Exactly this and predictably, gun stocks surged after Vegas, because peoples natural urge in the states is to just buy more guns.

Interestingly, many at the concert had concealed carry licenses and were armed at the time, but that proved useless in a situation like this. In fact, if they'd started waving around a gun in such a confused situation, they'd likely have only made things worse not better, risking their own life, and possibly being perceived to be 'the gunman'.

On top of this, the shooter had two 'bump stocks'. These are perfectly legal devices that allow you to turn to a semi automatic firearm into a fully automatic one.

“This replacement shoulder stock turns a semi-automatic rifle into a weapon that can fire at a rate of 400 to 800 rounds per minute,” she said. [Link]

What possible necessity could there be for owning this. This isn't about self defense.

Spot on. Look up Charlton Heston's NRA speech where he - to thunderous applause - states that the only way the government will get his gun will be "from his cold dead hands".

Well I think Simon's head is large; always involved in espionage. (Name that tune)

Just think what this country would be like if guns were that easily available. The terrorists would have a field day

The terrorists here do, and will, have field days anyway. Lone nutters are probably rarer here though because it is difficult to arm - although guns seem to be pretty easily available to gangs.

We have now sunk to a depth at which the restatement of the obvious is the first duty of intelligent men. [Orwell]

Of course this. We already regulate what guns people can have and, in certain cases, who can have them. So the purity of the 2nd Amendment's "protection" for gun ownership has already been abridged. So discussing gun control isn't an either/or discussion, we're just deciding where we want to re-draw the line.

We don't do possession; we do defense and attack. Everything else is just wa**ing with a football.