Do you think guns in homes should be restricted?

 

One of the sad facts of American gun culture is that many of the deaths caused by guns happen in domestic settings, i.e., the home.  It can either be partners living in the same home (married or otherwise linked), families, or people that unfortunately and sadly take their own lives.

This is another example of why there are too many guns, and gun-possessing homes, in the United States. And this example unfortunately happened in the state I live in.

PICTURED: Mother and three children, aged 14, 11 and 8, who were shot dead by their father in murder-suicide in Maryland home

"During a Friday afternoon news conference, Cecil County Sheriff Scott Adams said, 'this is a terrible and tragic day for our community.'

There had been no previous history of emergency calls from the house and the police put out a reverse 911 call to assure the surrounding areas there was no threat to the public."

If there's a gun available, then it can be used -- and many times, tragic events like this happen.

There are too many guns in this country.