This shooting took in the capital of Washington DC in the Navy Yard by a man called Aaron Alexis.
As someone who lives in the UK with very stringent gun laws. It is not easy to understand the fascination of wanting own a gun.
Sadly the guns in the USA are now getting into the wrong hands. As to my knowledge there are little background checks done on purchasers of guns.
Aaron Alexis had some mental health issues. It has been reported that a few days before committing this mass murder, he called police to the hotel he was staying at saying he could hear voices.
As the inquiry is ongoing we do not as yet know what the police did with that information. We know that Aaron went to kill twelve people in cold blood.
I find it incomprehensible that a man with mental health issues can legally buy a gun. This was the case with Aaron Alexis he purchased his gun legally and the gun seller probably no idea abut his mental health issues.
From a political point of view there is not much President Obama can do. He did try to bring in some backgrounds checks but the powerful gun lobbying group called the NRA made it impossible for this to happen.
So at this stage the mass killings will continue by unstable men who are able purchase guns. Unless the American public overcome the gun lobbyist and say enough is enough.
