Liberals, consider this: what if there had been no guns available for Homes to purchase (legally) due to strict gun laws? I believe there could have been 2 alternatives scenarios if he really was intent on carrying out this vicious attack (which it appeared he was, based on the canister of tear gas & the complicated, dangerous bomb apparatus in his apartment.) These are: 1) He could easily have purchased guns/ammunition on the black market, &; 2) He could easily have used explosives and not guns to carry out his rampage. In an explosives situation, many more lives could possibly have been lost, depending on their strength & composition. A strong enough bomb could have blown up the entire theater & everybody in it.