Gunman kills six at Seattle party, then shoots himself

The Straits Times, Mon 27 march 2006

A man shot and killed six people in what appeared to be almost execution-style shootings, and then he shot himself dead when confronted by police.
I am truely appalled by such gruesome and unjustifiable acts of violence and killings. It was so easy for the man to gain access to a gun and go around killing people. I feel that in countries like the US, the people are having some laws that are just too relaxed. Take this killing case for example, people in the US have so much unconstricted freedom to buy a gun which is such a dangerous weapon, the government should implement stricter laws which require certain restrictions before a gun can be bought, such as age restriction and the use of buying the gun. Even better, the people, civilians, should not even be allowed to own guns excepts for policemen and soldiers. I do not see the need as to why normal civilians should be allowed to own a gun, some may argue it is for self defense but if guns were not that easily available in the first place, the civilians would not need to defend themselves from robbers who also have the same easy access to guns. There are many gun shops all over the US and thus it is not hard to find a place to buy a gun. I believe that with stricter rules implemented on the ownership of guns, the killings and violence cases in the US will definitely see some improvement. For example in countries where guns are not a common tool to be purchased, like in Singapore, crime is much easier to handle as only the police and officers have guns and it is much easier to control the situation if the other parties, civilians, do not own a weapon to fight back. Therefore i believe that guns should not be allowed to be purchased so easily as it would only pose a threat to the people. If people say that guns need to be readily availabe to be bought as a use to protect one's self, then one can also say that guns can be easily purchased to kill.