Also, once you have murder on your mind, every other unlawful deed is free, including the procuring of weapons. I did not follow closely, but IIRC the San Bernardino murderers built their own bombs.<p>Gun control might be useful, but it is not the panacea that the media and politicians are describing. FYI, access to firearms in Israel and Switzerland is actually easier than in the US, and yet there are fewer (essentially no) mass shootings[0] -- and Paris has much stricter gun control than the either. It&#x27;s not as simple as recent political speeches make it.<p>[0] I&#x27;m ignoring anything related to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict - that one&#x27;s a war, shooting is to be expected, unfortunately.