US MASS SHOOTINGS IN 2007

Dec: Robert Hawkins, 19, killed six workers at the Von Maur department store and two customers in Omaha.

Oct: Asa H Coon, 14, shoots four people, injuring them, at his school in Cleveland, Ohio, before killing himself.

April: Cho Seung-hui , 23, shoots 32 people dead on campus of Virginia Tech university, Virginia, then kills himself.

Feb: Sulejman Talovic, 18, shoots dead five people and injures four at a mall in Salt Lake City, Utah, before being killed by police.

These people presumably obtained their weapons for so-called "legitimate" purposes.

The Omaha incident is said to have reignited the debate in the US about gun ownership. I wonder how many people must die in USA before it is realised that, whether it is guns or people that kill, together they are a dangerous mix.