When an elephant goes mad he goes on a killing rampage. No one is spared from his wrath and the only way to stop the madness is to kill the beast. But what are we to do when humans go mad and kill wantonly? The Virginia Tech Massacre is considered to be one of the worst shooting incidents in American history. Thirty three lives were lost and many more wounded. The story is still developing so to speak as eye witnesses tell harrowing tales that seem to be sending shock waves across the American nation and the world itself.

What makes people gun others down? Would stricter gun laws make these kinds of acts difficult to achieve?

Somehow I'm not too sure that alone would be enough. There is a deeper malaise that needs to be addressed. Maybe, we could bring down the number of people hurt to a lesser count but psychopathic inclinations would continue to fester and lives would continue to be in danger.

It's the need to commit violence on another person that needs to be addressed first and foremost. Some blame it on the glorification of violence in movies and games and others blame it on alienation and depression. But let's face facts - millions of kids in America and the world from high school and college suffer from emotional upheavals. Some may even be driven to commit suicide, but almost none would take innocent lives before taking their own, that much sanity is expected and generally adhered to.

Neither does playing violent games like Grand Theft Auto or Halo turn normal kids into psychopaths.

So why do these kinds of incidents take place? Why are some children and young adults trigger happy? Shouldn't that be the foremost question asked instead of just leaving it at demanding stricter gun laws?

It's like taking the needle way from the junkie but the junkie will find other effective ways of getting his drugs! The issue goes deeper than just the Gun Control Debate.