We all would like to see fewer" gun deaths" or how about deaths in general. Understand that our free society allows for any nut job to walk into a shopping mall and use any kind of tool to maim and or kill  innocents. Until we are ready to give up those freedoms or deal directly with the  problem we will be easy targets.  A gun or a bomb in a backpack.. No difference. Many of these actions, though not all, are the result of radicalized Islamic followers acting on the worldwide call from Isis to attack western culture. Our leaders unwillingness to face this fact and deal with it directly is the real issue here. The background of this attacker remains to be seen but the focus on guns instead of the true motives of the attacker only shifts the narrative away from the target and gives these terrorists an open playing field. While we can't stop all of it I do believe we can do things differently in Alaska. Let's initiate a discussion to work with our law enforcement people to make us safer