You do have a good point. There are many attemps that we don't even hear about. And a police state is not what we want, but this terrorist was investigated twice and a co-worker filed a complaint against him. He continued to work on a security company with access to guns. His father is a supporter of Taleban and even went to Washington to talk with politicians, since he plans to be a presidential candidate in Afghanistan. Two months ago a Muslim religious leader came to Orlando and gave a speach on how gay people should die out of compassion.

You are aware that the Swiss require military service for all able bodied men and volunteering women from age 18 to 21, right? I would say this "best model" is so damned good because the people owning the weapons are taught the respect necessary to keep a military weapon. AND let's not forget the Swiss and their stance on conflict neutrality! They do serve in NATO deployments.

If you point at the Swiss for their model of gun ownership please don't overlook what got them there and how it is maintained.

I am well aware of that and, in fact, that is the main reason their model is the best.

People own guns, and know how to use them.

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One shop.

15 per hour. 

How many gun shops in the US?  

And some in this thread choose to turn the focus to the Muslim boogyman or the mentally ill instead of the ease of access we, as Americans, can buy guns and ammunition that can slaughter 50 people in the length of time it takes to play a single song as well as put over 50 people in the hospital, some with grave injuries that will require a lifetime to heal if they're lucky.

Absurd.  Absolutely, 100% utterly absurd.  

He bought his guns legally with the laws we currently have in place. Sure, we wish some sort of system was in place to immediately red-flag that a man previously investigated by the FBI was buying guns and a lot of ammo, but no such system exists, because gun-right-activists have made damn sure there is minimum communication between agencies. In fact, what background checks we do have have to be deleted soon thereafter — BY LAW. 

In their zealous fear that we are always minutes away from the BIG GOVT taking over, and taking all our guns, Congress has watered down and stripped away any laws that would serve as valuable tools for law enforcement agencies to use. Congress has actually written laws that FORBADE any federal agency from looking into gun violence to seek possible remedies under threat of losing funding.

The murders of all those innocent people in the nightclub, just like the innocent children in Newtown, will just get a collective *shrug* again from Congress. Because having a moment of silence after each event costs far, far less than actually having to do something about it.