It is a rough world for some out there but putting
guns into some people's hands does not help the
situation.

Foxy,

"How Edwards came to access firearms despite a long history
of domestic violence was a CENTRAL issue at the inquest
into the deaths of his children"

How right you are, and the failure was those in authority overriding the law and ignoring the advice of pistol club officials.

Paul,

Care to tell us just how the Firearms Laws have been watered down?

And which ones, so watered, are pertinent to the case under discussion.

Foxy,

"What was to stop him using the kitchen carving knife or pieces of fishing line as garottes or poison?"

Care to answer that before you cut and paste again?

Paul could shew us his wisdom by also submitting an answer.

There was/is a way, but that way is not PC and would never be countenanced by our social engineers.

Anyone convicted of a violent crime should not have access to guns.

Bad bus driving leads to death too.

I think we should ban all buses.

Why not start looking what causes such violence in the first place ?
Society look into the mirror !