Deadliest Shooting in Texas history, Jon Slavinskas

http://www.cnn.com/2017/11/06/us/texas-church-shooting/index.html

The article explains that the gunman, Devin Patrick Kelly, opened fire in a Texas church on Sunday killing 26 and wounding twenty others. A domestic abuse situation lead to Kelly sending several threatening text messages to his grandmother-in-law, who was attending the church and was killed on Sunday. The article also gives a background on some of the victims and summarizes the relief and grief support.

    While no political side has made the tragedy into more rhetoric, what neither side is willing to consider is not a ban on guns, but a ban on the amount of ammunition that is made available to any individual. While the democrats are pro background checks and other ways of vetting potential buyers, this method is absolutely ineffective as criminals, being criminals, will simply obtain the weapons in an illegal way. The republicans want a gun for everyone, so that the safety of the individual is the responsibility of the individual. Neither stance provides the safety of the common man, as the democratic rhetoric is simply ineffective, seeing as all mass shootings since 1954 have been in a "gun-free" zone, with the exception of now two. The republican stance is equally ineffective, as it assumes that each individual knows how to safely handle a firearm, not to mention that is largely reactive, where prevention must be proactive. Thusly the most effective idea so far is the complete halt of magazines that carry more than 20 rounds. Any more than that is simply overkill from any standpoint other than military. As for criminals obtaining military ammunition, that is an internal conflict with the armed forces that needs to be addressed separately. For domestic defense, even 20 rounds could be too much, as 10 rounds is more than enough to deter any trespasser, and much more than enough to kill anyone who posses a threat. And i do not mean that we stop selling larger magazines, as that will have the same flaw as the democratic stance. To finish the problem we must halt the manufacturing of such amounts of ammunition that is deemed overkill and unnecessary in the domestic defense of one's self.