Halomowpool - I'm happy to answer your question. The author displayed her ignorance by claiming "God hasn’t seen fit to give us sensible gun regulations, but your representatives can".  God doesn't do anything himself...he created the world and everything in it and it's up to us to decide how to conduct ourselves....obviously some people choose to behave horribly as in this case.  And some politicians choose to sit around whining about guns instead of actually doing something about them.  It's called "free will".  The faith part comes in when people have faith in the existence of God and conduct themselves in his image.  And let me head you off at the pass in case you're thinking of asking "well then, why do people pray if God doesn't actually do anything?".  A lot of people pray for strength to deal with adversity and for guidance - in both cases God doesn't do anything but the process can bring comfort and insight.  I hope this has helped answer your question