I don't think CNN classifies as "liberal media" and I don't even like Piers Morgan (don't assume I don't think critically about the media - and that I am some liberal robot). I believe the U.S. needs stricter gun control laws because they have over 90 guns for every 100 individuals in the country. The next closest countries have approximately 50 guns for every 100 individuals (Yemen and Serbia): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Number_of_guns_per_capita_by_co... Point 1: there are lots of weapons other than guns that can kill people, but guns make it easier to kill a mass of people and it makes it easier for people to distance themselves from the brutality of taking someone else's life (when compared to knives for example). Point 2: This is not 1776; and right-wing Americans completely misunderstand the second amendment: "A well regulated militia being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed." This means that guns are necessary for a well regulated militia. At the time America was expanding into new territory and conflict between Americans and Native American was common. Also, America had just gone through a war against an imperial power that was viewed by Americans as tyrannical. Therefore, they needed their populace to be armed (justly or unjustly that is a different conversation). I think the Times of India said it best: "For those griping about the American right to bear arms, wake up. This is the 21st century and America's a settled state, not the rough-edged, wide open spaces of the 1780s when the Constitution was framed and everything, from land to liberty, was based on violent contests. Bearing arms then might have made sense — doing so today is swallowing the nonsense posed as liberty by commercial lobbies. Some argue weapons empower victims against aggressors. If so, should second-graders pack pistols in their schoolbags? Such shaky logic simply intensifies dangerous situations." For a full article on how the world sees America's gun laws: http://theweek.com/article/index/237955/the-connecticut-scho... Point 3: there is a strong undeniable correlation between gun control laws and gun-related deaths throughout the world. There are no gun-related deaths in Japan because no one has a gun. Also, because there are no guns, that doesn't mean people in Japan just start stabbing each other with knives. It is harder to kill on mass scale without a gun. And, I would contend, it would take a lot more guts to actually walk up and stab someone than it would to pull a trigger at someone from a distance. Finally, the reason this is such an important issue for me and the reason why I think pro-guns advocates don't have a point is because they desperately trying to save a multi-billion dollar industry and the expense of people's lives.