It is a sad day indeed when a lunatic not only did the unthinkable of killing his own mother, but also these beautiful innocent children, and caused immense grief and sorrow to these familes. Why on earth America allows so many aweful weapons owned by civilians? What for? They should ban automatic weapons, assault rifles, anything which can kill masses of people within a short time. If they cannot stop lunatics from acting up, at least make it not so destructive each time this happens. If they cannot ban these weapons, at least charge the owners an arm and a leg to own one. Have a mandatory annual inspection of the weapon and its safe storage by authoirzed inspectors and charge an expensive fee for such service. This way the inspectors' salaries are paid by the gun owners themselves. Also make sure no family with mentally unstable member is allowed to own such guns.