Rational people - 1, NRA - 0

Here is an instance, granted a single instance, where the anti-gun-control people are wrong. Culprit was armed with an AK-47. Couldn't tell from the news story but presumably he obtained the gun legally. The bastard shot and killed his ex-wife and an innocent bystander, WHO WAS ALSO ARMED WITH A GUN. So the NRA's bullshit rhetoric that people need guns to protect themselves from bad people goes to shit since this poor guy had a gun and still got his ass lit up. People wouldn't need guns to defend themselves if bad guys didn't have guns to begin with. Gun fans will say, "the bad guys will find guns, regardless of any law, if they really want to." Perhaps, but there is a chance that this nut case would have hesitated to gone through with the act if he had to do more than roll up to his local Walmart to buy the gun. And most people, with the exception of tree hugging hippies, aren't even talking about a total ban on guns. Just assault-type weapons like the one used in this maniacal act. Sounds pretty reasonable.

Just so you don't think that I'M a tree hugging hippie, I've shot guns, love paintballing, love the U.S. military, work with real-life generals, and would put a bullet in Osama's head myself if I ever saw him.