms ownership laws are much more restrictive than those of the US, yet he managed to slaughter 8 people with his IED's and shoot and kill 69 more.

Yes, he had a legally purchased semi auto Ruger Mini 14. If I understand it correctly, he wasn't using high volume fire to kill his victims.

I would say that Holmes was an amateur and we should be thankful that more were not killed and wounded.
Yes, that incident was a heinous one.
It is also a good argument for the fact that strict regulations on weapons work. To me at least.
there aren't many willing and able to go to such preparations and sacrifices to obtain his goals.
He literally spent years working solely on these acts of terror.
I have read his entire manifest, a document of about 1600 pages, and one has to give him this; his preparations were pretty darn maticulate.
We as a society cannot guard us completely against sickos like Breivik, but we can sure try our very best.
As a result of our rather stringent regulations, he had to cross many obstacles, use a lot of money, and use years to get this thing done.

It is my belief that these regulations will deter quite a few potensials from actually managing to repeat such acts anytime soon.