It is something in our general society, mostly around the larger towns. I think it's a blatant lack of respect for your fellow man, but that's just me.
Banning guns won't do a single damn thing. Drugs are illegal. Our government has been trying to fight them everywhere from the local to the federal level with no sucess, it's getting worse. Even the DEA said that it's a loosing battle. Why do you think that guns would be any different? In my high school I could have bought weed, cocaine, heroin, speed, and a perlethera of prescribed medications to abuse with a walk down the hallway or a phone call. I can go downtown and purchase a gun off the street just as easily.
Untill folks realize that legislation does not affect the criminal, we won't be getting anywhere.
My view is that focus is being put on an object, and responsiblity taken away from people. The desire to cause violence is the problem.