9 dead is bad, but not as bad as . . .
9 Million.
It is a tragedy to hear of events like these. But let me tell you something, I have been fortunate enough to have traveled all over the world, and I can certify from first hand experience that the nations where firearms are kept from citizens, the murder rate from mass killings goes from a few dozen into the millions. And the murderers are no longer a crazy few, but the governments themselves.
Look at the examples of Cambodia, Vietnam, Burma, China, Russia, Australia (and their genocide activities against the Aboriginal people), America (and her genocides against native americans peoples), Turkey, Albania, the Slavs, and every nation inside of Africa. To become disarmed is to invite death into your home.