God you guys are so fucking stupid. Seriously why legislate gun laws if the criminals are just going to break them? What kind of fucking stupid argument is that? That is just like saying oh well people still steal shit, we should just get rid of the laws of theft if they are just gonna get broken. Sick logic guys, brilliant.
Also no one wants to take your damn gun rights, they just want to make it harder to get them. You sound like a fucking ignorant shit head by jumping to the extreme conclusion of "Obama wants to get ride of the Second Amendment". If you are a fucking law abiding citizen you shouldn't have any fucks to give if you gotta have a background check before you purchase a gun. In fact I am completely okay with this idea to be applied to other aspects of life. For example, we should take this same principle of background checks/more "red tape" and apply it to obtaining a drivers license. It should be hell of a lot harder to drive a car in this country, it would most likely result in less traffic accidents.
And the person I just quoted, did you seriously just compare bomb making and purchasing a gun to one another? Like do you not understand how much easier it is for someone to go to Walmart and buy a gun as opposed to learning how to make a bomb??
You're right mental illness and the various underlying motives that lead someone to commit murder is the root cause. But putting in legislation so that it becomes more difficult for someone to become efficient at committing murder is not a bad way at confronting the problem.
It should be an effort that is made on multiple fronts, not one or the other.